I notice that in many photos of women who are further down the transition road than I am appear to be free of chest hair. Does this happen with HRT over time, or do you remove the hair periodically through waxing or depilatory treatment?
In my case, I was lucky. I had very little chest hair when I started HRT. That is partly the result of genetics, and partly the result of the same pre-natal hormone exposure that made me trans.
What little chest hair I did have, a few dozen hairs, has effectively disappeared. The only hairs I can find now are a couple of very fine gray hairs around my areolae. I have never shaved my chest.
Body hair does naturally diminish on HRT. Whether it goes away entirely depends on what you started with. I still have a bit of hair on my legs, but much less than when I started. I mostly don't worry about it, though I do sometimes shave it in summertime.
I didn't start out super hairy but there was plenty to bother me. One of the things I hated most and af first it seemed like i needed to shave twice a day. Now at almost 2 years HRT I actually don't remember the last time I shaved my chest.
I could probably get away with about 10 days to 2 weeks on my legs (especially in winter) but I prefer not to so shave those once or twice a week in the shower. As they say, YMMV, but you should eventually see a decrease.
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I had hair on my back, now I don't
I had hair on my upper chest near my shoulders, now I don't
I had hair on my buttocks, now ... I dont know, I'll have to ask
Anyways, body hair is thinning and going away. HRT is the only thing to accout for it.
Thanks for the responses. I'm not a sasquatch, but I hate what is there and really hope that HRT makes it go away.
I was lucky and really didn't have chest hair. Once on HRT the little I had went away. My arms had a lot more hair and I would shave them. Once on HRT the arm hair is really light.
Julie
Quote from: Julie -2010 on January 20, 2019, 03:45:21 PM
I was lucky and really didn't have chest hair. Once on HRT the little I had went away. My arms had a lot more hair and I would shave them. Once on HRT the arm hair is really light.
Julie
That is encouraging to hear. I have hairy arms (again not horribly hairy, but enough that it would look really weird in a short sleeve or sleeveless shirt). I hope that also diminishes.
When I started HRT last February I had no hair on legs or arms but did have some on chest and abdomen and back and HRT decreased its growth rate and thinned it out. Subsequent BHR (R for Removal) has virtually eliminated the remainder.
You should hopefully achieve both thinning and reduction.
Hugs
Pamela
Quote from: pamelatransuk on January 21, 2019, 06:28:42 AM
When I started HRT last February I had no hair on legs or arms but did have some on chest and abdomen and back and HRT decreased its growth rate and thinned it out. Subsequent BHR (R for Removal) has virtually eliminated the remainder.
You should hopefully achieve both thinning and reduction.
Hugs
Pamela
What method of removal has worked for you?
I was dealt a healthy beard and hair on the chest from top to bottom. Maybe not completely like Sean Connery, but close. I have been shaving my chest for awhile. I am able to wait about a day or 2 longer in between shaves. Same goes for my face.
I noticed at the 2 month mark that a large patch of hair no longer grows on my chest. Imagine where Iron Man's Arc Reactor is located. At that location on my chest I have a round area the size of my fist that is now bare. I also have a one inch strip that goes horizontally through the round area across my entire chest that has also become barren. The edges along my abs are growing less hair and what grows there is much lighter.
I hope to see this continue! I would really prefer not to pay a couple thousand dollars to have my chest cleared! Fingers crossed.
I used to have to shave my chest twice a week now it's like once a month and it's just to clean up vellus hair and greys. I did five rounds of laser hair removal and hormones definitely thinned out my body hair a lot too.
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Quote from: BlueJaye on January 21, 2019, 01:57:35 PM
What method of removal has worked for you?
For my chest and abdomen and back, 6 Laser sessions and I don't think I will need any more sessions for the foreseeable future.
For my face 6 Laser sessions and on different days 15 Electrolysis sessions and again I don't think I will need any more Laser but the Electrolysis must continue for some time as most of my facial hair is light or gray.
Hugs
Pamela