Grooming and Estrogen!

Local time: Friday, 7.52pm

Running low on sanitary pads (cos they're how one prevents soiling one's underwear after SRS), so we crossed over to the clinic to pick some up. While there, mum and I took the opportunity with Sin's help to visit the nearby hairdresser and communicate our wants (cut and dye for mum, trim and highlights for me). They did a rather sumptuous job. At 2700 baht for the both of us, the fee is comparable to elsewhere (though actually much cheaper than an equivalent service in Melbourne, Australia). But the hairdressers were very thorough, and I love the result. (There was another trans patient there who had her hair straightened and styled - she looked gorgeous.)

There was a Thai lady in there having her nails done, who kept staring curiously at me; at first I assumed it was something about being read, and this surprised me as it would have been the first odd reaction I've received in Thailand (or anywhere else, actually...) for some time. But the hairdresser looked up and smiled and remarked that the woman was admiring my hair and saying I looked pretty. Like, huh. How very flattering!

The first Progynova pill went down this morning too. I waited till the morning so I can set an easy routine, like I did with the Microgynon pills. These look about the same, but are 1 mg estradiol varelate, which is a maintenance dose of HRT. When I next see Dr Hunter, I might ask about attempting to replicate a proper puberty with a slightly higher dose, but I have a feeling I know what his response will be (that adequate feminisation is going to occur even with a 1 or 2 mg dose).

So, it's been a particularly girly day.