Always? Before HRT? After HRT? 2 months? A year? 2 years? 3 years? I know this is more of a mental perception kind of thing, so I do expect very mixed responses 

Before but some days I had to work hard to see it and others I couldn't see a trace of male left. I make an effort to see myself everyday though. Even before I started HRT I found that it was getting easier. I'm only on HRT for about 2 weeks now so it certainly hasn't helped yet.

Consistently with makeup?  Less than a year.
Consistently without makeup?  1 1/2 years.

I think he's gone now.

It took me about 2.5 years. I started hormones when I was 67kg and at 6 ft it wasn't a good look. Being so thin, I was very self concious about my image and picked on every detail.  I almost never see anything resembling male these days unless I am having a super selfconcious moment.  But that is very rare.

For me it was after about 2 months or so. I'm really surprised at how much of an effect HRT has had

no makeup: after two years and like 4 laser sessions later
with makeup: about a year and a half

Going for male fail mode, after barely two plus years, still I'm called dude. Guess it will take
ffs and 5+ plus years. I started 2 years ago at 44 years old.

For it it was alil over a year and a half. After that I knew I was seeing Teela everytime

Been on HRT for almost two years, full time for a year and a half.

If I'm wearing my wig, totally female. If I've got a hat on, mostly girl. Without wig or hat, never. Look totally like a dude.

I was on HRT for about six month before I achieved passability.

About 13 months to always see Eva with or without makeup.

Ah, heck, I still don't if I'm feeling self-critical.

More often than not when I wasn't overthinking it was probably about ~3 months, but I'm not sure I'll ever get past the point where I occasionally look into the mirror and see him staring back. I know it's all in my head, but...

Literally this last month, since I put on five pounds and got my T levels under control...I'm almost at my two year mark now.  At least in the face, I see a girl, albiet one with hella heavy brow bossing.

Around the two year mark. But not consistently. I still don't consistently see it, or rather, I sometimes see old features which no one else seems to notice. Stare for 30 years at your own face and it's just burned into your brain, it seems. Takes a lot of time to see something different. Try different angle in the mirror, unexpected angles. They will show you an angle you never seen before, making it more objective.

A month ago, I was shopping. Standing at a shelf, I suddenly noticed from the corner of my eye, someone staring at me. I look straight at it to see why that woman was looking at me, and it took me about 1 second to realize it was my own reflection in a mirror. In that 1 second I saw myself objectively before I realized it was myself. It was a very strange experience. I expected to see someone else, and for 1 second I really thought I did. The brain seems to project it's own body image after a while, that's why it can long to overwrite that image with a new one. And the longer the changes take, the slower it seems to go.

When I was in the hospital for SRS, I didn't see myself for a whole week. Never had a look at my face. All this time I projected how I thought I would look. On day 7 I did look in the mirror for the first time, and I really noticed that I looked better than the image I projected or remembered. So if you want to know and see changes, avoid mirrors for a couple of weeks. Good luck! 

The body image I had of myself was very strong, and it was reinforced by memory, 30 years worth of looking in the mirror, reflections and negative thinking.

About 2 years ago, excluding lack of natural hair... Hair soooo frames the face.....
Started HRT very, very late forties so has taken a long while, been struggling keeping the weight down, which emphases the waist, but slowly winning that battle now. So after so many years on HRT at least 10 or 11 the effects are very comforting now, love my little life savers

Hey you OK, didn't look like you've been home? So in the mornings try to avoid looking hard at my face 

Love Katy

There always been a female in the mirror, just took 3 years of hormones to show me confidence.

Was marries so my x kept beating down my confidence level. 

Everyone holds there own truth.

Have not started HRT, but still hoping i will.
Some days i see only Linda in the mirror, other days i look androgynous to me and only rarely do i see a guy.
When i wear my hat i am happy with what i see, except the facial hair growth of course. (refuse to call it a beard)

I don't know to be honest I've kinda stopped counting how long I've been on hormones. But I'll let you in on a secret how you see yourself in the mirror has nothing to with hrt.

Quote from: Heather on December 06, 2014, 11:42:22 AM
I don't know to be honest I've kinda stopped counting how long I've been on hormones. But I'll let you in on a secret how you see yourself in the mirror has nothing to with hrt.

Of course you are right, but it softens the reality of the incorrect physical form that we were unfortunately born into... Unless you are lucky enough to have always had a feminine form 

L Katy   

With a wig on, plus Make up after about 16 months on HRT all I see is female. I am though very circumspect Mind you, I have no Adams apple and very small hands and feet.  Without a Wig and Make up, my alter ego is all still too obvious, although cis-women keep commenting on how young I look (as a male) and that I have sort of glow about me and look really well. There is one woman in church that keeps making that comment - I think she might have the "hots for me" well what she thinks she sees! I am now 22 months in on my new HRT regime. I can comment on  Jill and Eva Marie in Los Angeles as I spent a wonderful evening with both of them (and with Jiill's wonderful partner - Katherine) and I can tell you that both Eva Marie & Jill present 100% as women - for me all I see is imperfections in myself, but I suppose its all about if one is read. Same goes for Bree who I caught up in a city near Palm Springs in California. All I saw was 100% female. Same for Grace in Sydney when we met for dinner. And of course Cindy in Adelaide and Catherine Sarah in Sydney - how could anyone see anything but two awe inspiring beautiful women!

Quote from: PinkCloud on December 06, 2014, 03:15:39 AMA month ago, I was shopping. Standing at a shelf, I suddenly noticed from the corner of my eye, someone staring at me. I look straight at it to see why that woman was looking at me, and it took me about 1 second to realize it was my own reflection in a mirror.

^That happened to me! I was out shopping and noticed some girl across the room looking right at me. I thought, who's this girl looking at me??? Then it hit me.

That was just over a year on hrt. Around that time I was out to my close friends, but not to everyone. I was still doing guy mode at work and around my girlfriend's family. A few months later (1.5 years hrt) I had came out to everyone, went full-time, and told my gf she needed to tell her family... or else. I think when I stopped doing guy mode and went full-time is when I began to always see my female self in the mirror.