These lines appeared on his ears recently over the past few months. The 2nd pic was taken in February and they were normal then. The only difference in this time is he is on amodip now for high blood pressure. No idea if that would cause this or if these are any sign of something or its just nothing. He is 16
My legs are a mess. Had to deal with this for over 20 years now. Its my whole body affected but my legs look the worst as they have red scars everywhere. Summer is coming up. I have other body image issues but this makes it even worse to the point I really dont want to wear shorts
Are there any decent products that would help to get rid of all this? There is so much stuff out there I have no idea where to start with it. I dont want to spend a load on stuff that wont do anything. If something works its worth paying for but I have bought loads of things before that have done nothing to help my skin issues. Currently on lymecycline again which is helping but none of this is going to go away on its own
As its the first of pride, what are you proud of - specifically related to bring trans? Things that you are happy about, grateful for, even if its just little things
There is way too much negativity lately so lets see some of the opposite
It has nearly been 10 years and I am still thankful every day that my chest looks like this now. I know what its like to not look like this and I will always be grateful for it. I lost a lot of years trying to hide it and suffering. Its not something I take for granted, while cis people never recognise or appreciate what they have. I prefer to be appreciative of the things I have gained as I know what it was like to not have them, including just being seen for who I actually am
Everything that is not official merch was made by me (bar a few that are just prints). They are perlers, or fuse bead art whatever you want to call it. The reason I got into it was to make Doom stuff
This is only some of it - there is a lot more. Will post more later if there is any interest
I never looked into how to actually use him for power control purposes. I was just doing whatever in fights, mostly just using sp2. I didnt even know he was this good for power controlling lol. Doing what I normally do I got 18 bars. Was going to take forever as was not getting the furies from actual power controlling so actually looked into how to use him properly
For anyone that doesnt know, easiest rotation for this is:
*you will need at least a 4* relic on him for this to work*
- Normal combos build up to sp3
- Once I get to sp3 I parry and charge heavy
- Cancel the heavy and throw your sp3
The heavy charge activates his aura and the stun carries over after the sp3 animation
- Opponent is stunned, use mlllm combo
- Activate striker
- mlllm then throw sp1
- Opponent is now power locked
- Continue mlllm combos until reach sp3 then repeat from the cycle
After building to your first sp3 Samurai will not be able to throw another special the whole fight
You can also throw an sp2 for a lot of damage but I found it more effective to just keep doing the cycle. It is doing a lot of damage anyway from all the furies and burst damage
All the turtles stuff I've done currently. Probably also going to do Leonardo version of pic 4
I have no idea what to do with the Raphael canvas on the last pic. Even if I just do it all one colour idk what colour to use on it 🤔
All the turtles stuff I've done currently. Probably also going to do Leonardo version of pic 4
I have no idea what to do with the Raphael canvas on the last pic. Even if I just do it all one colour idk what colour to use on it 🤔
Was going to show this better in a video but wont let me use one
Took forever to finish these as I am not good at painting (finish one colour then the next goes everywhere and I have to keep redoing it over and over). These are pretty much done now but when light reflects on the paint it looks really ugly. It looks worse than my camera will show. I paint over it several times to try sort it but its just the same. I dont know how to get rid of it. Could not find a orangey brown remotely right so had to make it myself, its a mix of like 6 different colours all are Vallejo, mostly model/game air and a few non air versions
I initially airbrushed the base colours then added the gold (which is not actually paint its GSW pure metal pigments mixed into master medium so its more difficult to paint with due to powder/grains) but per my previous statement I am not good at it and the gold gets where I dont want it so I have to repaint over those bits on the base colours again. Doing that is showing up brush strokes I dont want, not just that but those bits look considerably lighter than the rest as well making it more obvious as its like reflecting it all
I have 2 finished and they are both better than this. Dont know how I got those better. Ideally I'd airbrush it all but I do not have the skill to do that it would be a mess and just go everywhere. I have tried putting the paint on thicker, thinner, different brush, nothing is really helping. I just want to get these finished but I hate it looking like this. I'm sure its my lack of ability and knowledge thats the problem here not the paint. Any way to fix this just using a brush?
