Hi! I wanted to start this new topic because I remember when I was younger, sometimes the only way I could cope with dysphoria was look up stuff about transitioning. This was hard because there was such little information on nonbinary people who were assigned male at birth transitioning! So, I want to share my experience and update this thread as time goes on.
I am on estrogen and finasteride, and I'm about to hit the 5 month mark. Finasteride is usually considered a "weaker" anti-androgen, which is why my endocrinologist decided to go through with this, and only this, in the hopes of giving me all or most of the effects of HRT without breast growth. (Please, spare your comments about picking and choosing the effects, that hormones are binary, etc. I know this very well after years of research, and you aren't telling me anything new or helpful).
So far, my skin has seriously softened, my face has gotten rounder, and while there has been breast development, it's barely anything and still passes for "male." My feelings about breast growth aren't quite the same anymore, but I still want to avoid it. My sexual function makes me dysphoric to talk about, so all I'll say for now is that not much has changed there. The only other change I have noticed is a marginal difference in body hair growth, because I can now wait a day or two longer to shave my legs.
I'm seeing my endo this month, so I'll have an update soon! Thanks for reading.
