whats the most important body feature for a successful transition

[noleen111]

I think your mind, you need to be that woman in your head.

For the physical side.. there are easy things that can help you pass.. and no huge budget is needed

Shaving your legs and body, you lose that hairy look
Growing your hair, I feel I never looked female until I grew my hair and had it styled in a female style.. this one can make a big difference.
Nail polish - when you wear colored nail polish, it makes your hands and feet look so female..
and to go with your long hair, some earrings..

For body shape and breasts, they are important, but not critical as cis-women come in all shapes and sizes and so do we.. The must important thing hormones gives us is our feminine skin. We will all get some sort of hips and breast growth.

I think us trans woman are very hard on ourselves.. we all don't need to look like models, as not all cis-women look like models.

[ainsley]

I think it is a toss up between face, voice, and mind.  How about just consolidating it as saying THE HEAD. 

Boobs help a lot, too.  Just sayin'...

[Sofie L]

For me, my face is the biggest obstacle to a successful transition. I try to present as femme as possible when out, and have been ma'amed a few times, until they see my face. Regardless of hair and make-up, my face will always give me away as male in the minds of others. That's why FFS is a surgical priority for me, and I'll be getting it done as soon as possible after going full-time.

[Daniellekai]

Head, barring that, a nice set of tits to distract everyone from it. (I kid, I kid.)

[Dani]

For me, body weight. First to get my BMI down to a number where I could have surgery, then continue weight loss to look more feminine.

[SadieBlake]

Brain. I've known I'm female for a very long time. I'm not lessened as a person by the fact that my presentation runs pretty masculine. I do what I can and I'm thrilled to have breasts bit the main thing there is they feel different since HRT.

The last thing will be the vagina. To have my "primary sex characteristic" match will be the most affirming thing I can do and I'm excited to be rid of that bulge that wants to affect the line of clothing. I've always (and I mean including 35 years that I didn't even realize I was trans) envied women the ability to wear a skirt and when I do, that <shenis> usually ruins the line.

The next thing on quasi passing will be working on voice which is a big tell of the effects testosterone had so long ago.

[Colleen_definitely]

Head, barring that, a nice set of tits to distract everyone from it. (I kid, I kid.)

A good friend of mine told you can cover up any makeup mistake with an extra inch of cleavage.

[ainsley]

A good friend of mine told you can cover up any makeup mistake with an extra inch of cleavage.

I had a guy tell me in high school that you can put a nice set of rims (Cragers where the rim of choice back then lol) and tires on a car with rust, bondo, body damage, etc.,  and make it look great!

[Jenna Marie]

I think it depended for me on where I was in transition... Early on, the fact that I had thick wavy almost waist-length hair was the biggest help (I'd been mistaken for a woman even when I was living as a guy and had 3-day stubble). Midway through, it was a tie between the face and the fact that accenting 38DD boobs to distract from everything else seemed to go a long way. Eventually, I felt as if GRS was the key to finally being read fully as a woman, because nobody could argue if I even looked like a cis woman naked.

Now, a few years in... oddly enough, it's my voice. I look like a boring, ordinary cis woman, and I'm fine with that, but I take great comfort in being able to convince anyone as soon as I open my mouth.

[Wild Flower]

The voice. Ursula, the drag queen, wanted Ariel's voice lol.

I want to say the face, but I think the body comes first before the face, because a handsome (rugged) female face with feminine body is more desirable than a feminine face with a handsome body. Men look at the body first.