what it's like being on T for 7 YEARS! 

It’s been 6 years on Estrogen for me this year. Congrats 🦇💜🦇

My son is on puberty blockers. The doc suggested T and I'm doing some research. This video gave me an idea of what to expect. Thank you so much. You look great and I love your style. I wish so much happiness

Gay ally here, it's always nice to see ppl in the community be happy

I'm a year and half on T and god dayum I'm so happy with what it did to me. I also heritated the bear gene from my family and it's insane how am I covered in floof

What you said about gender expression, I’ve recently got to 18 months on E and about 2 years socially transitioned and I have gotten sooo much more comfortable doing masc things than I ever was before I transitioned

for those that want to do shots but have anxiety abt doing it yourself, there are options for less regular, larger injections from a nurse at your gp every 12 to 14 weeks (starting off w/ slightly more regular injections). It is a bigger injection which can still be scary, by my nurse does mine in two goes (half in one butt cheek, half in the other lol) and as someone who experiences a lot of anxiety around needles and injections it has been really good for me.

As a South Asian guy, I've only been on testosterone for 8 months but I've had facial hair since about 4 months on T and I have to shave basically every day/every other day in the morning and the stubble will be back by 10 pm! I've always had a very masculine face shape and used to be made fun of for "being a girl with a mustache" at age like 6-7. So just a reminder that everyone's experiences will be different and oftentimes it will really depend on genetics and your race!

As someone who has always had problems with a very oily scalp just make sure to always properly dry ur hair with a hairdryer after washing with antidandruff type shampoo. letting ur scalp be warm and moist after washing encourages fungal growth and makes ur scalp tender and greasy.

💖💖Congrats on 7 years!! I'm so happy for you hitting that milestone. 💖💖 I'm about 7 months on T at almost 24yrs and it's genuinely been life-changing for me in all the best ways and seeing people on hrt way longer than me is so inspiring.

I just started T yesterday so this is fortunate timing! Thank you for the great video!

I’m almost a year on T! Currently 10 months on T! Can’t wait to celebrate my T anniversary for years to come! Also congrats on 7 years!

The t-shirt reminded me of the fact you introduced me to dog park dissidents!!!!

Just hit 2 years on E, 3 years socially transitioned, I just feel so much comfortable being me at this point, not trying to pass, not trying to be a guy, I'm just me!

I was on T for 3 weeks...and it was a nightmare! I had (have) pre-existing health issues, and T exacerbated those issues to a high degree. Side effects included: -crying a downpour of tears. Every. Day. -paranoid, afraid to leave my house -depression, a feeling of utter hopelessness -dangerous and scary uncharacteristic behaviors I had no control over -period didn't go away...it just got worse! Granted these are considered rare side effects, but I know I'm not the only one. I met a fellow trans person who had almost the exact same side effects I did when he was on T for a month.

The variability is interesting. I’ve been on T for 4 years and facial hair growth started about 1 month in (I had a mustache pre-T however) and started growing (more) body hair around then too. My voice starting deepening about a year in and it didn’t start to settle until recently. My fat redistribution and facial changes have also been pretty dramatic.

I've been watching you since I started my own transition, I feel like watching a older brother. So proud of you!!!

oh so cool! i'm hitting 4 years soon, so this is good to look forward to the coming years :) can't believe i've been watching your videos for such a long time

haven't finished watching yet but i've been following u since like, early-mid 2017, and seeing how far uve come in transition over the years has been really really cool!! 💜

today is 1 year on T for me! hope to be where you are in 6 more :)

If you are having trouble remembering to take any meds setting recurring alarms on your phone can help. there is a limit though. obviously if you've got something you need to take 3x a day it can be frustrating to have so many alarms. I take a bunch of pills right when i wake so i put it in my line of sight where i eat breakfast. then an afternoon alarm then a bedtime alarm (i'm a super night owl which doesn't play nice with a 9-5 society). for weekly alarms i need a gentle reminder the night before and then the alarm the next day. while panic may make the brains of people with adhd super um verby it's not a great way to do injections that require more care and focus.

