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What features do you have that you feel work for, rather than against, you.

 Almost every feature of mine could be augmented in some way... however, there are a few that I wouldn't change. To my advantage, my height is the best feature I have - as are my eyes and cheekbones. My face has very strong features all around... thankfully, those two are strongly feminine.
:)

My cheekbones, my thinness, decent hips and I was lucky enough not to have too wide of a jaw.

Height (5'4") and lack of adams apple. My shoe and hand sizes aren't too bad either, but I have stumpy little fingers lol... but I've seen many cis women with thicker fingers.

Tall (5'9" is just right for me), slender, long legs and enough curve at my hips to not be a straight line! I had a relatively nice canvas to start transition.
Also small hands with long fingers. And everystore has my shoe size! And I inherited ridiculously strong hair with natural waviness from my father. And people say my lips are pretty.

Quote from: JoeyD on May 20, 2012, 11:10:03 PM
Good:
Small shoulders.
Andro face, really could go either way, and look cute doing it.
Good genetics from my mom, dealing with hips and butt. Hopefully HRT will bring those out one day.
Nice long wavy hair, no hair loss.
Good eyebrows to work with.

Neutral:
Okayish height, still taller than most girls, only met one other Hispanic chick my height.
Never had bad genetics dealing with body fat or muscle, but I also didn't have a feminine body structure. I was just literally a stick.

Working against me:
Deep voice, gonna be a challenge training it.
Big veiny hands and feet.
Coarse body hair, all over my body.
Ribcage is pretty big, it juts out over my stomach, even when its full.

My brain, I suppose. Although I'm guessing that's not really what you meant.

Hmm.. well I have very thin wrists (I can easily touch my fingers together around them), and what have been called 'pianists hands', with long, relatively slender fingers. Maybe my eyes, I don't know, naturally long eyelashes have drawn quite a few comments. Kinda wide hips, I guess, at least proportionately. I haven't really considered it too much.

I too have slim wrists, which bugged me as a guy but which pleases me nowadays! I'm also quite fond of my eyes.

Negatives - probably the amount of scars I have accumulated over the years of being a really manly type  :P and puberty really kicked the sh*t out of my skin lol!
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A slightly too large nose aside, my face is very androgynous, and though I'm by no stretch of the imagination good looking (I'm probably closer to the "ugly" side of the spectrum, actually~), I'm happy that I was born plain looking with androgynous features instead of gorgeous looking with heavily-chiseled, masculine ones. :) My feet, though large by women's standards, are still small enough that finding female shoes isn't a headache, my hands are small, with long, slender fingers, and I've always been built quite frailly, with narrow shoulders and not much muscle on my upper body. For whatever reason, I also wound up with fairly big hips for a guy, which will with any luck become some quite nice curves through the magic of hormones.

All in all, a visible Adam's apple and a somewhat above-average height aside, I drew a pretty lucky genetic hand. Now I've just got to get on HRT before the male pattern baldness that my mum's side of the family is famous for comes a knocking. :D

Quote from: Jaime on May 21, 2012, 12:03:46 PM
My cheekbones, my thinness, decent hips and I was lucky enough not to have too wide of a jaw.

Honey, you cut it 10/10 not a question, even if you'd sound like a grizzly bear, he he. Which I'm quite sure you don't. Sexyyyy :)
IT WORKS!

Axélle

Thick, wavy hair, a closed hairline, almond shaped eyes, high cheekbones, a small tapering jaw, a small pointy chin,   a very smooth,  wrinkleless, poreless looking skin, all over, no beardgrowth, no bodyhair,  a bubble butt (mixed heritage here)

Oh sorry, what works for ME?

