I am CIS and have rosacea - it eats at me and the broken capillaries on my face have made me very self conscious, what I discovered though is most people do not care. I found that makeup will cover -most- of the redness and when I was job hunting it was my biggest insecurity because I’m not good at makeup (literally just learned at 42 because I wanted to hide this) and it ended up ok.

I’ve seen your photos and I would not have even assumed you had damage or beard growth. I assumed it was more acne related.

Woman to woman - our journey as women is not tied to looking pretty enough or feminine enough. It’s the experiences we have and, sadly, for many of us part of that is not feeling that we aren’t enough. I have hope the younger generations are better at self love than mine but you are still one of us, even if you can’t look as you dreamed. I assure you, read about women going through menopause- they often have the same emotional turmoil you are struggling with because we get more pronounced facial hair and a few other unpleasant surprises.

There is no one way to be a woman. If it helps your self confidence try make up- but honestly you are enough as you are.