The All New 'Before & After' Topic (v 4.0)

[Julia1996]

That's a big change Megan. Another before picture that looks like someone who stomps kittens. It amazes me how much friendlier and happier everyone looks in the after pictures.

[Megan.]

Something like that haha.
Or I have just been outed and you actually are strimmer and he transitioned D:

Nope,  you're safe [emoji6]. X

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[Megan.]

That's a big change Megan. Another before picture that looks like someone who stomps kittens. It amazes me how much friendlier and happier everyone looks in the after pictures.

To be fair,  I did smile (at least on the outside),  that old picture is quite unflattering any way you cut it.

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[Allie24]

Is it just me, or did HRT change the shape of our eyes? They all look a lot rounder than in the before pictures... maybe its just me

[Josilyn]

I thought I would throw in my before and after..  The before was taken in July 2015 and the after picture in September 2017.

https://imgur.com/wsJ6GHY
https://imgur.com/Yu2YFRy

[Julia1996]

That's a big change Josilyn. You look good.

[Megan.]

Is it just me, or did HRT change the shape of our eyes? They all look a lot rounder than in the before pictures... maybe its just me [emoji14]

Probably just the weight loss,  I doubt the HRT would have had that effect after just 3 months.

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[Megan.]

I thought I would throw in my before and after..  The before was taken in July 2015 and the after picture in September 2017.

https://imgur.com/wsJ6GHY
https://imgur.com/Yu2YFRy

Great progress Josilyn,  a big improvement! X

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[kaitylynn]

Is it just me, or did HRT change the shape of our eyes? They all look a lot rounder than in the before pictures... maybe its just me

I think it is probably just fat redistribution.  My partner is a motion picture makeup artist and she has mentioned that my face shape has changes some with no sculpting or anything, just HRT.  HRT is powerful, no doubt about it!

[Colleen_definitely]

Trimming the hedges that were my eyebrows really made a difference in how my eyes look.

[Artesia]

I was going to take a picture today.  Got new makeup, and a new outfit.

Now I can't/won't because my stupid behind wasn't paying attention.   I was working at a different building than usual, and their steamer doesn't vent at all, opened the door to put something in, and wham, face full of steam.  My lower half of my face is sunburn red, and I have some mild blistering around my lips.

Luckily, I work in nursing homes, got a quick check up/treatment.  Wearing a burn ointment now, but it makes Gargamel from the Smurfs look cute compared to me.

Could have been worse.  But it is telling me to stop working in kitchens.

[KathyLauren]

Is it just me, or did HRT change the shape of our eyes? They all look a lot rounder than in the before pictures... maybe its just me

It did for me.  I am not sure what exactly the change is - maybe they're rounder - but it was noticeable within 3 or 4 months.

[Roll]

It did for me.  I am not sure what exactly the change is - maybe they're rounder - but it was noticeable within 3 or 4 months.

Did you add any eye balm/anti aging type creams to your routine or anything like that? I was using one from a sample kit I got a month ago or so, and one of the creams in the kit was definitely pulling my face "tighter" around my eyes and keeping them more open (I tend to squint and have visible under eye circles pretty badly because of issues with a rapidly changing glasses prescription, and it was an extremely noticeable change that went away when I ran out).

[Sarah_P]

I was working at a different building than usual, and their steamer doesn't vent at all, opened the door to put something in, and wham, face full of steam.  My lower half of my face is sunburn red, and I have some mild blistering around my lips.

Ouch!! I hope it heals quickly! I've almost managed to burn myself pretty badly with steam several times, not fun at all.

[KathyLauren]

Did you add any eye balm/anti aging type creams to your routine or anything like that?

No, I seldom bother with makeup or creams, even though my wife often tells me I should use a moisturizer.  Whatever the change is that I'm seeing is due only to HRT.

[Artesia]

Ouch!! I hope it heals quickly! I've almost managed to burn myself pretty badly with steam several times, not fun at all.

I've had worse.  I once managed to melt my eyebrows off when I was in the service.  I was lighting a Immersion Heater, a donut shaped barrel, with two pipes sticking out of the top.  It is clamped onto a metal trash can, and is used to heat water to sanitize equipment.  The procedure to light it:

1) put some fuel in a cup that slides into the exhaust pipe, and light it.
2) wait a couple minutes to warm the pipe so the air flow rises out of the desired pipe.
3) open the fuel cup again, and turn the fuel so that the fire drops with the fuel into the barrel. It will look like a string of beads if it is done properly.
4) turn the valve so that the fuel continues to drip, the faster the drip the hotter the water will get.


Unfortunately, someone had already dropped fuel into the barrel, and when I went to light it, the fumes ignited.  Fire straight past the front of my face.  A few inches closer, and I wouldn't have had a face.  As it was, I had a face full of blisters.  The worst was my nose, it peeled immediately, and had another blister under the one that popped.

I heal relatively quickly.  The redness is almost completely gone.  The swelling on the upper lip is just tender now.  The lower lip still has some blistering.  It's a long thin blister just along the edge of the lip.  A couple more days, and I'll be photo ready.

The more I think about it, the more I'm realizing that the universe was telling me that I shouldn't be working as a cook.

[Dena]

The more I think about it, the more I'm realizing that the universe was telling me that I shouldn't be working as a cook.

That or work around a place like my house. It's all electric and there are only two things that burn. On is charcoal which I light with a chimney lighter and candles which are reserved for a major power failure which I haven't had in the 6 years I have lived here.

[cliodunne]

So amazing to see these! Some photo links aren't working for me though (Allie, Josilyn). Could just be me having trouble but I'd love to see them!

[Roll]

So amazing to see these! Some photo links aren't working for me though (Allie, Josilyn). Could just be me having trouble but I'd love to see them!

Double checked to see if they were just down and they work fine for me, at least Allie's. Are you on a network that blocks imgur or something perhaps? Wouldn't be the first time I've heard of one of the big media dumping sites being blacklisted.

Also, Allie you weren't kidding about your eyes. I just looked at them while checking the pictures and they are substantially larger/rounder!

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