Not being dependent on gender clinics for a transition

[Transfused]

Thanks to everyone who gave me more insight and helped me to see myself better.

I am going fulltime in a week. The desire to ease my dysphoria by going fulltime was already there since years but now it's becoming real. This week I'm meeting up with the university principal, family and friends + a coming out on facebook.

Next week I will start living as myself, starting Monday next week.

I made my first appointment for electrolysis and there is a spot free this Friday.
Expensive but worth it. I don't want to have to conceal the shadow with make-up.

Next thing is making an appointment for lip and cheek fillers to give my face a rounder, more feminine look.
I'm contacting a plastic surgeon with experience regarding filler technique soon. Somewhere this week.

Like it looks now I think I will be able to pull a tomboy look off.

I figured that if so many female-impersonators can look like a cis woman that I should be able to look decent as a woman too with a bit of work and willpower.

I'm in a safe area so I'm not scared to go fulltime.

I'm rather excited. Was thinking about documenting everything on a youtube channel.

My body is okay-ish and my face doesn't show too much masculinity either.
I have gynaecomastia since puberty. I'm a small-ish A-cup. I will probably try to push them up with a push-up bra instead of using breast prosthetics.

I'm 5 feet 5 and 125 lbs .

My voice is androgynous so I will need speech therapy to make it sound conventionally feminine.

For now I do not plan on hormones because I know a lot of non-binary amab people who can pass as a woman without hormones. I hope to be able to pass without hormones too. Plus I don't want to be dependent on an endocrinologist and having a therapist decide what I can or can't do with my body.
I want full control over my transition.


Hopefully my Facebook come out will be positive :-)

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Congratulations, Transfused!

I wish I had the courage to come out and just start living as me. I did come out to my best friend about two weeks ago, and she's the absolute best. Coming out to her was the best thing I've ever done, because now I feel like I've gotten over a very large hump that I was always terrified to get around. She gives me someone to talk to about it also, which I never imagined I'd have in my life.

I'm excited for you!

[kelly_aus]

Just a comment..

I have no therapist, no endo and have never visited any kind of gender clinic. My GP and I manage my HRT..


EDIT: Facial hair will persist while there is still male levels of DHT and Testosterone in your system.