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Title: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: JonasCarminis on August 19, 2009, 07:15:18 PM
just a general discussion of happy trails.  im curious about what your thoughts may be.

my thoughts on mine?  i like it.  i just wish it hadnt expanded into a giant delta that now ends at each side and the middle of my chest.  lol
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: sneakersjay on August 19, 2009, 08:05:23 PM
Want one.  But all I have is hair everywhere all over my gut.  None above and none below.


Jay
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Jamie-o on August 19, 2009, 08:23:25 PM
I had a happy trail long before T.  Before I decided to transition I found it a little embarrassing.  Now I don't really have an opinion one way or the other. 

What I find interesting is how much I'm growing to like the hair that's sprouting all over my thighs,  Never thought I would, before.  :icon_confused2:
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: alexkidd on August 22, 2009, 05:03:58 AM
My happy trail makes me happy :-)

I love walking around the house just in my boxers and having my happy trail down my belly, looks cool and makles me feel neat, lol
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Myself on August 22, 2009, 08:10:00 AM
Soon you'd start marking territory like tigers! :D
Shush...! ignore that last line :)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Nathan. on August 22, 2009, 09:49:26 AM
I have one and i'm not on T yet. It will make me happier when I lose weight...
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Mr. Fox on August 22, 2009, 10:09:17 AM
When I get one, I will proudly display it for a week.  Then I will shave it off; they're ugly.  Actually, I probably won't have much of one, so I probably won't bother.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: noxdraconis on August 22, 2009, 10:30:57 AM
I loved my happy trail when I had one pre-t.  Now I just have a forest growing on my belly.  Genetic predisposition for body hair FTW  ;D
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: JonasCarminis on August 22, 2009, 06:11:14 PM
yea, i think im going to end up with a much harier bely the way im going.  it started out like a little strip of trees, now its like a reforestation project has baan taken up on my stomach.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Chamillion on August 22, 2009, 08:41:21 PM
I wish I had a more noticeable one.  I've always had a slight one before T, now there's a bit more hair but not much.  I'm happy, but I'll be more happy when it gets hairier
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Myself on August 22, 2009, 11:30:32 PM
I noticed pretty much anyone on T gets super hairy, many times they do more than men who are not on this sort of therapy.

Did anyone else notice that?
Seems like anyone I met, and now heard of over here, have a forest at the chests, legs, thighs..

Could it be the double androgen receptors?
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: petzjazz on August 23, 2009, 12:58:16 AM
Quote from: Myself on August 22, 2009, 11:30:32 PM
I noticed pretty much anyone on T gets super hairy, many times they do more than men who are not on this sort of therapy.

Did anyone else notice that?
Seems like anyone I met, and now heard of over here, have a forest at the chests, legs, thighs..

Could it be the double androgen receptors?

Maybe, but I think some FTMs tend to overestimate the amount of hair they get in relation to the amount of hair many cismales have. Since we're born and live with the much more minimal female body hair growth for a number of years, the amount of hair growth caused by T can seem rather shocking - but based on all the FTMs and FTM pictures I've seen, I don't think most of us ACTUALLY grow any more hair than we would have had we been born XY. 

And just so you can tick that hairy-FTM-encounter-statistic down to 99%, I've been on T for 5.5 months and I only have slightly more thigh hair (and all of my leg hair has darkened slightly, but it's nowhere near black), blooming sideburns (which are coming in very nicely) and some darkened chin/throat growth (my dad's very big on the throat growth). I have no hint of back hair, exactly five chest hairs (two more than I had pre-T), and - very happily - no butt crack hair. I come from a reasonably non-hairy family (my mom is English, and my dad, despite being Russian, has little chest hair and almost no back hair at all), so chalk one more up to the all-mighty "Everything's DNA".   