My legs, my butt, my nose, my cheek-bones, my feet and my hands - as I'm told (I thought they could be just a tad smaller), my voice - I AM TOLD also!!!
My eyes (sparkling, I'm also told), my being pretty hairless (by now), the way I walk and move, AND THE WAY A LAUGH, I know - and I'm also told. I'm not gawky or awkward, got 'moves' as one might call it :)
The way I feel sexy and femme in the presence of males (mostly)... my dress sense, my liking and being able to walk in heels - females, FAAB comment ;)

What is not working too well...: shoulders one size bigger then my butt, and my age makes me less desirable to the type of male I would (possibly) find attractive. I'm more of a lesbian (at heart :-)
I do like females A LOT and NOT just sexually  ::)

Axélle

Over-sized green eyes with long lashes, high cheekbones, full lips, dark blond hair with no hair-loss, no hair on my torso, substantial hips and ass especially compared to my waist, long long legs, very slender bone structure all over, a female-range voice and my light spattering of freckles. I lub my freckles.

I got quite a bit of genetic luck. Doesn't mean there aren't things I hate about my body. But there is good in with the bad.

Tall, thin, good skin, natural blond hair, a hint of a curve at my hips, cute lil' rear I've been told

these are features I am quite thankful for!!

and I've always been very healthy which doesnt hurt either ;)

Good question, as I'm still pre-anything and hiding behind a lot of maleness.

Good things...I have a medium frame for my height; years of martial arts (and walking wherever I can) kept muscle development centered around my core/legs.  I have healthy hair that grows incredibly fast (I can make a nice yearly donation to various wig charities when I'm minded to).  I'll add hips to the list as soon as I drop another 7-10lbs

Big nose works against me. Big chest. Also against.

Relatively small hands for my size. I have about the same size hands as my mom, who is 5'4. While I'm 5'9.
Small adams apple too.  Shoulders arent incredibly broad. Shape of my face might work.

My ability to alter my voice is actually probably better than all the stuff I just listed above. As my sister said when hearing my female voice for the first time: "You sound more like a girl than I do!" Meanwhile, I like to creep my friends out (the ones that know) by being in female form and switching to my deep manly voice. It really freaks them out! I mean just imagine this rather petite girl (5'4", size 6) speaking like Izaac Haynes, especially when you never met her in boy mode!.

It literally took me no practice whatsoever to get there. I have always been very good at altering my voice.

Feminine eyes, cheekbones, height (5'5), not hairy, and big butt are natural features that work in my favor.

Well let's see. My boobs developed very nicely (thank you Mom for the genetics on that). I usually fit a shoe size US 8½, European 39. While I am probably taller than the average Dutch woman, I am still within the normal range and don't stand out for being very tall. Among Dutch males I was definitely on the small side. When visiting my relatives in the U.S. on the other hand I am quite tall (5' 10"; the Dutch are a tall people). Before I transitioned I was also not a very big muscular guy, which works to my advantage now. As someone mentioned earlier, I too have small wrists and ankles.

My face doesn't stand out for having very masculine features, except for my largish nose (runs in the family on my father's side).

Good topic, trying to find the good things in yourself. I am by nature a pessimist so I usually focus on everything that is wrong.

Good:

-Short-ish feet for a man. I'm a US women's size 8 to 9 (assuming the shoe is wide), and perhaps they will shrink further with HRT.
-I think my eyes almost look cute. Yeah, almost ~.
-Good voice. Even though it's not quite where I want it (can't cry, laugh, shout; very limited pitch range...) someone else with a 100 % passable voice told me she envied mine, so it's got to be okay. I don't know if it'll get much better, though, since I probably have more training than most: I've never had an actual male voice, and have been doing my best to sound as good as possible since the start of puberty, so I've actually practiced 24/7 for 10 years or more.
-Hair that's somewhat easy to work with, if I ever "get the trick", according to my hairdresser: good colour; relatively straight; thick.
-Little to no balding/thinning.
-Hips larger than the male average and that are being enlarged a little by HRT, it seems.
-Okay-looking cheekbones.

