The worst thing about CD'ing

[NathalieX66]

Sorry to ramble, but I have found one particular aspect of crossdressing that I find a miserable experience: Stubble.....it just ruins everything, and it feels miserable. . It gets persistently worse every day. You have to shave constantly, and it still comes back. You fight ingrowns, red bumps and acne. Hair follicles are truly the enemy. You shave, you try Nair, you wax, and it still fight s you back. You spend hundreds, possibly thousands to go under the needle of an electolysis pen or a laser to put an end to the War on Hair.
Sorry, I'm just venting out. :tantrum:

[Nicole Erin]

facial stubble is a pain.

Thing is, if you can minimize it with waxing or tweezing or electro, it does help, I mean alright I tweeze, and sucks it comes back BUT - it is finer and I don't need a heavy makeup to cover shadow and in fact, I don't get much shadow for a few days.


If it helps - even some GG have thin facial hair, I had to wax the jawline of an 18 year old GG who had some hair going on.

Wouldn't it be SO much easier for us if women had as thick a beard? or neither men or women had face hair? I mean it would level THAT part of the field

[Karren H]

I like shaving...

[joannemarie barker]

guess i'm lucky with that,i'm very fair so once i've shaved there's no sign at all for 2 days :)

[Tanya83]

I was going to say the worst thing about being a CD is not being able to CD all the time.

[SuzanneBender]

Body hair is horrible. I dream of the day I do not have to shave. I hate body hair! Hate Hate Hate it.

Ohh did I mention that I dislike body hair.

[Gillian]

Stubble for sure I shave with a Gillette Fusion and it really does get me smooooooottthhhhh! but I am dark, so after five hours I have a real shadow appearing.

Apart from that, it is certainly putting my drab's back on after a perfectly wonderful day.

[Kate Simmons]

That is part of the challenge. If it were that easy, I think many of us would not bother with it.:)

[Bunny Girl Zoe]

I use Gillette Fusion also and find it realy good. I don't mind shaving all part of looking and feeling good. Worse for me is wearing drap's love be dressed more.

[msniki48]

I have been lucky enough to get laser treatments, however, a little late in life, as my gray hairs are not visible to the laser. [very few dark hairs left] at least i am not using too much spackle as a foundation anymore:heehee:

shaving my body every shower, to me is theraputic...i do enjoy that. although i would not want my wife to run her hand across my face after 6 hours...at least the slight growth does not show thru the makeup.... we do the best we can with what we have... i guess

[KarenSusan]

I was going to say the worst thing about being a CD is not being able to CD all the time.

:yt: I absolutely agree.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Nathalie

Changing back to Mr. Drab and putting every thing away a real bummer.

Orchid

[StaceyJane]

I love to shave. I shave my arms and legs every day.

[Sharon B.]

The worst thing for me is going back to my male self.

[ArleneRaquel]

The cost $$$$$$ :battingeyelashes:

[Jill]

I feel somewhat fortunate in that I am just not a hairy person. My beard isn't very thick, I barely have any chest hair and there's no hair on my back, thank goodness.

[gabimartini]

I'm 10000% with you there, Nathalie! Stubble sucks!

(but I'm too chicken to laser it off, so I guess I'll have to live with it). :)

[KimberlyJo]

:werd:

For my face, I just bought a decent electric razor. It helps for those quickie in between times when I just need to get rid of the stubbles. Haven't tried it on my legs...DON'T recommend it for the pits...yowch.

But yeah, the only real way to win the battle is to get electrolysis or laser. The only place I would really, really love to have either of those procedures done is on my belly.

[wanda jackson]

No, stubble is not fun. Yes, Fusion does help, especially using a brand new blade.
Last December, in preparation for a trip to France to visit my GF, I did an entire body wax for the first time thinking that would take care of any stubble for a while. But then I encountered the French winter and these little stubly hairs on my thighs (that came back much sooner than I'd hoped or expected!) would stand up and feel like dozens of little needles!
YOW!

[Staci G]

Body hair is horrible. I dream of the day I do not have to shave. I hate body hair! Hate Hate Hate it.

Ohh did I mention that I dislike body hair.

Chewbaca ain't got nothin on me! I hate the body hair with a passion BUT what is worse is having to hide all my stuff from the wife and waiting till she's at work to be able to dress at all. No she don't like it

[Loni]

if only they could do a brain transplant.
trade with a f-m,
not a ts here, but to just beable to not have to shave away the fourty grit every am.

[VeronicaMoonlit]

Body hair is horrible. I dream of the day I do not have to shave. I hate body hair! Hate Hate Hate it.

Ohh did I mention that I dislike body hair.

Body hair and facial hair makes me feel all ickypoo. Really...ickypoo. I used to shave my body hair only before "dressing sessions" and between felt all icky. Then I said to self:

"Self, you don't like your body hair, so why don't you keep it off...all the time." So I did...and it feels so right to be hair free.

