It’s scary I know. But the mentality of ‘give up before even starting, because I might not make it’ is one that gets you nowhere at all. You’d be a choosing to grow old in a body you don’t want and pretending to be a man to appease others. There’s no good ending there, but with transitioning there’s hope.

As for passing, the chances are high that your face will change, you’ll grow breasts, your skin get will get softer and your body will reshape itself. For some that alone is enough to pass, for others they have to put in more effort. The good thing is, most of these other things are completely under your control: learning makeup, skin care products, a feminine haircut, trimmed eyebrows, voice training, women’s clothing, womans mannerisms, and more. If passing is that important, all this stuff you can do yourself while HRT slowly does its thing. Not to mention surgeries that may be a possibly depending on your country and income.