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Hang in there kid, transitioning will make all your dreams come true(twitter.com)

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artetolife 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun 9 months ago

Perked right up at the thought of growing a beard though. Too bad that probably aint happening lol.

xoenix[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

They might get some wispy peach fuzz that any dude with an ounce of self respect would shave off.

NastyWetSmear 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

I think, at her age, injecting yourself with Testosterone will likely result in some changes. She'll probably bulk up, though I doubt her skeleton is going to change significantly, so she'll always have a fairly feminine frame, just with more muscle. I'd say a beard would be certain, though it will always be on that feminine looking face. I'd also say there's a good chance her voice will break.

If you pump male or female hormones into a body on the cusp of puberty, it'll have a difficult and confusing effect, no doubt. I'm not sure what the results would be if she decided she was just a normal young woman having a hard time socially and with her body changes and wanted to stop - I guess the voice changes would be permanent, but if you let your body return to a balanced state of natural female hormones over time, would your beard stop growing? On instinct I kinda feel like the answer is no, because testosterone drops in men as they age, and some people even have issues where it drops more than most, but their beards still grow?...

... Is there a doctor or a biologist of some kind in the house?

Wanderingthehalls 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun 9 months ago

I've seen a few young transmen who start to go quite bald after a few years. I suspect that is a panic inducing development for an awful lot of them. I know that most men don't love it if they go bald but it's something that they have a degree of preparation for through their lives, especially if their older male relatives are bald. But hair is such a massive big deal for girls and women in a way I don't think it is for boys/men. I suspect that even if a kid thinks she wants to be a man and cuts it really short, seeing her hairline recede causes feelings she wasn't remotely prepared for.

NastyWetSmear 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Remember that video of the woman who went through everything to try and become a man, then ended up crying about how lonely and isolating and hard and unkind the world is towards men and she wasn't prepared for trying to live in a world that doesn't give a fuck about you and doesn't think you're amazing for just being you?... I imagine baldness might be like that. You sort of romanticize it: "When I'm a man, I'll be strong and have a beard and be tall and people will be respectful and intimidated by me! I'll confidently hit on women and get a better job and never get tired or overwhelmed! It'll be amazing!!"... Then your hair goes down the drain and suddenly it hits you... Everyone has their own battles, you just never understood that life is hard for everyone.

Wanderingthehalls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

I don't believe stories like that because she wouldn't have been treated as a man because nobody passes in real life. Some ftms pass in photos but not once you see them moving, talking or around other people where their odd proportions are obvious compared to everyone around them. So she wouldn't have been treated like a man but like someone that was setting off warning bells in the brains of everyone around her. Saying she didn't like being treated like a man was just a delusional coping method.