Hello everyone! I'm Ribbon, 26 year-old male living in the US, and I found this forum about half a year ago when looking up how to feminize my body and begin my transition. After lurking around, learning how to read the site, and trying out numerous supplements and methods, I feel like I've hit a little dead end. I thought that maybe involving myself in the forum could help with that. I'm not sure how often these introductory threads get replies, but if anyone could give me their thoughts, I think it would help me find what I've been doing wrong. Sorry I'm asking questions right off the bat, but I figured I might as well ask here. No need to answer questions if you don't want to! Just, say hi, or whatever else forum people do.
For starters, I can give a little more personal background. Late last year, after much thought, I determined that I could be transfeminine. I feel happier and more comfortable when I'm perceived as being feminine, so I've wanted to explore that more and more, to the point where I want to permanently change my body. My overall living situation makes it difficult for me to attempt hormone replacement therapy, as there are expenses and hoops to jump through, but the natural supplement approach felt very appealing as an alternative. I would definitely like to try HRT in the future.
As I am now, I'm not very large, or strong, or traditionally masculine, but I'm still quickly identified as such. I've got a big nose and plenty of body hair that I don't want, but I'm also relatively small at 5'4" (~163 cm), weighing around 116 lbs (~53 kg). I have features that could go either way, so I'm hoping to push them in the feminine direction. More specifically, I'd like a more feminine fat distribution, less body hair (preferably none!), wider hips if possible, and, of course, breasts. I know some of those are harder to obtain than others, but I know at least one of those can be achieved by using the information in this forum! I'm not very concerned about feminizing my behavior at the moment (honestly I think I act kind of androgynous/feminine by default); I just want to focus on what I can do about my anatomy, because that seems like the hardest part to me (and the most interesting!).
So, as for what I'm doing about it: I took my time navigating this site, reading through all the important threads, and doing my best to unravel all the information that's scattered around. Over the past several months, I've tried many, many things, most of which did not noticeably do anything, but a lot of that can be blamed on my own "growing pains" with trying to find out what works for most people, as well as my own impatience.
Listing everything that didn't work would be a pain, but I can say what has seemed to work:
Okay, that's all I have to say right now! I did my best to keep it short, but I still feel like I'll scare people away with a wall of text with questions as an introduction. Feel free to just ignore my questions, or ask me your own, whatever you forum people do around here. I look forward to learning more about you all!
For starters, I can give a little more personal background. Late last year, after much thought, I determined that I could be transfeminine. I feel happier and more comfortable when I'm perceived as being feminine, so I've wanted to explore that more and more, to the point where I want to permanently change my body. My overall living situation makes it difficult for me to attempt hormone replacement therapy, as there are expenses and hoops to jump through, but the natural supplement approach felt very appealing as an alternative. I would definitely like to try HRT in the future.
As I am now, I'm not very large, or strong, or traditionally masculine, but I'm still quickly identified as such. I've got a big nose and plenty of body hair that I don't want, but I'm also relatively small at 5'4" (~163 cm), weighing around 116 lbs (~53 kg). I have features that could go either way, so I'm hoping to push them in the feminine direction. More specifically, I'd like a more feminine fat distribution, less body hair (preferably none!), wider hips if possible, and, of course, breasts. I know some of those are harder to obtain than others, but I know at least one of those can be achieved by using the information in this forum! I'm not very concerned about feminizing my behavior at the moment (honestly I think I act kind of androgynous/feminine by default); I just want to focus on what I can do about my anatomy, because that seems like the hardest part to me (and the most interesting!).
So, as for what I'm doing about it: I took my time navigating this site, reading through all the important threads, and doing my best to unravel all the information that's scattered around. Over the past several months, I've tried many, many things, most of which did not noticeably do anything, but a lot of that can be blamed on my own "growing pains" with trying to find out what works for most people, as well as my own impatience.
Listing everything that didn't work would be a pain, but I can say what has seemed to work:
- Reishi Mushroom [capsule] at 2g/day
- White Peony [liquid extract ~333mg of dry raw material per 1 ml] at 2ml/day
- Pueraria Mirifica [capsule] at 1.1g/day
- Milk Thistle
- Vitamin D
- Fish Oil
- L-Lysine
- GABA
- Estrogen Cream
- Progesterone Cream
- If I went back to the combination I listed above, is there anything I should change?
- Are there any reasons for me to put faith into BO and try it again, if I couldn't get it to work before?
- Is PM enough to achieve the feminization I'm aiming for?
Okay, that's all I have to say right now! I did my best to keep it short, but I still feel like I'll scare people away with a wall of text with questions as an introduction. Feel free to just ignore my questions, or ask me your own, whatever you forum people do around here. I look forward to learning more about you all!
