Mental Health -, Dysphoria, Trans stuff
Bad brain this afternoon; maybe because I'm sat at work bored but also dysphoric and sad about the waiting list for NHS trans support. Might end up going private/DIYing eventually, but I think I wanna get my face lasered first because shaving is really dysphoric and hard to keep on top of. I hate having facial hair.
Mental Health -, Dysphoria, Trans stuff
@renbymon take the leap sooner rather than later. You can do laser whilst waiting for your assessment.
Mental Health -, Dysphoria, Trans stuff
@Pipponprops Gonna see about getting facial lasering soon. Need to do my name change first for work, so it can happen after that.
People have their eyes lasered too - what is it about the head that makes it such a target! 😉
I've been wondering about face-lasering too. I've never liked shaving, I don't do it very often (weekly maybe) and the hairyness is yucky the rest of the time. Tried out a bunch of other, cheaper, DIY ways to deal with it, but it's starting to sound like lasering is the only practical (semi-?)permanent solution? (One problem is I still don't know how to solve my financial situation right now so I'm trying to avoid costs. So for me, this is something for later, possibly much later.)
Mental Health -, Dysphoria, Trans stuff
@renbymon not to disappoint or add to your woes: but private really is your only option for expedient results. The NHS waiting list is in the order of 4 years for a first appt with a nurse. 3 more for a doctor. Private assessment can be within 6 months. With a shared care agreement and your GP’s willingness, HRT in 12 (approx) on the NHS.
For everything else (voice training, laser, electrolysis) you’re also looking at private.