Quote from: Jamie Nicole on July 13, 2011, 09:59:58 AM
no, I cant say that I was proud to have served.  for me, my only reasons for enlisting were to try and prove to myself I was something I wasnt....a man.  the progression for me was sports in high school, 3 year enlistment in the army, then a 6 year enlistment in the marine corps....wasted time in hindsight.

Well it was time well wasted then. I went into the RAF myself. Sometimes I wonder if it was 'trying to prove myself' like you were, or trying to one-up my Dad, who was in the Army. Or maybe I felt like I had an obligation to the family. I come from a family with a lot of servicemen in it. Perhaps it was all of the above.

estrogen really redistributes fatty deposits around the face.  what looks like a strong jawline now or before will not look the same after some time on estrogen.  in re to skin maintenance, different treatments work for different people...for me, the combo of chemical peels, skin bleach and Retin A have done a miraculous job by creating new skin cell growth 🙂

So if you have a fine bone structure what will happen? no fat?

everybody has fat........eventually E will redistribute

well my mommy says i have a girl kind of bone structure so maybe it will but really i am mostly concerned with school right now even though it may not appear to be so.

Quote from: Jamie Nicole on July 13, 2011, 02:43:19 PM
estrogen really redistributes fatty deposits around the face.  what looks like a strong jawline now or before will not look the same after some time on estrogen.  in re to skin maintenance, different treatments work for different people...for me, the combo of chemical peels, skin bleach and Retin A have done a miraculous job by creating new skin cell growth

Jamie your before and after difference is really quite remarkable =)
Sorry, I meant to tell you this earlier but I accidentally left it out because I got excited about the Clarisonic

Quote from: VannaSiamese on July 13, 2011, 06:20:52 PM
Jamie your before and after difference is really quite remarkable =)
Sorry, I meant to tell you this earlier but I accidentally left it out because I got excited about the Clarisonic

thanks Vanna....your own before and after are quite remarkable as well  🙂

Quote from: Annah on July 12, 2011, 09:50:22 PM
most people don't need FFS. Many think it is the answer for all their problems but they dont stop and think they may not need it!

This was me just two years ago:


This is me now:


No FFS, No BA

Just positive reinforcement! You will be surprised how many who say they need FFS truly dont need it

Good grief! the thought of ever having a beard. I still can't get my head around that one! I would never have wanted or tried to grow one or want to ever look male. But you look much better as a female without it!

Quote from: Annah on July 12, 2011, 09:50:22 PM
Just positive reinforcement! You will be surprised how many who say they need FFS truly dont need it

positive reinforcement?

Quote from: Jamie Nicole on July 14, 2011, 04:44:33 PM
positive reinforcement?

yes. Positive Reinforcement.

There are so many girls and guys who have such a bad self image of themselves that they think the only source of salvation is FFS. 

I truly believe that some girls need FFS for whatever reason but there also girls who look for it for an emotional release to try to fix other issues they may be facing.

Positive reinforcement from other people to show them how beautiful they are can help.

Again this isn't a message against ffs. This is merely a statement for those girls who are very attractive but have such a poor bodily self image of themselves.

Mind if I contribute to evidence of a good transition without FFS?



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Quote from: Maddie Secutura on July 14, 2011, 06:09:06 PM
Mind if I contribute to evidence of a good transition without FFS?



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Your eyes are really good. A lot of males who transition to female their eyes hooded and are set deep in the sockets. Yours are the opposite big and bambi like! I'm envious of those eyes!

Wow, y'all are pretty  The beards in the before pictures make it kind of funny. XD Really amazing~.
Jamie, I love that marine hat. 8D it's so cool. Hahaa, you do look like a model now. I really love freckles, though, XD but whatever works for you!  😀

You all look beautiful, really amazing. You results lifts my spirit and fills me with hope. I will be happy even if I can look only 1/10 as good as you.

I have been in spiro for 9 months and my breast have already grow beyond just puffiness, I have a little lump in each breast just behind the nipples, bigger in the left, and both are constantly sore. I can wait to start on E (September)

OOOO

Kate D

Quote from: Naturally Blonde on July 14, 2011, 06:54:50 PM
Your eyes are really good. A lot of males who transition to female their eyes hooded and are set deep in the sockets. Yours are the opposite big and bambi like! I'm envious of those eyes!

I've got some of the deepest-set eyes of anyone I know and it hasn't been a passing liability at all.   Haven't had any FFS either...



And how I originally looked (kind of... this was the only time in my life I ever bleached my hair)

@Annah

You and I have strangely similar head shapes, the whole pear thing, and the chin... It's rather uncanny. Curious how you feel about the chin. Personally I'm not a fan, but then again, plenty of people would wish for nothing more than to sit with such a terrible concern.

@Maddie

Your eyes... that's just not fair, way to cute!

@Zoe

You have me beat, but only just barely. 😘

Quote from: Whitney on July 15, 2011, 01:54:44 AM
@Annah

You and I have strangely similar head shapes, the whole pear thing, and the chin... It's rather uncanny. Curious how you feel about the chin. Personally I'm not a fan, but then again, plenty of people would wish for nothing more than to sit with such a terrible concern.

I thought the same slit in your chin was a very male feature? because i have that

Quote from: Annah on July 12, 2011, 09:50:22 PM
Photos

Not only did you become a woman you dropped a decade!  😮

maybe this topic should be the "official before and after.....quite a difference" thread.....a place where all can upload before and after pix for all to see?

Quote from: Zoë Natasha on July 14, 2011, 11:25:44 PM
I've got some of the deepest-set eyes of anyone I know and it hasn't been a passing liability at all.   Haven't had any FFS either...



And how I originally looked (kind of... this was the only time in my life I ever bleached my hair)

Zoe....look at the damn camera!! just kidding......looking good!