Thank you for uploading this video! I'm going on T this month so this is very fortuitous for this to come out this month lol

That's awesome! Thanks for documenting everything, it's so nice to see updates from people who've been on hrt for a long time!

this video came at exactly the right time for me, I've been thinking a lot about the effects of T and wether or not it's right for me and stuff in the last few days. it has been pretty helpful, thank you for posting!! (also btw your clothing style is so awesome, goals tbh... I think I have even gotten some new ideas about accessories to maybe make from this video)

Off topic but omg the dog park dissidents shirt!!!

im two weeks on T as of today!!!!! i havent checked on your yt channel in a few years a i was so excited to see this. congrats on 7 years!! 💗

the FIATC shirt you're wearing the day before starting T got me emotionally 😭 i saw frank on the Parachutes tour that year and it feels like a lifetime ago and yesterday at the same time. im a year and some-odd months on T now, but have known i'm trans since middle school in the early 10s, so it's like night and day in certain ways. can't wait to see what's in store

congrats on 7 years! nice to see your videos again :D!

Thank you Ashton 💝everyone has such a different journey for sure; all uniquely special

I just watched one of your old videos and seeing this is absolutely great.

I have EDS and testosterone is basically the only thing that allows me to walk. Testosterone can affect joints - but usually positively.

ASHTON!!! Congrats

thank you so much for this! i hadn't heard of the injection helper tool before and i'll definitely be looking into that for when i start T

I want to say I’m watching you since 2017 and I’m so proud of you and happy for you ❤

this is so cool to watch because i think ive been watching you throughout all of this, 2017 was my first year out as a trans person (i was in high school, the school year starts in the january and it was the first time i started the year meeting a bunch of new people as my first trans name and pronouns and considering going on t) and watching you was important for my experience. i ended up going on t for almost 2 years and then stopped because i didnt want any further changes. i am now a 22 year old genderfluid person and im able to navigate well my gender fluidity and present how i want both when im feeling more fem and more masc

Congratulations on 7 year anniversary Ashton 😊

i always find it really interesting to hear what other people go through and if that's ok i'd like to add my own experience: i am 24 + 1 and a half year on T (started a month before my 23rd birthday!), and i have basically become a bear. i barely had any body hair before, so it was really surprising when i started getting visible hair on my hands & thighs & breasts XD my entire stomach area is covered in hair now, my arm hair is visible in photos, and i've actually had to start shaving my armpits for the first time in my life due to the hair getting too irritating and causing my skin condition to flare up i also started growing facial hair almost immediately, my beard is kinda sparse and shitty but it's there and visible if i don't shave for ~3 days. everything i read/heard told me this was very rare so i REALLY didn't expect it, but it could happen to you! nobody told me it would be so itchy and i was NOT prepared x_x shout-out to the trans women in my life who have helped me a lot with figuring out shaving and stuff, getting some good aftershave has been a life saver ahah i've never had acne in my life before, unlike a lot of other people in my family. my older cousin & younger sibling both have a lot of it and i've always thought it was funny that it "skipped" me. anyway that is not the case anymore and i should have kept my mouth shut! i don't have much on my face, but my chest and shoulders are covered in it. i am lucky that so many people close to me know how to handle it, because it's been affecting my self esteem and they've really helped me figure out what works for my skin. my speaking voice has changed very little, people close to me can hear it but it still reads as 100% feminine unless i force it down, but my singing voice now has a noticeably different range. i struggle with high notes i used to be able to hit very easily and can now reach way lower than before. as mentioned i can also force my voice down to a masculine speaking range, it feels unnatural but it allows for some really funny bits at least lol people have told me my face shape has changed but personally i don't really see it. i have gained a pretty significant amount of weight since starting testosterone, so i don't know how much of that is playing a role vs the effects of T alone. and that's pretty much everything for me that i can think of!

i was subscribed to your channel in 8th grade- congrats on getting so far on your transition!! it’s so weird because i’ve gone from questioning wether i should go on T to “nah im cis” to….questioning wether i should go on T 😭

also for ppl who are concerned about T: research taking T with dutasteride (tho you can't take duta indefinitely) or nandrolone!

Congrats on 7 years, Ashton!

thank you for this video, it helped me confirm to myself that pursuing T is something i really want to do

The one think I wasn't told about being on T is that body hair seems to funnel everything into one's belly button; never knew what people meant by belly button lint before then... Some days it looks as if a small mouse crawled in there :/

Yes this is lovely your videos are always so helpful and informational and I would love to hear you talk more about gender affirming care and gender expression

I used not to like facial hair, but it grew on me (ba dum tss)

Almost half way but good video. Enjoy your content.