Veronica Rogers

[sherri52]

The ultimate worse is shaving your whole body and getting a phone call that drags you out in drab instead of dressing. What a waste of a freshly shaved body.

[Genifer Teal]

Laser can ease the stubble. It is not an overnight solution. Over the past few years and many sessions, for the most part, my body is completely hairless. Not having to deal with the stubble or ingrown hairs is a bonus that comes along with not having to shave.

I never thought I'd do my whole body when I started laser hair removal. It seemed like an insurmountable task. I also wasn't emotionally ready to be completely hairless when I started that journey. I initially started laser to remove my beard. I gradually expanded to my chest, arms and ankles. I used to cut my self every time shaving around my ankles. Besides, who is going to notice a lack of hair down there? I eventually decided to go the whole route and remove it all. As for the cost? I don't think about that. I only make a few visits a year so it kind of has it's own payment plan. Now that I am here and hair free, threads like this remind me it was all worth while.

Let me answer the topic question, since the title didn't lead me to believe this thread is only about shaving.

Currently, what I hate most about this is the loneliness. I have friends. We hang out from time to time. Yet so many people hide this part of their lives - to varying degrees. It is hard to be spontaneous and grab dinner with someone. One of my close friends calls every time she goes shopping (at nearby stores) yet would never let anyone join her. She is very [private with this part of her life. I'd love to have a second opinion on outfits when I shop. Right now I the biggest improvement I need is more friends. Friends who could (and are willing) to come over to watch a movie or whatever.

Gen

[belindat]

Hiding who I am from everyone except my wife.

There are so many double standards in life. Like why can a cute female wear jeans and a T-shirt and have short hair and not get a scenond glance?

[Cristi]

Stubble is the main reason I know that I'll never be able to go out dressed for more than a few hours at a time. Even with a fresh close shave, I still have that shadow of hair just below the skin. With a lot of foundation, I can mask it... for about 3-4 hours.

I look back in envy to my teen years when I only had to shave once a week or so, and even then it was fine light hairs. Something I almost could have plucked out!

Any thoughts of going out all day are just a pipe dream unless I feel like doing a complete shave and re-application of makeup at least once during the day. :(

I have no need or want for facial hair at all and don't think I'd ever want to do a beard or mustache again, so I'd be just as happy to laser it all away with the added benefit of saving me a few minutes every morning before work.

I just don't know how that would go over with my wife, or how much money it would cost. I think it is something I'm getting closer to really looking into at some point.

[Samantha B L]

I use a foundation that covers up the stubble for a few hours good enough. I used to have a problem with sensetive skin and shaving so I use a combination of cosmetology clippers and a cheap electric razor. It works pretty good. Until I stumbled onto those two things I didn't know what the hell I was gonna do! I thought I would be condemned to life as a Lon Cheney lookalike. Lon played the Wolfman in the movies back in the forties I think. So I figure it's either shave or go around looking like Brutus in Popeye cartoons. Another thing,for drab purposes I'd rather look like the cover of Rubber Soul or Aftermath than I would Sgt.Pepper's or Let It Be. I'm a crossdresser and actually I'm not Transexual but of all the female traits I could've been born with I wish it could have been NO facial hair. tour buses would go by my apartment building and the guide with his microphone and loudspeaker would point out the home of the man who was born without whiskers

[jill_cd_girl]

I have to admit that the worst thing about CDing for me is having to putting everything back and getting cleaned up after a dressing session: getting the make-up off, the clothes put away, etc. Sometimes I'll think about all of that work and it'll be enough for me to decide not to dress!

[charlie]

My worst thing is that my wife hates it! Don't ask, don't tell in the house...all the time!

[dana 1]

not being able to tell anyone but my wife bothers me.
i also shave with the gillette fushion its great , also wash with olay body wash, it seems to keep the red bumps away.

[Kendra (Tx)]

It's probably been said...But for me the worst thing about dressing is going "back"...The shaving and the stubble I can handle..Those are minor inconveniences to me...But the real pain in the butt to me is having to "go back" to drab after I've spent 24/7 for 10 days of a vacation as Kendra twice a year...Not wearing a single stitch of "guy" clothes during that time....When the time comes to put Kendra away and get back into those old scratchy, guy clothes, It's tough...Times I've wished I didn't have to....But "real life" has to go on...I just looked forward to the next time...That's all I could do....:2c:

http://kendra954.com

[JamieOH]

as for shaving goes. I shave all the time myself... every day, because I underdress every day.. the worst part of Cd
ing to me, is the fact that I cant just wear what I want to wear, that I have to be labelled a CD, and considered a pervert, or freak of nature.. sigh....

[KarenHiller]

A daily shave with my pink Venus does it for me, and I so love how I feel after I've moisturized and powdered my skin. I like the whole ritual, and my SO loves the results.

Karen