... to try and increase your passability?

I started smoking again, because it makes my voice raspier and makes it easier for me to pass (I know, terrible, but it stops me from looking like I'm 14).
I'm glad I have mild facial acne, because it makes my skin look rougher.
I'm going full-force with my ASL certification, so if I never get a passable voice, I can just sign for the rest of my life (and hope I'm never in public without my fiancee).


Yeah, nobody use ideas posted on this thread. It's a warning, not a list of suggestions.

mascara'd sideburns.  Big fail.

Started smoking to change my voice.

Used eyeliner smudged into the skin to make a "5-o-clock shadow" appearance. This actually does work for pictures and quick glances...but unless its REALLY REALLY light, it just looks like you smudged dirt on your face. I've also used foundation to even out my skin tone and make my lips less noticeably girly...so I'm sure I've come off as some painted queerboy to someone somewhere.

I've also done the eyeliner'd sideburns, trying to get ANY hair to look more noticeable.


I swear to god, I've worn more makeup as a man than I ever did trying to be girly.

Smoking, drinking whisky

which I have now become partial to

I can't think of anything else

glueing hair to my face count?

I've debating trimming my eyelashes, but decided against it

Binding with duct tape.  Seriously, do not do it.  It is really dangerous.

...Oh... I thought this was going to be about something else.


I tried to make my eyebrows thicker with eyebrow liner, but that just made me look stupid.

I've also used marker on my face to make facial hair, but just for fun.

That's about it.

Quote from: chrissyboy on November 03, 2009, 04:20:10 PM
I've worn more makeup as a man than I ever did trying to be girly.

Ditto

Hmm, can't think of anything overtly stupid. But I just don't pass so there it is.

I cut my own hair because I was broke and couldn't pass with it long

I used to have a fauxhawk. I think every FTM has to have one early on... it's a right of passage  .

Quote from: Tristan H. on November 03, 2009, 11:48:20 PM
I've also used marker on my face to make facial hair, but just for fun.

Heh, I remember that photo (I think...). That actually came out really well for what it was.

Quote from: Teknoir on November 04, 2009, 03:27:12 AM
I cut my own hair because I was broke and couldn't pass with it long

I used to have a fauxhawk. I think every FTM has to have one early on... it's a right of passage  .

Heh, I remember that photo (I think...). That actually came out really well for what it was.

(claims title as "Only FTM who never had a faux-hawk")


Add another tally for the "duct-taped my chest" lot. I still think it works in an emergency binding situation as long as you drink water and bring a pair of scissors to cut yourself out of it.

Quote from: Teknoir on November 04, 2009, 03:27:12 AM
I cut my own hair because I was broke and couldn't pass with it long

I used to have a fauxhawk. I think every FTM has to have one early on... it's a right of passage  .

I also cut my own hair a couple times. Looked like I lost a fight with a weed whacker.

And I never had a fauxhawk. In fact, it was part because I started equating FTMs with fauxhawks, lol...

I did laser hair removal for two years..and didnt tell my mom to make it stop earlier. Well actually, two years ago I told her I didnt want to do it because I felt like I was a boy and she said I wasnt because I was too sensitive. Thus, I was ignorant and continued laser. Big mistake.

Cut my own hair down to 0.5" long with a pair of childrens' scissors.  Looked OK-ish until it started to grow out.  Uneven as the aftermath of an earthquake...

Quote from: petzjazz on November 04, 2009, 02:17:10 PM
(claims title as "Only FTM who never had a faux-hawk")


Add another tally for the "duct-taped my chest" lot. I still think it works in an emergency binding situation as long as you drink water and bring a pair of scissors to cut yourself out of it.

I should have specified "Binding with duct tape" and then doing phys ed.  That was an interesting trip to the ER.

Quote from: Teknoir on November 04, 2009, 03:27:12 AM
I cut my own hair because I was broke and couldn't pass with it long

I used to have a fauxhawk. I think every FTM has to have one early on... it's a right of passage  .

Heh, I remember that photo (I think...). That actually came out really well for what it was.

I do not think cutting your hair yourself is stupid.  I have been doing my own for about 2 years and I do not think I look all that bad, do I?

Quote from: noxdraconis on November 04, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
I do not think cutting your hair yourself is stupid.  I have been doing my own for about 2 years and I do not think I look all that bad, do I?

It is stupid if you suck at it, know you suck at it, and you still do it

Some people (like yourself) do it well. I am not one of them.

Quote from: chrissyboy on November 04, 2009, 02:41:48 PM
In fact, it was part because I started equating FTMs with fauxhawks, lol...

It's how to spot an FTM pro-tip number something-or-other....   

Some guys rock it but it's just too often the first men's haircut.

I've seen tons of bio-guys with faux hawks. It's becoming just as common as the 'bleach your hair' fad back in the early 2000's.

Man, I hated that fad. At least faux hawks have more variety.

i had a fauzhawk.  it helps some people pass better by giving the illusion of a longer, and by comparison, less round face.

I don't think I've done anything terribly stupid..

closest thing to "stupid" is silence...

I sometimes force my voice low and sound fake.
I "usually" swallow my own laughter and don't allow it out because it's too girly, and then I sound "stupid".
I often just nod and don't speak my mind cause.. well.. the voice..

I've stopped singing for the most part... :/ I "love" singing too... I never sing outside the house anymore, and even rarely 'round the house..

Gosh, I feel remarkably intelligent now.  And I claim stake as another who has never had a faux-hawk (does not look good with curly hair, and I suck at straightening it).

before i knew what trans was when i was little and nobody was home i would wet my face and put ashes from the fireplace on my face to make a goatee. and god this is embarrassing i would also stuff my pants with a hotdog when i was like 8 or 9 hehe.