Edit: And (which I forgot initially, despite the TITLE OF THE THREAD), I have developed a thin, rather cute (and nowhere near foresty) happy trail. And yes, it does make me happy. 
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Radar on August 23, 2009, 03:00:59 PM
I had a slight happy trail and hair on my toes & feet since a teenager. I'm not sure what happened but a few years ago they just... disappeared. :-\ I'm hoping they'll come back soon being on T. I really liked them.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Nero on August 23, 2009, 03:07:31 PM
they would... if I had one.  :laugh: nah, I'm not hoping for much more hair. I've got some under my navel, that's it.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: LordKAT on August 23, 2009, 06:15:58 PM
Lost mine when i gave birth. It is slowly making a comeback, a 21 year comeback that T will hopefully speed up.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Jamie-o on August 23, 2009, 06:24:51 PM
So, uh, are you asking us to contemplate the area around our navels?   :icon_blink: (Sorry, some days I can't resist the bad jokes.  ;) )
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Christo on August 24, 2009, 12:31:04 AM
Quote from: Josh on August 19, 2009, 07:15:18 PM
just a general discussion of happy trails.  im curious about what your thoughts may be.

my thoughts on mine?  i like it.  i just wish it hadnt expanded into a giant delta that now ends at each side and the middle of my chest.  lol

Yep they make me happy :icon_dance: :icon_dance: :icon_dance: I dont got a beard :D :D :D but I got happy trails & lotsa hair on my arms. legs & under my navel.  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Osiris on August 24, 2009, 12:45:25 AM
Yes the happy trail makes me happy... Not a huge surprise since I've shared pics of it. :P
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Jay on August 24, 2009, 05:16:29 AM
I do love my body hair and my happy trail I just wish the hair on my chest would come through darker there is alot of it its just  light brown :-(

Need to cover those scars!!

Jay
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: straightedgechris on October 08, 2009, 12:10:11 AM
oooh yes my new happy trail makes me very happy! i have always wanted one but was always oh-so-smooth. the cismen in my family aren't terribly hairy, which i'm cool with. i now have the happy trail, thigh hair and my shin hair is a lot thicker than it used to be.

i'm pretty happy that i have fine, light body hair and not body pubes ;)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Silver on October 08, 2009, 02:31:36 AM
They would if I had one. Right now they're just a reminder that I'm not male.

SilverFang
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Alex_C on October 08, 2009, 09:56:22 PM
3.5 months on T and don't have one yet, I'm not sure if I'll get one, I hope so though because I'd like to have a cute girl follow that happy little trail with her soft lips and find the treasure at the end!
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: CodyJess on October 09, 2009, 12:41:41 AM
Yeah. Pre-T and I have a happy trail anyway, have for several years now. It definitely makes me happy  :laugh:
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Osiris on October 09, 2009, 12:46:07 AM
to share the happy trail joy

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi255.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh125%2Fosiris_zoso%2F100_5689.jpg&hash=e97b60e81bc984cc1331ac249277c77ccb3a7014)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: DamagedChris on October 09, 2009, 01:04:57 AM
One thing I don't like about happy trails...my belly button collects lint now that there's hair there.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Lachlann on October 09, 2009, 01:22:52 AM
Pre-T and I have a happy trail, although it's blonde(because I am). I expect it to fill in more and crawl up to my chest when I get on T.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Alex_C on October 09, 2009, 01:23:15 AM
Hmm I need a decent digi camera! I have a Sony Mavica which is a camera I LOVE but need some stuff to make it "go" which may cost me $100 but may well be worth it.

I also have access to some horrendously expensive thing with a ton of memory and pixels and such, it's just not my beloved Mavica.

And 2 gayboys who'll take pics of me even my happy trail when I get one, and email me the pics, I have to go over and hang out at their place and talk 'em into it though. Kinda a hassle.