Neutral:

-Slightly below average height for a guy (165 cm / 5'5), but 90-95 % girls are shorter than I.
-Shoulders that are too broad, but I've seen much worse.
-Okay-ish nose. I still want it corrected (if it doesn't look better after a while on HRT), but unlike some others', I don't think it would be an actual non-pass element. Its size is okay, but it has a very large base at its bridge, which makes it look much larger than it is in reality.
-Square jaw, but it's not so large, actually.
-Square, male-type hairline, but some females' look that way, too, so I guess it's not the end of the world.
-Relatively gifted mother in the breasts department, but I've yet to know if that will be reflected in me. Zero visible growth yet, after all. Everyone in the family is fatter than I, after all, and her breasts are just "above average", no more.

Bad:

-Tremendous amounts of thick body hair, still obvious right after a shave for some, like on the arms, (they're individually too thick; we see them and their pores) almost everywhere, from fingers to toes, but HRT looks like it's starting to help, gladly. I'll be screwed if it turns blond but remains, though. I can forget laser, in that case.
-Medium to large bone frame, depending on the bones.
-Super thick (high and wide) feet.
-Very large rib cage, enough to make it hurt a little to touch my waist with my elbows, which is actually the normal way for a human to stand.
-Way above average muscle mass, despite zero training, notably in the thighs, arms and neck.
-Manly hands just like bear paws: huge paws, er, palms and short, thick fingers.
-"Hard coded" belly and waist fat present since my birth.
-Natural tendency to put on weight despite healthy eating.
-Chin that is shorter than some, but split and undeniably male.
-Large Adam's apple (which has frustratingly appeared just a year before HRT, whilst I was waiting for the go-ahead).
-Undeniably male forehead and which absolutely must be entirely hidden to have the slightest hope of passing.
-Very bushy, hard to work with eyebrows.
-Low ability to learn by myself and experiment, especially manual/visual things, so clothes, make-up and hair styling are going to be hard to get into.
-Low ability to make friends and blend in with people, so the support of friends and "tips from girl friends" are out of question due to the absence of such people.

My voice is naturally feminine, no Adam's apple, my height (5'5), mannerisms.. Not sure about my face though. I get most of my looks from my Mum.

Bad side: I'm as stocky as a LOTR dwarf, dark facial hair, masculine hairline.

The Good: Long eye lashes; naturally soft skin; no balding at all and an incredibly thick head of golden-blonde hair; ability to work my voice very well; full lips; upturned upper lip close to my nose' smallish hands for my size; smaller Adam's Apple; not too much bossing; a good head on my shoulders; .   

The Bad: Very Tall (~6'2); large amount of upper muscle mass (I assume this will dissipate on HRT); kind of narrowish butt (again, give me HRT and give that butt life... As I look at it :)... Overall, with HRT, I optimistically think I'll just have to struggle with the challenges a "tall" woman faces, hopefully!

Height 5' 8"
Weight 150
Eyes
Hand and Shoe size while a the upper end is still in the Fem range (Golf glove ladies large, Shoe size 10 1/2)
Skin

But that's it every thing else is neautral or negative  :(

QuoteI too have slim wrists, which bugged me as a guy but which pleases me nowadays!

Oh yes, me too!!! My arms were thin too and I spent ages doing vigorous Japanese drumming and now I am still waiting for that muscle mass to fade away.

I have hardly any Adam's apple.

Long wavy blonde hair that looks like it already has highlights in it! It is also nice and soft to the touch.......from that description I suppose everyone can tell that I LOVE my hair!! :D

Long eyelashes.

On the downside my attitude towards my brow ridge hovers on the boundary between irritation and acceptance, and I have dark circles under my eyes that never seem to totally disappear, although I can hide them with makeup.

I used to have nice strong nails, but now they became all weak and flaky. I blame HRT for that. 

Well, I'm normal height (5'5), slight build, I have a tiny waist and a good waist-hip ratio, high cheekbones, big luscious lips, a dramatic heart-shaped face, no body hair and not much facial hair, zero hair loss.

The only natural feature I feel is working against me is that my nose bridge is not as slim as I would like. I would also like a bit smaller rib cage but it is not too bad, like 33" underbust.