This has been on my mind for a while now. I have always known I wanted/needed the outcome but I was uncertain of the method and some issues I had with it. I have just been stuck in this dormant kind of state for over a decade not knowing what to do. 12 years on T, had top done in August 2016 and hysto in September 2019, following that was the last time I was in the clinic to which this was discussed and I was leaving it as uncertain and waiting to see what might change with medical advancements. I started looking into it again last year as it was starting to bother me more and I found it was largely the same techniques and same issues I would have with it so again remained uncertain of pursuing. Its been bothering me even more lately so very recently I decided to look on here since I've been using reddit a lot to see if anything would help me decide one way or another. Well I can say now I NEED THIS DONE YESTERDAY
Seeing how others look I cant not do this. While the issues I had are still there, they now seem less important than just having what I'm supposed to have. I have never wanted to live with this and I cant take it any longer now. This cant happen soon enough. That is the problem now though. I am in the UK and as such at the mercy of ridiculously long waiting lists. I am awaiting an appointment with my GIC which will be end of next month in order to get the referrals sent to surgeon. I dont know the current state of the waiting list but I have seen 4+ years mentioned and could be worse.. had a breakdown over that. Not sure if thats til stage 1 or if thats just to even first be seen. I know theres a few new surgeons involved now and another hospital as well with a new team but not sure its really speeding anything up. I am alternating between feeling better in knowing what I want and looking forward to it and feeling worse in knowing what I could have but have to wait so long to get there. Private is not an option for me with the high costs of this. Even the cheapest ends are out of reach. I will always support and am grateful for the NHS but the waiting times can be very hard to deal with
I dont think I would mind the wait as much were it not for my age. In general that has bothered me for a long time now due to several reasons. Physically I'm where I am now but mentally I dont feel I have progressed from 10 years ago, I feel like I should still be there which is creating this discrepancy and dissonance in how I feel about it. It also bothers me because I could have done this years ago and probably have been done by now, at the very least I'd already be past the wait. I'm now right at the start of it and its daunting to deal with. I regret my lack of action on this. It has ultimately been for nothing as the procedure is mostly the same anyway. I will be 37 in 3 months. I'd rather have had this done by around mid 30s not what will more than likely be closer to mid 40s. Yes I know there are ones older who will gone through it but due to what I just said it doesnt help or change how I feel about it. I feel like my life hasnt even started yet. I have not lived at all. I exist and barely at that. I wish I could go back to that appointment post op and ask him to refer me instead
Just to note that I have never been one to complain about or demean the procedures in any way, I have always had an issue with those who have acted that way and how they speak about others bodies. It is an advanced thing as it is. My thinking on it was things like 3d printing organs being possible and using your own cells, stem cells etc I wondered what might be possible some day. For one thing if we could have our own skin created to completely remove the need for grafts to be used. I have no idea how far off any of that is as a reality but I feel I have waited long enough already and I just need to get this done. I regret waiting this long as it is. I do not feel complete and had enough of this constant feeling in my life. Physically aware of it all the time. It would be nice for all of this to finally go away
I have a lot of envy for those posting theirs on here but also thankful to those who have posted and shared their experiences, without it I would never be able to see the stuff I needed to make a decision. I already have a folder of reference dick pics lol. I am happy for everyone but wish I was there too. I dont really know how I'm going to get through multiple years waiting honestly already struggling and only just decided on pursuing it
How did you mentally deal with such a long wait? The only good part of that for me is it gives me plenty time to lose more weight as they will likely be enforcing the bmi limits again. I had to lose a lot before they would do top which cost me a lot of time and I gradually put back on after it which I have started working on the past year anyway. It is slow progress. It would also give plenty time for hair removal but not sure about committing to that prior to seeing a surgeon, I dont think its likely I would not be suitable for RFF but unsure on abdominal being an option. Probably a long way to go so dont need to do anything for a while other than dealing with the wait itself
I posted 2D before now here is Murdoc (from Rock the House video). Finally got a canvas the right size (it is 70 x 40) now need to do the background. No idea how to do it yet, either draw it all by hand and paint it (I am not good at either) or try figure out scale and do it in beads. Not sure if thats going to work so will be a bit of time to work on this before I can finish it. Didnt have any colours right for the yellowish skin tone he has there so had to go by a different image of it
This is also a mini. Was about the smallest I could go to get enough detail in. Not quite right but didnt want it bigger. Freehanded most of the pattern
Had issues with his legs. I didnt notice until it was ironed then it was really obvious. On the boards I find it hard to tell smaller shade differences. I ran out of beads about halfway down him so had to order more. Its all supposed to be the same colour but 2 completely different shades came out of the same bag and it looks horrible. I usually go with full melt fronts so just as well this one I intended not to do that or would have had to bin it. Can still see it but trying to tolerate it as dont want to have to do it all again. Having this issue with artkal lately not sure whats going on with shades changing
I will post him again when it is fully finished. No idea how long that will take me to do