East Bound and Down, Loaded Up and Truckin’
Just a quick update,
We Are on our way over to Maine to visit my cousin and his parents. He has a house out in the woods with all kinds of chickens. Yesterday we spent a while at Polar caves, you can climb down through gaps in the rock. They also have pheasants and some deer you can feed. I highly recomend it if you enjoy nature.
On the way back to the condo we stopped in a cute little diner in Plymouth called Main Street Station. The food was delicious and my girlfriend could barely keep me away from her fried shrimp. This morning we played some bingo and won our money back, plus some free fries and smoothies. Thats it for now, hopefully I will have my lab results back tomorrow.
Abbey
Day 330 – Eleven to One
Candy & Popcorn
Howdy Folks!
It’s been a while since I last did an update so I thought I would talk about what I’ve been doing recently. Last week I went in and got my lab work done again, I should have my results back by next week at the latest. I am excited to see if my testosterone levels have dropped at all. Once I get them back I will do another round of measurements and update my breast development timeline. I know you’ve been waiting for that! (You filthy buggers) I go in to see my endo on the 6th of September, which happens to be the day before classes start. It was a total coincidence I swear! It is hard to believe that I just hit the 11 month mark of being on hormones. One thing I noticed recently is that my skin is extremely smooth and that my leg hair feels a lot softer and lighter than it used to be.
I am up to 6 hours and 15 minutes of electrolysis treatments, things are going good as always. After shaving 24 hours ago I can’t really feel any stubble at all, it’s nice to not have to shave every day.
Last weekend we put on a family reunion and we had about 50 relatives over that I probably haven’t seen since I was a baby (or never). It went surprisingly well and no one seemed to have any problem with me being trans (if they even noticed). And there was lots of food to be had.
This weekend me and my family are planning on going up to New Hampshire for a small vacation. It should be a nice little break before classes start up again. I will try and make an update or two while I am away!
Abbey
Day 311 – Slow Growth
I just wanted to give a quick update of what is going on. I shaved all of my facial hair on Wednesday after my last electrolysis appointment to see how fast it would grow in. I am delighted to see that it is growing in much, much, slower than before. I used to be able to feel noticeable stubble within 12 hours of shaving and now after 48 hours I still do not have as much stubble! I am going to put together my electrolysis timeline this weekend.
That is it for now,
I leave you with a recent AA qustion.
Abbey
Q: I noticed you’re close to 365 days into your transition! Are you going to do anything special at the 1 year mark?
-Ashley
A: You are right, it is getting extremely close to my one year anniversary! It might be cool to do some sort of photo shoot to commemorate the occasion. At the very least I should do something fun with some friends. I’m sure I will post about it once I decide what to do!
Day 309 – The Beardless Lady
My lovely face after 45 minutes of electrolysis.
Yesterday I had another electrolysis appointment and we finally treated all of the dark hairs on my face! There are still a lot of white hairs but they are much softer and grow a lot slower. Even if I were to stop when all I had left were white hairs, it would still be much easier to keep my face smooth compared to when I first started. It is hard to say if the one laser treatment on my underarms did anything. It has been 7 days since my appointment and my hair is still relatively short. We will see how it turns out.
Lately I have been wondering if my odd post titles are a good or bad thing so I decided to make a poll. Are they entertaining? Or do they make it a pain in the ass to find what you are looking for? Let me know!
Day 300 – THIS IS GINGAH!
I can’t believe it has already been 300 days since I started hormones, the time really flew by. I’ve been busy lately making major strides in my transition. Yesterday I went to the town hall and got a copy of my birth certificate to send in with my name change petition. Today I had 30 more minutes of electrolysis. We finally got started on the upper lip and surprisingly it didn’t hurt that bad on the outer edges. I did not know the appointment was only 30 minutes though, she didn’t tell me until I got there, a little annoying. I have new pictures to update my breast development timeline and I added a new set of measurements to my chart in the timeline section. Lastly I made an appointment to get my fist laser hair removal treatment tomorrow! 😀 I am getting my underarms treated.
I will be updating some of my charts and timelines soon so keep an eye out for them!
-Abbey
Q: What is your hair regimen? What do you do to get your hair all shiny and looking nice? =)
-Ashley
A: I use Rusk Most shampoo and Rusk Smoother conditioner. They are pretty expensive but I really like how well they work. The conditioner is a leave-in conditioner so you put it on when your hair is still damp, it makes my hair much softer than other conditioners I’ve tried! It still does get frizzy sometimes but it is minimal.
Other than that I don’t really use any products aside from the occasional hair spray or sculpting wax. When I wash it I run a comb through it in the shower to smooth out any snarls and then comb it straight after I towel dry it. If you are having trouble with unruly hair try some different products and see what works for you!
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