Re: Warning! Diane 35 (Dianette) and Saw Palmetto

> having hair on my face (and other parts of my body) and having
> to remove it leaves me feeling horrible and very unfeminine and
I've reached the conclusion that I am who I am, and that my appearance is simply not particularly feminine. Hardly surprising, I suppose, because my ring fingers are both longer than my index fingers -- which is something that anyone could see at a glance anyway. That's the typical male pattern -- most females have their index fingers longer than their ring fingers. So I reckon that's a dead giveaway to anyone who's familiar with that indicator of femininity/masculinity.

> so I am prepared to do whatever I can despite knowing that I may
> have very severe consequences. I hope that despite the personality
> changes your sister is happy and that despite her being different
> you and your family still all get on and are happy.
We all find it extremely difficult to cope with. She's so much more feminine that she's like a completely different person.

> In terms of personality change I haven't noticed any changes
> (although I guess it can sometimes be hard to recognise change
> in yourself) but then I have only been on Diane 35 for about 6
> months.
I've no idea to what extent my sister sees the changes in herself -- though she doesn't appear to notice how different she seems to others.

> However I didn't have a masculine personality at all before I don't
> think.
My sister was really very masculine in personality before.

> I also luckily have very large breasts
That must be a great help. My sister has had C-cups all her adult life which made it obvious that she was female, even though everything else about her was very masculine. I've never been able to muster anything significant -- I'm really flat, probably a result of high testosterone levels, so there's no obvious figure to mark me out as female.

> and in terms of the rest of my figure I would say it is not extremely
> femine but not at all masculine. I think my hips are just a little
> too narrow and my shoulders just a little too wide however I have
> had friends say they are jealous of my figure so perhaps I am just
> paranoid.
It sounds as if you've come off very well in the figure department -- it must make things a lot easier for you.

I'm actually happy with the way that things have worked out for me. I'm happy with my hormonal balance. My husband is great and he loves me the way I am. I'm sure it's my high testosterone levels that make the physical side of our relationship so tremendous -- and the fact that I shave has never turned him off. In fact, the first time he saw me I hadn't shaved for 24 hours and had stubble on my upper lip, so it was something he knew about from the start. That's made life a whole lot easier! Tweet