Quote from: Axélle on May 21, 2012, 12:39:27 PM
Honey, you cut it 10/10 not a question, even if you'd sound like a grizzly bear, he he. Which I'm quite sure you don't. Sexyyyy :)
IT WORKS!

Axélle

Luckily I don't sound like a grizzly bear, but sometimes, after talking to customers all day, my voice gets a tad horse due to the air in the store. But cough drops help with that. But I'm not sure about the 10/10, I still can get clocked at times if someone is looking for something off.  Thanks though:)

Jaime, try wearing a scarf inside. Actors and singers do that all the time to protect their voice. It'll give you an artist look, haha.

And drink a lot of water.

Quote from: A on May 21, 2012, 10:41:47 PM
Jaime, try wearing a scarf inside. Actors and singers do that all the time to protect their voice. It'll give you an artist look, haha.

And drink a lot of water.

I get hot when I'm working due to moving around so much, even when the air in there is cold. I think there are alien spores residing in the air ducts in there, but no one wants to believe me on that.  And I smoke, I know its bad, but I'm trying to do something about that. I do need to drink more water though, I've mostly been drinking coffee at work and that's probably more of a diuretic effect than I need.

Hmmm...let's see.  And I added more good and bad today to my list

Good stuff:
Fine bone structure
Very nice legs-thighs especially
Really good skin/complexion
Height: 5'3.5"
Very thick hair, no thinning or balding
Eyes
Jaw line
No brow bossing
nice eyebrows
small hands and feet
Almost no body hair already, who knows why, but it makes me happy
good starting point for hips; they are not narrow
narrow shoulders
Bigger, girly looking derrier
great genes- not because i say so, because my doctor volunteered that
i am in excellent health and very fit

Now for the things that are a pain in the arse:
Voice sucks right now, need vocal training
I need braces for sure
my nose could be smaller, much smaller
my age- I'm 33!
Very high metabolism
Hair is waaaaaaaay too short- must grow
Legs-nicley shaped but are a little short
Chin-not masculine but also not feminine either-could go either way
NO BOOBS! that's okay I'm only just starting hrt tomorrow
Beard!   Its a light beard, but it has to go.....zap, zap, ZAP!
still have too much muscle.....has to go!
;D

The good:
Smallish build
Small feet(uk size 6)
hands are female average size apparently.
34" underbust that would go down if I lost some of the fat there.
39" hips that im hoping hrt will help with.
good cheekbones so im told.
Almost no body hair (just hair on forearms and legs).
Small adams apple.

The bad:
5'7" height, wish I would shrink a bit.
No butt at all, I hope hrt and exercise will help.
Skinny legs.
Fat belly (34").
Face in general, especially lips nose and forehead.
My age (32)

I'm noticing that people are putting early thirties as being bad. Heck, its not that bad. Plenty of us transition later than that and turn out ok. I suppose the main thing we miss is more years as ourselves, but transitioning late doesn't have to necessarily mean bad results.

Quote from: Jaime on May 22, 2012, 12:12:56 AM
I'm noticing that people are putting early thirties as being bad. Heck, its not that bad. Plenty of us transition later than that and turn out ok. I suppose the main thing we miss is more years as ourselves, but transitioning late doesn't have to necessarily mean bad results.

True, but if I had started when I first came out it would have been 13-14. 18 years delay aint great, but its my own fault for not being stronger.

I have small hands too. Only with stubby fingers like Lisa Simpson. :P
Also good cheek bones I guess and facial structure. like little to no brow bossing. I've always had very fine body hair too.

On the down side, eyebrows that get as thick as hedges.

