How long

[Guest Strong]

I'm hoping to start T when I see the doc. on the 8th. Sometimes I'm so excited I Can barely wait. Uggg. My question approx. how long after starting do the changes start.

I want to get to where i can pass. I think I got close this weekend until I spoke .

[Guest rexxmarksley]

Well, some changes can come on in a few weeks but it depends on the person. Some people find their voice has changed quite a lot over a month or so, not hugely deep but cracking and deeper. As for things like facial hair growth, it can take months or years, it's all about the people taking it. Perhaps watch transition videos on youtube to get an idea about the changes

[Guest leo]

The first thing that changed for me was penis growth after a day or so, voice changed after a week or so, hair and stuff took the longest but everyone is different

[JJ]

My voice was first. And is still happening after 27 months. I noticed lately it is getting even deeper and when I tested it with a singing program that evaluated range I was already a base before this latest drop..

My muscle strength changed early on as well. You have to use them to get it but using them is more effective-a lot more in my case. Oh and body scent. That changed almost immediately

think the changes we get and how fast varies a lot. I started T in early March and it was November before I passed on a consistent basis. I also was losing a lot of weight so I lost the female layer of fat and changed body shape fairly rapidly. My chest got a lot flatter as well since breasts are mostly fat which you can lose although the underlying structures don't change.

And within a few weeks I got body hair where I never had it before. Unfortunately not anywhere I could show anybody. At all. That has been perhaps the slowest change. Adding more body hair in a way that seems to be creeping upward. I just got chest hair that was more than fuzz the last few months.

It will be different for you. It is for each of us. And it will seem to take forever at the time. Then there is the time when you feel neither fish nor fowl. Stuck in between. Little things can become very important then -every pronoun a victory or a blow and we have a tendency to self-absorption I believe. It helps to realize it and understand the anger and frustration that it causes those who love us. And one day you wake up and realize that it has happened and everyone is seeing the man you are and you wonder how it happened so fast.

When it is seeming to go so slow that it's maddening remember that it needs to be slow. Those who love us need to adjust and we also need to adjust to ourselves. It's what we want most and what we yearn for but it is not easy to change how you see yourself. It is a big part of our identity and it takes time to adjust to it. And to the new way people will treat you and react to you as well. It is a new world n reality.

So sit back and enjoy the ride. It is a unique time in your life with enormous stresses and frustrations but for me at least even more enormous highs and rewards.

[Guest Jaques]

Like Johnny my voice started to "crack" lst within days, my son said "have you got a cold mum", lol, it does vary person to person. My friend grew a thick beard in no time, it took me quite a while. He went completely bald quickly, I still have hair, albeit a lot thinner and receded. He grew very fat, I just got a bit of a belly etc etc

Some guys look totally masculine very quickly, others never quite do somehow............its a case of wait and see and of course (choose your parents well) - genetics - I hope it goes well for you Strong