Quote from: Liminal Stranger on February 19, 2013, 11:27:09 PM
Hey, it's not exactly a lie :3

Getting misgendered sucks. Two years of doing something to masculinize yourself and still getting misgendered sucks even more. But you have to change your confidence, like others have been saying. Don't be afraid- you have nothing to prove to anybody. In all likelihood you'll never see them again, so correct them. Even if you will see them again, correct them. It'll give you the ego boost you need to help with passing, which will further boost your ego in a good cycle. You've got this.

I feel you on the height issue. Right now I'm lucky because I'm still a kid, but not for long. It's good that you look masculine with long hair- speaking of hair, how's your facial forest? The short guys I know are desperate to grow a beard because, well, girls don't have full beards- this isn't Skyrim 

Hope you start passing more soon. That has to be pretty rough.

I'm gonna try my hardest to correct them next time. I'm hoping there won't have to be a next time. But I always regret it when I don't correct people.

speaking of hair, how's your facial forest?

It's not great. Noticeable, but not great yet. I hope it comes in darker soon and fills in on the other side.

Hope you start passing more soon. That has to be pretty rough

Thanks. It is.

Quote from: Geek on February 19, 2013, 06:32:46 PM
Yeah except most people will tell you what you want to hear, regardless if it's true or not :/

True.

I'd up the dosage if your voice hasn't changed significantly in two years.  Screw the acne, puberty is a gauntlet to be run, and dragging it out just doesn't make sense.  (I think my heavy acne only lasted a year and a half or so BTW, so even on a high dose eventually the problem goes away.)

I met someone recently who de-transitioned because of medical issues that would prevent them having surgery.  They clearly hadn't been a high enough dose as I only had their word that they'd been on T for a couple years.  Most of the hair just thinned back to the female norm.  There was no voice change, and they told me no change to clitoral size.  My voice changed within a few months of starting, and clitoral growth took off not long after.  All the guys I knew back in those days had similar results to me.  Years after I finished I ran into a guy in your boat, and on my advice he upped his dosage and then everything started to happen finally.

Get that voice cracking sir, and things will improve

Shortman

Quote from: Shortman on February 26, 2013, 05:32:53 PM
I'd up the dosage if your voice hasn't changed significantly in two years.  Screw the acne, puberty is a gauntlet to be run, and dragging it out just doesn't make sense.  (I think my heavy acne only lasted a year and a half or so BTW, so even on a high dose eventually the problem goes away.)

I met someone recently who de-transitioned because of medical issues that would prevent them having surgery.  They clearly hadn't been a high enough dose as I only had their word that they'd been on T for a couple years.  Most of the hair just thinned back to the female norm.  There was no voice change, and they told me no change to clitoral size.  My voice changed within a few months of starting, and clitoral growth took off not long after.  All the guys I knew back in those days had similar results to me.  Years after I finished I ran into a guy in your boat, and on my advice he upped his dosage and then everything started to happen finally.

Get that voice cracking sir, and things will improve

Shortman

There's a couple reason why I don't want to up my dosage: Acne, loosing my hair faster, and the pain of a bigger needle for the injection. I just hope eventually my voice will get deeper. Though, it hasn't changed in over a year.

Everyone is telling me different things. I'm hoping if I stay on this dosage I'll still get changes. Just wish my voice would change. If it hasn't changed in over a year, my voice is probably done changing, right?

"and the pain of a bigger needle for the injection."

I'm with you on that one, Dominick....... <passes out on floor>

I kinda understand what you're saying. I haven't started T yet, but I pass most of the time. I get the occasional ma'am. I don't like confronting people when they mess up and use the wrong pronouns. So I let my girlfriend give me a hair cut to take away some of my femininity. My hair wasn't long, but the way I had it, it was enough to make it believable that I'm a girl. Doing little things to change your appearance helps a lot.   

Quote from: Dominick_81 on February 27, 2013, 12:16:16 PM
There's a couple reason why I don't want to up my dosage: Acne, loosing my hair faster, and the pain of a bigger needle for the injection. I just hope eventually my voice will get deeper. Though, it hasn't changed in over a year.

Everyone is telling me different things. I'm hoping if I stay on this dosage I'll still get changes. Just wish my voice would change. If it hasn't changed in over a year, my voice is probably done changing, right?

You need a bigger needle when you up the dose?

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on February 27, 2013, 12:20:59 PM
"and the pain of a bigger needle for the injection."

I'm with you on that one, Dominick....... <passes out on floor>

Yeah, injections suck.

Quote from: lawliver on February 27, 2013, 12:38:19 PM
I kinda understand what you're saying. I haven't started T yet, but I pass most of the time. I get the occasional ma'am. I don't like confronting people when they mess up and use the wrong pronouns. So I let my girlfriend give me a hair cut to take away some of my femininity. My hair wasn't long, but the way I had it, it was enough to make it believable that I'm a girl. Doing little things to change your appearance helps a lot.   

That's great that you pass most of the time, especially not on T.

Knock on wood, I haven't got'n ms-gendered with my short hair before, that I can recall. So yeah, I agree,  little changes to your appearance can help.

Quote from: Darrin Scott on February 27, 2013, 12:45:10 PM
You need a bigger needle when you up the dose?

I'm not actually sure. I'm assuming if your getting a higher dosage you would need a bigger needle...?

Quote from: Dominick_81 on February 27, 2013, 12:54:16 PMI'm not actually sure. I'm assuming if your getting a higher dosage you would need a bigger needle...?

I don't think that's true. I think you just fill the syringe with more T if the dosage is higher and then just inject it. It probably just takes longer.

Quote from: Darrin Scott on February 27, 2013, 01:52:37 PM
I don't think that's true. I think you just fill the syringe with more T if the dosage is higher and then just inject it. It probably just takes longer.

Oh, I see.

I've avoided the injections myself, not jsut because I don't feel I need it since i'm at the high end of the normal male range but also because there's just no way I could self inject. I can watch my blood being taken for blood work and I can give other's, both people and animals, injections without flinching but I know I wouldn't be able to stick it in myself, there's just something far too unnatural about it. So i'm in the same boat as you Dominick, i'm hoping my voice begins to drop without me having to switch from gel to needle.