The good:
Long legs
Cutesy eyes
Thin arms and wrists
Tiny hands (for my height)
Well-developing breasts
Small feet (for my height)
Soft, round butt
Round hairline
Pale skin and dark hair
No Adam's apple

The neutral:
Short, a little fat fingers
Hair with the tendency to curl
Somewhat thin lips
Brown freckles all over my body
Lack of visible cheek(bones?) when not smiling

The bad:
Height (5'11" - 180cm)
Ribcage size
Really wide shoulders (around 16 inches)
Wide jaw
Prominent chin (though luckily the parted middle filled out with hormones)
Rather large head
Typical male forehead and browline
An indent between my hip bones and hips (goes outward, inward, and outward again) <- really annoying me
Thick hair, and covered all over with it (except my back), so I can get them potentially lasered

um I meant this more of a section where you could post the things you more or less liked about yourselves...but carry on! :P

Quote from: GhostTown11 on May 21, 2012, 11:31:17 AM
What features do you have that you feel work for, rather than against, you.

The good points:
My voice!
my nose!
my upper thighs!
My height (5' 7")
small feet!
no body hair!

The bad points:
Small breasts!
small butt!
belly fat!
thin top lip!
thin hips!

The good:

Naturally larger hips than waist
Petite figure and not too tall at 5'7
Amazing skin, as I have been told by dermatologists, although I do little more than moisturising my face, but I avoid foundation apart from special occasions. With this I get hardly any spots and never did as a teenager
No facial hair
No under arm hair until nineteen
Quite a fine jawline and not too masculine brow, thanks to dad not looking too masculine
Nice eyes
Able to laugh, shout and sing in a female voice, but only through practice and having a singing background. Speaking took a lot of voice changing but was fairly straightforward

The bad:
Huge nose, not too bad from the front, but from the side, I cast a similar shadow to a Concorde!
Frizzy hair that's thin and takes ages to dry, although my sister has the same problem
Not much breast growth beyond an a cup, but it comes from being thin

No Adam's Apple is a good start. 
Tall, 6'2"/ 189 cm but fairly slim.
Great legs!

Quote from: Jaime on May 22, 2012, 12:12:56 AM
I'm noticing that people are putting early thirties as being bad. Heck, its not that bad. Plenty of us transition later than that and turn out ok. I suppose the main thing we miss is more years as ourselves, but transitioning late doesn't have to necessarily mean bad results.

Yes, I understand and agree.  So many years lost to not being able to just be who we are....but there's a lot of years left to go, fortunately.

My face! ;D Everyone says I look like a girl with a mustache, and I can certainly see it, lol. I love my small feet too. ^.^

I found this to be a very interesting string.  I think it is great that everyone knows their strengths and weaknesses.  I, unfortunately do not.  I do not know my strengths at all.  Could any one provide me with some advice?

Honestly, most of the stuff I listed are what people tell me. I couldn't tell you  if I look definitely masculine or feminine and what exactly makes it seem that way. Other things I have noticed  in the mirror or just never thought about it until I transitioned.

To me my voice sounds like a guy's, but everyone insists that it doesn't.  But I couldn't tell you why that is because I've never practiced having a female voice. And any mannerisms are just natural to me so I've never thought about them either. For instance I was voice chatting with Azmaria one night last year via Google + and I sneezed. She sighed and told me "Even your sneezes are feminine."  I've never noticed that.
Then there is my wife's WoW Guild members. When new members hear me chat on vent, they always ask who that girl is.
One of them has told me I sound just like his Grandma. (Don't know if I should take that as a complement or insult Since I don't know his Grandmother).

Also it might be helpful to post a photo here if you want people to be able to help you identify your strengths. But you'll be able to do that when you reach 15 posts.

I really like my eyes and my skin; beyond that I'd say I'm pretty much self conscious about most of my other features

As rough as the road to transition appears to my eyes, I also have a lot going for me (in terms of transitioning from male to female)...

-I'm only 5'7"
-small hands
-soft features
-been told I have pretty eyes
-full head of hair (at age 37)
-not a super masculine voice

I'm hoping fervently that hormones + lazer will get me to the point of getting "ma'amd"- Just need to scratch together the $ to get started...

Please don't take this the wrong way, forallittook.

