After five years on an antiandrogen, the orchiectomy probably won't have much effect on my beard. I think beard growth might have slowed somewhat and it might be a little thiner, maybe -- I know axillary hair and leg hair growth both slowed way down (and scalp hair started gradually creeping back where I'd had only fuzz for a long time).
Two years on HRT is accepted as enough time for most of the changes that are going to happen to have happened. Well, at least the changes the NCAA and IOC care about -- breast growth can continue a little longer (I think I've got as much as I'm going to get, at this point -- 42B) and I'm not sure how long fat redistribution and facial remodeling continue. I'm not expecting the surgery to change much chemically except that I can finally stop taking spironalactone, the foul-tasting antiandrogen that's also a diuretic. (I'll still keep taking estradiol and progesterone.)
I had been worrying a bit about crossing the Canada/US border after shaving my beard. Your idea of photographs in stages sounds helpful.
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Two years on HRT is accepted as enough time for most of the changes that are going to happen to have happened. Well, at least the changes the NCAA and IOC care about -- breast growth can continue a little longer (I think I've got as much as I'm going to get, at this point -- 42B) and I'm not sure how long fat redistribution and facial remodeling continue. I'm not expecting the surgery to change much chemically except that I can finally stop taking spironalactone, the foul-tasting antiandrogen that's also a diuretic. (I'll still keep taking estradiol and progesterone.)
I had been worrying a bit about crossing the Canada/US border after shaving my beard. Your idea of photographs in stages sounds helpful.
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