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So, I have a patch of hair on my feet. It is disturbingly dysphoric and I'm thinking to add it to my laser hair removal regime. It will cost a bit more of course, I'm already having my face and other parts of my body done.

What is everyone's experience with body hair and hormones? I heard it can take years for any changes to occur...

Anyone glad they held off on having extra laser hair removal on their body?

The hair on my feet has pretty much stopped growing.  I shaved it for the first 3 months of HRT, after that I still hit it occasionally, just to bee sure, but I haven't seen hair there for 3 months.  To be honest, I haven't seen the few hairs that were on my toes lately either, and I never shaved those.

As somebody who is pre-HRT and equipped with hobbit feet, that is incredibly reassuring.

Two weeks until the endo appointment...

Quote from: Artesia on March 30, 2017, 05:41:53 AM
The hair on my feet has pretty much stopped growing.  I shaved it for the first 3 months of HRT, after that I still hit it occasionally, just to bee sure, but I haven't seen hair there for 3 months.  To be honest, I haven't seen the few hairs that were on my toes lately either, and I never shaved those.

Are you on Spironolactone by any chance?

I am blessed with very light body hair.  I had maybe a couple of dozen hairs on my chest.  At two months on HRT, they are thinner and lighter.  When I used to shave them, the stubble was firm and wiry.  Now they are soft and silky.

Upon being put on an aggressive dosage of estrogen and being post-op (also taking progesterone), I noticed a significant reduction in body hair, especially legs, lower and upper/inner. Hairs are lighter, thinner and grow VERY slowly. Will be interesting to see what happens now that I started taking a little testosterone...

Quote from: Ellement_of_Freedom on March 30, 2017, 06:41:28 AM
Are you on Spironolactone by any chance?

Yes I'm on Spironolactone and Estrodiol.  The bald spot on the top of my head also seems to be going away, if not completely gone now.  I've been on HRT for just under 7 months.

Quote from: KayXo on March 30, 2017, 09:56:49 AM
Upon being put on an aggressive dosage of estrogen and being post-op (also taking progesterone), I noticed a significant reduction in body hair, especially legs, lower and upper/inner. Hairs are lighter, thinner and grow VERY slowly. Will be interesting to see what happens now that I started taking a little testosterone...

Same, sauf the testosterone. 

And almost every woman I know shaves their toes.  So, even if it just gets thin, lighter, and less dense, it is ok if you still have some. 

I did have laser on my feet and toes done, too.  It helps. ;)

"Don't mind me, I'm off to get my toes permanently shaved with a freaking laser"

I mean seriously, combine that with pancake making robots at hotels and ask yourself: do we not live in the future?  This stuff is awesome!  ;D

At just over 10 months on HRT the hair on my arms is about 85% thin and blonde, been having laser on my face/chest/stomach/underarms and had it on my back but HRT pretty much made it stop growing and only blonde peach fuzz after 3 laser sessions so I dropped it. Legs still grow plenty of dark hair, a bit thinner and certainly less dense but still awful as it always feels like its a ton. Though as embarrassing as it is to mention the one place I wish HRT would get rid of is the darn hair between my cheeks >_< (No not my face) It's lessened quite a bit but there's still quiet a bit and it's extremely hard to shave in that area and I'm sure impossible to wax/laser or whatever and I'd rather die then suffer the embarrassment of the tech trying to get to that area (Just typing that has made me shiver >_<) Since it seems it takes at least 3 years to fully have hair pattern changes I guess im really early on but bleh go away!!!

I barely have any hair on my inner thighs, close to my genital area and yet still have some hair on my toes/fingers and between my cheeks. Different areas, different sensitivity to T.

I'm about to hit 1 month Spiro and Estradiol. I'm not too hairy in the first place but definitely dark noticable hair still.

I've been avoiding shaving because I have that privilege right now, so I haven't noticed any changes yet.

In your experiences, did the androgen-affected hair fall out? Was it just a gradual thing you noticed while shaving?

Alright, my experiment with hair growth at a little under 7 months.

After 1 week of not shaving my legs, the hair is incredibly short, some are fine, but are still pretty dark and some are real thick but even darker than the fine hairs.  The amount of hair present seems to be lessened as well.

The top of the foot hair is all pretty fine, and is very light in shade, I almost can't see them, and to see them I need to pull my leg up as close as possible to my eyes, but I'm not really very flexible so it's not that close to be honest. 

The unshaved toe hairs are still present, but are at the same point as the hair on top of my foot.

The Chest Hair is fine, and almost completely gone, but there are a few stringy stragglers, that for some odd reason seem to be far longer than any other hair, almost like I've missed it every time I've shaved it.

The Belly hair is mostly gone, the few remaining hairs are stringy things, the worst being those near the belly button.

Back hair, per my wife, she can't see it anymore, but there is couple left that she can feel.  Back hasn't been shaved in almost 2 months.

Arm hair is as fully covered as ever, I don't see a difference in it at all, but I have never shaved it because it doesn't really bother me.

Facial hair still shave every day.  GRRRRRRR, still there, grows a lot slower, and I no longer get a 5 o'clock shadow 10 minutes after shaving, so that's good.  Still real thick and scratchy.  This is the part that bothers me the most.

I'm shaving it all tomorrow, as I have hit my limit on keeping it.  Natural hair color is a Brown, but it now has gray in it as well.

Quote from: DuchessBianca on March 30, 2017, 03:50:32 PMit's extremely hard to shave in that area and I'm sure impossible to wax/laser or whatever and I'd rather die then suffer the embarrassment of the tech trying to get to that area (Just typing that has made me shiver >_<)

Hi, Duchess
Laser does work—the clinics here list that area on their price lists as the "O" zone. The electrolysists I know are also used to working there. They say while the client often feels embarrassed they themselves don't mind.