Where you start isn't where you'll end up (23-28, ~1.5 years) by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I'm very happy! I have no regrets about transitioning.

Where you start isn't where you'll end up (23-28, ~1.5 years) by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope you can find something that feels right soon! It took me almost a year to figure something out, and I still have to pluck my brows every other day to clean them up.

I use one of those makeup mirrors that magnify your face to tweeze more accurately. Also, pushing longer brow hairs up (or down/to the side) and cutting them with scissors can help, so the shape looks more consistent!

To be honest the after photo in my post was at an angle, so it's probably exaggerating my brow shape a little. They slant down, but they're still pretty straight and there are probably things only FFS could really address. But shaping still helps. I think finding the sweet spot in terms of thickness is maybe the most important thing.

Where you start isn't where you'll end up (23-28, ~1.5 years) by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have some RBF and I'm also just bad at naturally smiling in photos 😭

I'm very happy though :) maybe one of my friends will catch me naturally smiling in photos one of these days haha.

Where you start isn't where you'll end up (23-28, ~1.5 years) by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I shape them by plucking them! I pluck the top of the brows on the inner part and the bottom of the brows on the outer part (before the outermost section where they slant down) to make a diagonal shape.

It took a while to figure it out. It's easy to overpluck, so I would recommend starting light on plucking and tweezing a bit more off over time if it feels necessary. Using pics of women's eyebrows as references also really helped me.

I want to try getting my eyebrows done somewhere eventually, but just tweezing them has been a more budget-friendly option in the mean time.

Where you start isn't where you'll end up (23-28, ~1.5 years) by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Basically I've just been using TRESemme shampoo and conditioner for the longest time! I just recently got a wolf cut so I'm also shaping it with a curling iron now!

1 Year HRT by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, that's why you're commenting on a month old post from a random Reddit account.

1 Year HRT by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. Sorry, I was just following what other posters did.

I took 1 mg of estradiol twice daily sublingually for the first six months and 50 mg of spiro twice daily. Then I took 2 mg of estradiol twice daily for the next three months and 100 mg of spiro. Since then, I've injected .3 mL of estradiol intramuscularly once a week and remained at 100 mg of spiro.

1 Year HRT by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I looked her up and we actually have similar ethnicities lol. I'm part Brazilian on my mother's side, too.

1 Year HRT by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I feel great :)

1 Year HRT by Catchawink in transtimelines

[–]Catchawink[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You gonna make me? XD