“I didn't like looking in the mirror before I started testosterone therapy. Now I'm happy when I look at myself." Student and YouTube star 21-year-old Jamie Raines started taking testosterone at the age of 18, a hormone that makes the appearance, voice and body of transgender men masculine.
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Source: buzzfeed.com
1. Here is Jamie on the first day, holding the medicine.
2. He decided to document his transformation by taking selfies every day. “I only wanted to do it for the first year, but I didn’t grow facial hair the first year.”
3. At first, the changes were barely noticeable.
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8. But in the second year he began to notice more and more changes. "The face has become longer, the cheeks have shrunk."
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10. Raines noticed that his nose had changed.
11. After two years of therapy, facial hair appeared. "It was so great!"
12. The beard and mustache continued to grow ...
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16. Finally, after three years of taking testosterone, Jamie grew a full beard. This is one of his last photographs (beard + socks drying on a radiator).
17. And here are two pictures for comparison, in the same clothes!