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 The picture is taken with what I call my silent movie actress makeup, not really for daily life, fairly clumsily applied at that. One day I'm going to get better at that stuff, but there are plenty of other things to do first. My brow bossing and forehead worry lines are troubling. I like my jaw line, but a smaller chin would be nice. Oh well, one thing at a time I guess. Tell me what you think.  (Just realized that I don't know how to post a pic, I guess my avatar will be over there though)

You look great Hon

You look good and HRT will help.  We all have our appearance doubts and dislikes; yes, so do all gg's.  After a period of HRT you may then want to consider getting a little FFS help or not.

Really, this becomes all about how you feel about you.

You are in great starting place and only you can assess what you want/need.

Take good care,

Rachel

Quote from: Cindy on September 11, 2015, 03:22:02 AM
You look great Hon

She sure does!  :)

  Thank you for the kind words. I've definitely decided to start a low dose HRT after I've worked on some other things.

Breath taking :)

Thankyou

If you haven't even started HRT then you're already in a great starting place.

I like your eyebrows and I think you have cute features.  :)

Quote from: Ms Grace on September 14, 2015, 02:27:48 AM
If you haven't even started HRT then you're already in a great starting place.

Exactly what I was thinking. Looking great :)

Wow!  I am envious.   I dont think you should be so hard on yourself but if you must - remember, carrying yourself with confidence, poise and grace overcomes most of what we think are physical "flaws".

You go girl!
Miril

That's what you are starting with? OMG, how fortunate you are to look so good out of the shoot. I'll be looking to see how you progress. I'm sure you will be very happy with the results.

Cindi

Thank you again everyone. This is my most flattering selfie of course (and therefore my favorite), so it's not really what you'd find on a normal day. I don't want anyone to be envious of camera magic. My beard shadow, sunburn, and arms are very difficult to hide. It's been nice to have this photo with heavy makeup and grain/blur in order to study shape rather than texture. I really hope that in transitioning I can take care of some of these things. I've tried to think about identity in a realistic way in recent months and came to the conclusion that I'll have to be more of a Rosie the Riveter than anything else. Some things become too deeply ingrained and I now know that toughness, self sufficiency, and vigilance run deeper than I used to think. The deep gravel-y smoker's voice is going to be a serious project too, plus I've come to depend on it when I'm threatened. I just backed a hostile meth user into a wall with it last Monday (he was terrified by nothing but my voice and eye contact). I wish that these macho tools were not needed in my life, ugh....  Well, here's to a brighter future for all of us. :-)        P.S. My first appointment with a gender therapist may be this coming Monday.

You are refreshingly honest.  Good luck with your appointment!
Miril

You look amazing......feminine, sexy, beautiful. You look amazing!!

The whole ensemble is gorgeous!

Just so you know: I could just hate how cute you are . . . . love ya (lol)  >:-)

Truly, you look nice,

R