Driving to the Old Condo, Laser Results, Dressing Fem

[stormdog]

One good thing about today: I was able to drive to the condo without having a panic attack. Last time, even though I drove a different route to avoid the place I saw all the emergency vehicles driving by me on the day of, I still had a panic attack and had to ask Miriam to take over.

A second good thing about today: I was dressed fem on Miriam and my trip to Costco today. I think one couple might have been looking at me and talking about me in another language, but I did the thing! The fact that my facial hair seems less noticeable in general even after just one laser session makes a difference.

Though I'm actually afraid, because some of the hair looks so much lighter than before, that laser damaged the follicles in a way that makes the hair lack pigment, and now laser won't work on it. I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.

Comments

[dewline]

Glad to see the good moments getting noticed...

[stormdog]

It helps make this manageable.

[cmcmck]

If people give you that sort of look,smile at them- it's a real disarmer!

[cmcmck]

Oh and even with electrolysis, the hair turns blonde.

[stormdog]

About the hair: that's reassuring to know. Thank you! The folks in the trans support group yesterday were reassuring too. And they pointed out that even if the hair just stays white, that still makes it vastly easier to cover up than the really dark stuff I have not.

And the smiling: if I can tell for sure that they're looking at/talking about me, I will probably do that. :) And then angst and worry about it later.