About those estrogen patches. (But I have never taken any type of estrogen myself.) My thoughts are that you would be better off using the smaller dosages and taking your time. Having breast buds myself from a hormonal "imbalance" it really isn't noticeable on me as a male and if I wanted to I could wear an A or B cup in order to "crossdress". Possibly most women have that size from what I've seen (outside those airbrushed magazines) but learn how to maximise their appearence by the clothes that they wear. Unless you have some big breasted women in your family line there is nothing to worry about and if you do it would just make you and everyone around you have to adjust to your new life that much earlier. If you can find one of Dolly Parton's interviews about where she discusses about her being a tomboy as a child and then her breasts "doing their own thing" it might be worth listening to. Other than that if you stay a "male" you can do like me and live in a college town where every fall semester all the new students will be thinking that you are one of them and even have some girls posturing in front of you. (But I always leave them alone. I just don't want to get involved.) My question is why have a beard and then always have to shave it off? On me my "5:00 shadow" comes every five days and then on the seventh day I just pluck it off in the morning.

I'm now into banding as I want rid of my testicles. very dark purple.