Quote from: forallittook on May 21, 2012, 07:02:06 PM
The Bad: Very Tall (~6'2)

Hahahahahaha! ^^ I am 6'6", and I am exited to transition

Being tall is a blessing, mark that under 'The Good'

I agree, being tall is good. (:

I asked a couple of my GG friends to get an idea.  They said that I have pretty long slender legs, a "girls" butt, and a short torso. Hopefully more features will start to come out as I start HRT.

God I wish I still had some great features.  When I was about 13 or 14 my mom surprised me one day by saying I had great legs, and that a lot of girls would love to have them.  Wow, what happened to my legs?  C'est la vie.

got some sucky news and feel in a mood to think positively :P

not an mtf, but...

An "adorable" baby face.
Large almost purpleish black eyes
really long eyelashes ( I hated this at first, asked my mom to cut them when I was 5 :/)
Prominent and high cheeks from my aunt
really small hands and feet (38 Euro size, and an XS in women's gloves :P)
small shoulder frame
a good androgynous height (5'7.5, which is ab out the exact middle of the averages between men and women)
small  but not oddly so head (this is weird though, all my features are small like my mom's, but she's 5'2 *shrugs*)
small wrists (small as in even for a small framed girl)
a pointy little turned up nose from my mom
and a really nice skin tone from my dad and mom (mixed race)

A lot of bad stuff, still hate that I struggle with seeing myself as fat and huge yet being objectively told I'm too small and under an 18 BMI

although I have a love/hate relationship with mia kirschner, best description to said nose :P
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F_HP3HpMu8oOQ%2FTHKAZSsTeaI%2FAAAAAAAAEno%2FscwlmVI1RuA%2Fs1600%2FM1.JPG&hash=56fff5e144b211cf2676e907a7c883acb834ef7e)

You're an unusual guy, to see those as positive things. :p

I've always been told that I have a baby face - I got carded when I bought some beer recently at 49 years of age.
Very long eyelashes.
Androgynous face.
Female shaped legs.
"Cute butt", whatever that means.
Thin wrists.
Not much body hair.

Quote from: A on October 27, 2012, 10:54:13 PM
You're an unusual guy, to see those as positive things. :p

I'm not an ftm either LOLZ

Quote from: CoolCat on October 27, 2012, 11:02:24 PM
I'm not an ftm either LOLZ

Andy the Androgyn huh? :)

Quote from: girl you look fierce on October 28, 2012, 03:58:20 AM
Still hate my nose though  ::)

We all do...

Bony piece of crap!

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on October 28, 2012, 08:53:27 AM
We all do...

Bony piece of crap!

this has got to be universal, and I have the ideal "cute" nose lol.

Pfffff...


Bad:
- Practically all my face. No cheeks, low eyebrows, big brow bone, diagonal forehead, high hair line, saggy eyelids, oily skin, big nose, poor jaw...
- Tiny eyes.
- Hair: Slowly going bald, I don't know If I will make it in time
- Almost double Adam's apple. Not only the apple, my entire larynx and trachea protrudes a lot.
- Voice, breathing system. Next month they will check if there is something obstructing my nasal conducts, I get very little air from them.
- Short fingers
- Age (30) And it will take longer to start.

Neutral:
- Medium sized hands and feet.
- I have a neck. Maybe it is too long and muscular thick, but it is better than nothing
- Slightly wide back and shoulders

Good:
- Not too big body frame
- Ok legs with decent calves.
- Great Skin on the body
- Standar height. 5.8" is neither too short or too high
- Small amount of body hair. It is going to be very easy to remove.

Good long straight(dyed blonde with red and gold highlights) hair some receding at front
Green eyes
Pale complexion
High cheekbones
Not  many  wrinkles
No Adams apple
Slender arms
Thin wrists
Great ass
Long legs
Thin ankle (I have cellulitis in my right leg)
I'm 55 but look 30 something
Bad  Big build
Big hands
Growly voice
Food baby belly
6'3" which put me off transition for a long time
Big feet size 11

Pretty eyes, and long slender thin fingers/hands.