It was great! I went with a few friends and it was first time I'd been swimming around other people since I started HRT so that was nice to rock a swimsuit in public.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hell yeah! That’s still a goal I need to achieve. Bottom dysphoria is the main issue for me in that regard, and a discouraging thing when I think about swimsuits. I overcame my aversion to shopping for bras, now I need to overcome my aversion to swimsuit shopping.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 18 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The biggest hurdle for me it was mostly wanting to deal with all my body hair, getting a course of full body laser has felt life changing when it comes to being out in public.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 14 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I need to resume electrolysis at some point, but I’m stressed enough about money as is without worrying about biweekly electrolysis copays.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Copays suck, you go through the trouble of getting insurance to cover and then you still have to pay.

I found a esthetician/electrology school near me that does an hour of work for $20, which was a decent price point for me so I've been doing that all out of pocket so far.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll have to reexplore my options, I don’t think laser was an option but that may have changed in the past year or so

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 13 points 21 hours ago

I still have to finish electrolysis too, but at this point it's mostly for white hairs and a more manageable because the laser already knocked out most of the dark ones- definitely found that order of operations to be pretty efficient

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Get a big thick wetsuit so the bottom is like barbie and ken dolls with hairless neoprene skin

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I wanna look hot in it though

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Wetsuits are hot - form fitting and wet

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The “form fitting” is an issue if you don’t like certain parts of your form…

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago

I think there is a real gap in the market for padded wetsuits, surprised that doesn't exist

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