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Have you "Cleared " your facial hair yet?

Started by juliekins, September 13, 2009, 10:29:50 AM

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How much have you cleared your face of those nasty hairs?

90-100% by electrolysis (I'm really done)
9 (14.3%)
around 75% by electrolysis (I'm almost there)
10 (15.9%)
around 50 % by electro ( halfway home)
3 (4.8%)
around 25% or so (just started)
8 (12.7%)
I really haven't started yet, but will do electro
3 (4.8%)
I don't intend to
0 (0%)
About 90-100% by laser
5 (7.9%)
about 75% by laser
4 (6.3%)
about 50% by laser
3 (4.8%)
around 25% by laser
4 (6.3%)
I really haven't started yet, but will do laser
10 (15.9%)
I don't intend to clear it
4 (6.3%)

Total Members Voted: 46

Maddie

100+ hours of electro so far,  (including the lips cleared a half dozen times),
Interrupted by 10 laser sessions on the face, which took almost a year. 
Back to electro since fall, but on an irregular basis.

Here comes the beard- need to pick the pace back up!

Crossdressed as small child. Told parents, then hid it.
1980s-2010s Alternately "out" to varying degrees and/or outright denial and man-faking
2015 Surrendered/allowed my she-self to show more outwardly. Changes begin.
Currently working with counselor. No HRT or surgeries yet.
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Julie -2010

It is pretty good level.  I have to wait a couple of weeks before the hair growth starts coming back.  I know I make it hard of the lady doing my electrolysis session since the hair is getting less and less. The mustache area and chin are still the problem.

Julie 
"me to be my true and authentic self, my own person, one who belonged to the infinitely loving Creator, with all the inherent flaws that come with it."  - Jonathan S. Williams
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Michelle_P

All cleared.  I have not shaved in over a year.  I get about 45 minutes of electrolysis every 6-8 weeks to remove any remaining terminal hair follicles as they awaken.  I generally have less visible hair than post-menopause ciswomen my age at this point.
Earth my body, water my blood, air my breath and fire my spirit.

My personal transition path included medical changes.  The path others take may require no medical intervention, or different care.  We each find our own path. I provide these dates for the curious.
Electrolysis - Hours in The Chair: 238 (8.5 were preparing for GCS, five clearings); On estradiol patch June 2016; Full-time Oct 22, 2016; GCS Oct 20, 2017; FFS Aug 28, 2018; Stage 2 labiaplasty revision and BA Feb 26, 2019
Michelle's personal blog and biography
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GingerVicki

I am at 90% gone, but I mixed laser and electro. I would say that 90% is gone from the laser and the other will be electrolysis.

There was no option for this and from what I understand I will do doing electrolysis for the rest of my life.
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Dani

My facial  hair is at 80% gone with 230 hours under the electrolysis needle. Several others have commented that when the hair is gone and never returns, it happens rather suddenly. I am at that any day now point. 

Of course, I expect to do touch ups for many years. I am just looking to not have to shave daily anymore.
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Jennifer M

I've had around 30 appointments (all laser) and still have hairs on my chin and occasionally other places.


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Anne Blake

I am full time and consider myself to be at the 80% to 90% cleared level. I started with six laser sessions that did not do much at all and about 120 hrs of electrolysis through E3000 in Texas over a two year period. That ~120 hours covers both top and bottom. I can hardly wait to get to the maintenance stage
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sarahc

I have a salt and pepper beard but most of it is gray. I did a few sessions of laser and then switched to electrolysis three months ago. Making progress but still a long way to go - at least 9-12 months of 2 hr/week sessions to get to mostly clear.
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Known that I am trans since...forever.
First therapy session / decided to transition / hair removal: October 2018
HRT: January 2019 (journal https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,244009.0.html)
Hope to go full-time: July / August 2019
FFS / SRS: 2020
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LizK

I have done about 25 laser sessions and about 60 hrs of Electrolysis. I could probably do another 20-30 of electrolysis however I am able to manage with epilation about once a month. I have run out of money for any more hair removal but I am satisfied that I have no shadow and  require minimal maintenance. If I win the lottery then I may spend some more money on hair removal but I am really quite happy where I am.
Transition Begun 25 September 2015
HRT since 17 May 2016,
Fulltime from 8 March 2017,
GCS 4 December 2018
Voice Surgery 01 February 2019
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SeptagonScars

Ever since the beginning of my detransition I've been very on and off about what to do with my face hairs. On one hand I hate them and want them gone cause they ruin my ability to pass as female again... but on the other hand they're my comfort blanket and I love them for just being a part of me now, and I feel like I can't part with them. If it's nostalgia, or that I genuinely like having facial hair, but just feel uncomfortable with it in public, I haven't figured out yet.

So I haven't done anything to remove them and I don't think I will, but also it's possible I'll decide that's what I want further down the road. I do live... kinda full-time as a woman again now, since July last year. And I say "kinda" cause I know I don't pass, sometimes I even go outside unshaven (intentionally) and I don't try all that hard to pass in general. I'm just feminine and wear my boobs, and that's about it. So it's not so strange I come across as a feminine man.

Most people think I'm amab, as far as I can tell, and very few even believe me when I've told them I'm afab. I don't argue with people about that anymore, just let them believe and gender me however they want. So I'm full-time in the sense I present myself as Laura and a woman, and kindly ask people to use she/her pronouns for me, but I'm consistently non-passing, partially by choice.

But regardless, I'm heavily leaning towards keeping my facial hair as it is. So it stays for now. Even though it's really a lot of it and it's a science to shave without skin-flaying myself in the process. Cause it brings me so much comfort in my privacy when I don't take other people's opinions into count, and cause I think I'd regret it if I'd get it removed.
Mar. 2009 - came out as ftm
Nov. 2009 - changed my name to John
Mar. 2010 - diagnosed with GID
Aug. 2010 - started T, then stopped after 1 year
Aug. 2013 - started T again, kept taking it since
Mar. 2014 - top surgery
Dec. 2014 - legal gender marker changed to male
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Jul. 2018 - came out as cis woman and began detransition
Sep. 2018 - stopped taking T and changed my name to Laura
Oct. 2018 - got new ID-card

Medical Detransition plans: breast reconstruction surgery, change legal gender back to female.
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DawnOday

More important than clearing my face, I gained a friend that will be my friend for the rest of my life. We are about 75% clear mostly the lips and a few stray hairs that grow because of the hair growth cycle. Anyone in the Tacoma WA area I recommend Nanci Vargas. Such an amazing ally. Such a beautiful person.
Dawn Oday

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First indication I was different- 1956 kindergarten
First crossdress - Asked mother to dress me in sisters costumes  Age 7
First revelation - 1982 to my present wife
First time telling the truth in therapy June 15, 2016
Start HRT Aug 2016
First public appearance 5/15/17



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