I note the hair getting just a bit coarser in happy trail territory but it's stil too early yet for me. My barber tells me my hair's gotten coarser though that's a sign of hope.  ::)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Morgan on October 09, 2009, 01:25:56 PM
Happy trails make me ever so happy <3
I'm pre-T and I have the makings of one. I can't wait to see what happens when I'm actually on T!
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: JonasCarminis on October 10, 2009, 12:46:27 AM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq16%2Fyahoofishkeeper%2Fmahbelly-1.jpg&hash=985b6940074d1147929ae99a64df2daed7db803c)
heres mine.  not really a trait any more. :P  you cant see all of it, but it goes to the sides of my belly an all the way up my chest a little past the middle of my sternum.

(pic fixed)
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Walter on October 10, 2009, 03:07:55 AM
Quote from: alexkidd on August 22, 2009, 05:03:58 AM
My happy trail makes me happy :-)

I love walking around the house just in my boxers and having my happy trail down my belly, looks cool and makles me feel neat, lol

Same here  :D I'm Non-T and I still have one. I'm very proud of it xD
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Kayden on October 10, 2009, 03:43:13 AM
Mine would be more appreciated if it didn't accent my giant gut.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Luc on October 10, 2009, 03:33:14 PM
Quote from: Myself on August 22, 2009, 11:30:32 PM
I noticed pretty much anyone on T gets super hairy, many times they do more than men who are not on this sort of therapy.

Did anyone else notice that?
Seems like anyone I met, and now heard of over here, have a forest at the chests, legs, thighs..

Could it be the double androgen receptors?

Double androgen receptors? I've never heard of that... but I know I'm far hairier than I ever thought I'd be. However, it's completely in line with men in my family. My little brother has every bit as much body hair as I do, so I don't really see it as being too unusual.

As per happy trails, I had one prior to T. Now I just have a mess of hair that extends from about an inch below my collarbone to... well, I guess it doesn't really stop.

SD
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: JonasCarminis on October 10, 2009, 03:41:59 PM
photobucket took my pic down earlier leaving a thing that said it was inapropriate... does anyone know how to dispute those things?  are people just flagging "unnatractive" pictures as offensive?
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Alex_C on October 10, 2009, 03:49:57 PM
If Photobucket only had that censorship ability over the beaches of the USA and for that matter its Wal-Marts.

I don't understand, it's a tummy.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: thestory on October 10, 2009, 03:50:25 PM
Quote from: Morgan on October 09, 2009, 01:25:56 PM
Happy trails make me ever so happy <3
I'm pre-T and I have the makings of one. I can't wait to see what happens when I'm actually on T!

Same here. I have no hair on my stomach except for the faint trace of a happy trail if you look close. Once on T the hair should be more prominent there. A very happy thought  ;D
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Cloudrot on October 11, 2009, 11:50:30 PM
Ohman, I was a hairy mess before I even started T. Now that I've been on it for 8 months it's just hair EVERYWHERE. It's kind of funny because I don't grow hair on my feet. I've got a -ton- of hair on my legs all the way down to my ankles and then it just cuts off.

On the subject of happy trails though, I think mine is just a tad too much. I had a happy trail before I was on T, which I liked, but now it's like I'm growing a fur coat. My dad picks on me because I'm hairier than he is, by a lot. I got the hair distribution from my mom's side. Heh.
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: thestory on October 12, 2009, 12:53:31 AM
Quote from: Cloudrot on October 11, 2009, 11:50:30 PM
Ohman, I was a hairy mess before I even started T. Now that I've been on it for 8 months it's just hair EVERYWHERE.

I'm a little less worried about getting too much body hair and more worried about loosing the hair on my head. There is baldness on both sides of my family.  :-\
Title: Re: happy trails. do they make you happy?
Post by: Luc on October 13, 2009, 11:27:28 PM
... and baldness is carried on the X chromosome. Yes, we're all screwed. Just remember: there's always Rogaine. I think the statistic is something like 90% of people who use it either stop losing or start to regrow their hair. I'll be giving them quite a bit of business as soon as I get the money.

SD