I definitely didn’t notice any changes in skin texture 'til around week 4 or 5, but the change in my body odor started on like day 6, way sooner than the general timeline would have sugested.
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Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoYeah, in my little experience basically all of the effects of hormones are “in general” at best, both in timeline and actual effects.
Personally my libido went up a little but unlike OOP it was very much present before too.
Meanwhile the skin softening stuff took a week or so to be noticeable, when it definitely “should” take longer.
knightly@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The body is a hodge-podge of Rube Goldberg machines, and trans research is wayy underdeveloped. Method of delivery and absorbancy and a billion other things probably affect the effects.
Out of curiosity, the skin changes were a huge boon to me (one that I didn’t expect to be so nice), so there’s a world where it was partially psychological. Was body odor a big dysphoria source for you?
knightly@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I’m a highly scent-oriented person so I was probably more sensitive to that change than most, but I didn’t realize it was a contributing factor to my dysphoria until that very moment. It’s not that I disliked my old scent, it just never smelled like “me”, y’know?
Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Lmfao samee, I getcha. I had nothing against my skin before, but it was never comfy. I didn’t even realize it because it was just normal, and when it felt worse it felt like it just needed a shower (where I incidentally rubbed my skin raw. Which I didn’t even process as probably-not-great).
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’ve been on E technically 7 days and my skin isn’t softer, but my face acne is starting to disappear :)
no chance in sweat smell yet, but then again my families genes is essentially half- as my sister puts it -“nose deaf” lol
Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
!! Congrats! Hope you get what you want soon
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
My libido went down initially, but then came back. Being horny feels completely different though. Previously I didn’t really want sexual contact with anyone, masturbation was more than enough to satisfy me. Now, however, I don’t want to masturbate, I want someone to fucking breed me. It’s… fascinating but also frustrating at the same time as someone who’s single. I think it’s probably a mix of estrogen, progesterone (it didn’t really start coming back until I started prog), and being more comfortable in my body.
As far as skin goes, it was literally 3~4 days. Literally took a shower, shaved my legs, and went “holy shit”.
I also like the way that I smell far more than when I started. The smell of man sweat when it came from me was disgusting. Now I actually kinda like the way I smell.
Samdell@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Eheheheh, thanks c: