I asked my sister if she shaved her arms and she said no, so I figured that is not something you do, but, I just read something in a transgender newsletter that said its a must.  So, do you girls shave your arms (not under arms - I shave them).  I have fine blond arm hair, but still hair never the less.

I do, yes. And my legs. And my chest. The whole thing takes about 40 minutes.

yes
Arms, chest, legs on occasion. Other places......
I go through alot of razors. lol

I would sugest Spearmint tea for anyone who wants to slow down the rate of hair growth on the body.
Look it up it is real, not a wives tale.
I have been ussing it for about 8 months now and it is astonishing how much it has reduced my hair just from a daily pot of tea.

Yes I do.  And the legs, under arms, chest, tummy.  I don't drink a lot of tea but I have heard the spearmint tea really does work.
But I am hoping to get an epilator and go that route.  I have to do it every couple of days.

Quote from: Robertina on October 11, 2010, 12:04:16 PM
I asked my sister if she shaved her arms and she said no, so I figured that is not something you do,

Cisgirls normally don't need to because their hair isn't as thick and all over the arm as it becomes on T. I had no hair on the underside and wrist before. My arms now look like a normal guy's just from the hair growth and spread there. Does E thin the arm hair or is laser needed?

E has taken care of most of it, and I'm probably within normal gg ranges. However, i just don't like any much apparent hair, especially on the wrists and hands, so I shave or epilate every few weeks.

Sadly, yes - and while it's the part of my body which ends up feeling smoothest, it can also be the most prone to rashes the next day. I do so because I get quite long and dark hair growing there, but it does also feel nice; I enjoy having feminine wrists.

I am also in the 'chest, arms and legs' shaving camp, too. That devil-spawn epilator shall be allowed to do its work once hormones kick in, but the yanking of hair this thick was too much for me. Shaving makes a sorry compromise. ^^;

No... and this is where half the forum will instantly hate me.

I don't shave either my arms or my legs because I have almost no hair on my arms and only a tiny amount on my legs, which is also pretty fine. PAIS has some advantages I guess... 

I was hairy but not hirsute.  Before laser and HRT I would shave my legs, chest and stomach but never shaved my arms.  I got laser treatments on my torso and legs but didn't bother with the arms.  Most cis-girls have some hair on their arms.  Mine has gotten lighter in color and finer and I think more sparse on E. 

My sister noticed how light the hair on my arms has become and asked about it.  I told her it was just the effects of the estrogen.

- Kate

Definatly buy in bulk.
There is a local herbalist in Spokane. I pay about 12$ a lbs.

For some reason my arms have never had much hair on them. So I never shave them. My legs never had a lot either but it's still enough to want to shave them smooth.

There is no rule, shave your arms if you feel like it, otherwise don't.
HRT may give you less hair anyway, and when you look at ggs, some of them have quite a lot of arm hair.
It all depends on what you want.

With naturally low T, I don't have any chest hair, but some on arms and legs. 

How much of this tea do you need to drink, and does it work on facial hair?  That is the thing that bugs me the most.  When I tweez, I get the most awful red bumps that last for weeks.

I epilate my hair like Dee.  I used to have very hairy arms but the epilating helped allot. 
But now the hairs on my arms have gotten much finer and lighter on HRT. So I don't have to epilate them very often.
Jillieann

I shave all over and it takes sooo long. I'm thinking about switching to waxing soon, I hear that helps the hair not to grow back as much.

Regular mechanical epilation or waxing will eventually make the hairs weaker and lighter on the arms (and chest). Estrogen should also weaken growth over time.

Caroline

from what I have read 2 cups of tea will do the job   (1 in the morning 1 in the evening)
Personaly I drink a quart of the stuff 5 days a week on average. (I try and have it 7 days a week but my hersband is distracting on weekends.)
Spearmint will not stop facial hair although it will slow its growth down.

Before HRT I used to whitch did get comments from friends. Once I started HRT I rammed most of my furry with an epilator. whenever it came back to an extent that I was unhappy with I'd ram them again.

I compaired with a natal female friend recently who knew I used to shave my arms and they were suprised to see that my arms were less hairy than there's I hadn't epilated in quite awhile.

the hairs are mostly blonde longer than peach fuzz but tolorable there are a few thin dark ones in there if they stay like that I can live with them if there are too many I will slam them with the epilator again it's similar on my chest except i'm less tolorent with those.

I tend to epilate from the neck down, but some times I shave. This includes arms.

However, if I don't have a date, I may not bother as much.

I don't need to anymore.  My arms have some fine wispy blonde hairs you can see if you shine a light on them and really look close.  I did use to shave it off though, b/c seeing body hair would trigger dysphoria and just make me feel gross.