So... how long had you been on hormones till you started to 'recognize' yourself, whatever that means to you,  ? Like... 10 months? Immediately?

Or was it such a smooth process you just grew into it naturally? Or was there a moment/period of time you started feeling you looked more 'you'?

I'm mainly talking about face here - but you can describe your observations of your body too!

Wolf, you always have great questions. I have been on hormones for 9 months. As far as recognizing myself, it was probably about a month to month and half of coming out that I began to recognize myself. I now see pictures of myself before and see an unhappy person and I don't recognize that guy. It's almost like a totally different person. So I cam out in June so it was about August that I really started recognizing myself and had real confidence to go out fully myself. I think it was a smooth process so far and I grew into it naturally. Everyone has told me that I have made very subtle changes and not just all of a sudden. I won't say my face looks totally different than 9 months ago but, there are changes I see. Good question!!!!

For me it was my first month on HRT this pic I just wish I had longer hair. That was the first time I has happy.

What a question!  Just this morning!  Looked in the mirror smiling and it was the real me looking straight in my eyes!
Smiling, Jessica

Maybe 7 months ish on T I started to see me in the mirror rather than an imitation of what I was trying to be. Only a few months ago have I actually recognised the man version of myself instead of the boy version. If that makes sense.

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on December 09, 2017, 05:39:06 PM
For me it was my first month on HRT this pic I just wish I had longer hair. That was the first time I has happy.

You can kinda see that...............!!!!!!!!! Your pics are really hot... And what are you talking about - you look great in short hair!

Quote from: Elis on December 09, 2017, 06:02:46 PM
Maybe 7 months ish on T I started to see me in the mirror rather than an imitation of what I was trying to be. Only a few months ago have I actually recognised the man version of myself instead of the boy version. If that makes sense.

That makes perfect sense!

Quote from: Jailyn on December 09, 2017, 05:36:38 PM
Wolf, you always have great questions.

Thanx  !!! Appreciate it!

Quote from: PurpleWolf on December 09, 2017, 06:03:11 PM
You can kinda see that...............!!!!!!!!! Your pics are really hot... And what are you talking about - you look great in short hair!

Thank you, I never considered myself to be attractive let alone hot, You are making me blush

I pretty much always saw myself as female. I wore make-up, had long hair, etc since I was 14. The changes from HRT were not that dramatic. Maybe because I was fairly young when I started HRT. But about a year into hrt I noticed the enhancements hrt had caused and I was very happy. I find it weird how you can look in the mirror every day and not really notice subtle changes and then one day for no particular reason you look in the mirror and actually notice all the subtle changes all at once.

Quote from: Julia1996 on December 10, 2017, 08:25:11 AM
I pretty much always saw myself as female. I wore make-up, had long hair, etc since I was 14. The changes from HRT were not that dramatic. Maybe because I was fairly young when I started HRT. But about a year into hrt I noticed the enhancements hrt had caused and I was very happy. I find it weird how you can look in the mirror every day and not really notice subtle changes and then one day for no particular reason you look in the mirror and actually notice all the subtle changes all at once.

Yep exactly this. I went to an LGBT barbers; was a month on T and my regular barber didn't notice anything different about me. Went back two months later and guessed i was on T. So strange. But didn't really pproperly notice myself until 7 months on T

Alright PWolf,

  I'll answer your question but probably not like you would think. I really can't remember but I think I first saw me the first time I was able to dress completely and do my makeup. Up until that time I only had a fantasy vision of myself as a girl. I want to think it was some 40 years or so ago sometime in my twenties. Since that time I would see myself almost every time I could repeat process. What has bothered me since is seeing that silly old man in the mirror made up as a horrid  clown. It can still happen but it doesn't very often anymore. The last time was months ago and it's buried somewhere in my thread. Some here will remember the distress of it bothers me at the time. I've read the same from some of the others. It hits you completely out of the blue and it cuts you to the core. But it can be overcome. That's the image in the mirror I fear.

I've been on HRT almost 4 months and just recently when I posted a pic on Facebook for the first time in years and compared it to my old pics (especially the ones of me in the military). It's hard to see the culmination of gradual changes unless you have something like that to compare it to. I look like a very different person, but in a very good way.

I can see "her" too, only when I look in my bathroom mirror. Must be the light
I can't wait for more changes in my face, and the shine of happiness in my eyes.

Lindy Lou

Quote from: PurpleWolf on December 09, 2017, 05:15:04 PM
So... how long had you been on hormones till you started to 'recognize' yourself, whatever that means to you,  ? Like... 10 months? Immediately?

Or was it such a smooth process you just grew into it naturally? Or was there a moment/period of time you started feeling you looked more 'you'?

I'm mainly talking about face here - but you can describe your observations of your body too!

Honestly, I looked in the mirror at my entire face about a month ago, and I didn't recognize myself anymore.  I had become male!  I wanted to shout it to the skies! 

Previously I had only looked at my facial hair, my forehead and other parts for zits, and whatnot.  But on that day, I looked at myself and I thought, "WHOA!  Who's that guy?  He has my eyes, but that's about it!" 

So I'm still in the process of getting used to my authentic self's face.  Its still a little startling, but at least I don't really look female anymore.

My body still has its moobs, which I'm already researching the surgery for.  My hips, thighs, and chest have lost weight, but it seems to have gone to my spare tire, which is a bit bigger than before.

Ryuichi

I haven't yet. I mean if I squint for a second I can kinda see something I like. I don't know how anyone can like how I look now.

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I'm still pre-HRT buuuuuuut.....

As Laurie said, the first time I saw myself was when I wore good fitting clothes, good make-up and a decent wig. It didn't take any hormones whatsoever to truly see myself, but it did take a lot of effort I likely couldn't or wouldn't have done by myself.

As for nakedness, there were 2 major things for me: Getting rid of all my body hair at once, and losing weight. It's amazing how much more feminine my body and particularly skin looks without all that hair. And the weight loss has started to give me a figure, where I taper in at the waist between my chest and hips. I'm also very close to a flat stomach, hopefully just a few more pounds to go.

This is all before HRT, so hopefully its mostly good stuff from here on out.