It was great! I went with a few friends and it was first time I’d been swimming around other people since I started HRT so that was nice to rock a swimsuit in public.
Hell yeah! That’s still a goal I need to achieve. Bottom dysphoria is the main issue for me in that regard, and a discouraging thing when I think about swimsuits. I overcame my aversion to shopping for bras, now I need to overcome my aversion to swimsuit shopping.
The biggest hurdle for me it was mostly wanting to deal with all my body hair, getting a course of full body laser has felt life changing when it comes to being out in public.
Copays suck, you go through the trouble of getting insurance to cover and then you still have to pay.
I found a esthetician/electrology school near me that does an hour of work for $20, which was a decent price point for me so I’ve been doing that all out of pocket so far.
I still have to finish electrolysis too, but at this point it’s mostly for white hairs and a more manageable because the laser already knocked out most of the dark ones- definitely found that order of operations to be pretty efficient
I can only imagine how great that must have felt. As a kid I didn’t like the beach at all, I found the sand annoying () and it felt like a body show, which felt awkward and made me feel worse over how pale and skinny I am. And that’s without any gender anxiety.
But in recent years I have nurtured a wish that my life and self-esteem improves to the point that I can have an experience like this too. It’s become a kind of final proof of how much I would have grown as a person.
It was great! I went with a few friends and it was first time I’d been swimming around other people since I started HRT so that was nice to rock a swimsuit in public.
Hell yeah! That’s still a goal I need to achieve. Bottom dysphoria is the main issue for me in that regard, and a discouraging thing when I think about swimsuits. I overcame my aversion to shopping for bras, now I need to overcome my aversion to swimsuit shopping.
The biggest hurdle for me it was mostly wanting to deal with all my body hair, getting a course of full body laser has felt life changing when it comes to being out in public.
Yeah, I need to resume electrolysis at some point, but I’m stressed enough about money as is without worrying about biweekly electrolysis copays.
Copays suck, you go through the trouble of getting insurance to cover and then you still have to pay.
I found a esthetician/electrology school near me that does an hour of work for $20, which was a decent price point for me so I’ve been doing that all out of pocket so far.
I’ll have to reexplore my options, I don’t think laser was an option but that may have changed in the past year or so
I still have to finish electrolysis too, but at this point it’s mostly for white hairs and a more manageable because the laser already knocked out most of the dark ones- definitely found that order of operations to be pretty efficient
Get a big thick wetsuit so the bottom is like barbie and ken dolls with hairless neoprene skin
I wanna look hot in it though
Wetsuits are hot - form fitting and wet
The “form fitting” is an issue if you don’t like certain parts of your form…
I think there is a real gap in the market for padded wetsuits, surprised that doesn’t exist
I can only imagine how great that must have felt. As a kid I didn’t like the beach at all, I found the sand annoying (
) and it felt like a body show, which felt awkward and made me feel worse over how pale and skinny I am. And that’s without any gender anxiety.
But in recent years I have nurtured a wish that my life and self-esteem improves to the point that I can have an experience like this too. It’s become a kind of final proof of how much I would have grown as a person.