I had a slight jumpstart on facial hair from PCOS, but it’s still one of the most slow going things lmao. But it is truly like that for so many cis men, so it wasn’t too surprising for me. It definitely can be annoying that it’s patchy, but that’s testosterone puberty for ya

i knew i would get more hair but i didn’t realize that more hair on my belly/belly button would mean LOTS of belly button lint!

Oh my god taking the shot eight days apart. Every single week for me. Im glad someone else has got that too.

I have the exact same shirt ❤ Happy to see other ppl who enjoy Dog Park Dissidents, they're great

Have you tried hair products specifically for curly hair? I had random curls a lot growing up and didn't understand why they'd show up and leave, but since switching to curl-friendly products, my hair is consistently curly with minimal effort

Omg I haven’t see ur videos in like 6 years 😭

YESSSS I NEEDED THIS VIDEO FROM SOMEONE LIKE YOU 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

next month will be 1 year of t for me, this video makes me so happy and excited and proud to be on t. can't wait to get older as a trans person

Congrats! I’m almost 7 days on T I can’t wait to be 7 years

hello, i came from your name changing video and you said something about changing your name as a dual citizen. could you go a little more into depth about how you changed your name on the foreign country’s citizenship? thanks!

This video just confirmed I for sure want to go on t

Speaking of facial hair, which side of my family would I get the genes from? My dad's side doesn't have much hair and my mom's side is the opposite

sorry but the picture at 13:42 is sooo hot

Congrats on 7 years

When do we organize the revolution?

How many different times was your dose increased?

omg we're T twins, im alson 7 years on T holy shart

I love Dog Park Dissidents! Best band!

hell yeah :D

:3 v cool and awesome video :3 I'm still waiting to move out of my transphobic parents' house bc i can't start t until I leave for safety reasons, but man oh man! I'm equal parts excited and anxious bc moving out is scary in this capitalist hellscape and tbh I have no clue if ill ever be able to afford t. I hope I will bc its the one thing about medical transition that I dont want to not have. All other surgery is basiclly not on my radar bc its expencive and I can deal without bc i think my body is cool :3 one thing I got a head start on last year for my period dysphoria was getting a levongestrel iud bc it completely stopped my period for a year! (Since then there has been a complication but id do it again at the drop of a hat bc it was life changing!!!!!)

holy moly 7 years dude?? I feel like you were this little short haired emo boy 3 years ago 😭 My sense of time is fucked

Call videos it's okay to be different that's what makes us unique who cares what the stupid system or people in society think or say I also like watching videos like this because individualism and self-expression to me is important I love watching RU-vid birds that are not afraid to be themselves to dress how they want do what they want and make videos however they want to self-expression is happiness not a phase

Non binary trans male for 7 years? Must be a faze. Lol You looks great. Thanks for the video. 💛

0:30 And people wonder why I'm a communist.

I’m a trans-guy. The part of me I’m most insecure about is my voice. There is not a single trans-man I’ve had the chance to witness that actually had a deep or masculine sounding voice, including people on 10+ years of tesosterone. Is your voice seriously the best it gets? Feel like k/lling myself now, lol.

I think you look really different from even 3 yrs ago, idk if it's the hair or no makeup or the brows 🤔

I'm not trans (cis female bisexual) and I'm not a leftist either im more centrist, so we may not have a lot in common but I've been watching ur channel since 2020 when I was 12 and I still enjoy your content. I watched your channel the day my dog died and that helped me feel better, ur videos are just informative and cool in general. I've learned a lot about the queer community and been more curious to research about it since watching your videos such as the ones where you'd sew patches on ur jacket, i really liked that series. Even if we disagree on a lot politically i still really enjoy your channel since i like listening to both sides. I also like ur style and vids about ND stuff bc i have autism and adhd, its cool to find another ND youtuber cuz i already watch a lot and am looking for more. So yea just wanted to say that. and happy 7 years! :3 Glad ur happy with ur voice and everything. sorry im rambling xd

Haha share some

Come back to Yeshuah you have the code in your DNA YHWH. I'm an ex third degree wiccan. Spells have to be reinforced it's a circle of no end. All false deities there is no power greater than the Heavenly Father God.

Non binary man is an oxymoron tho

My guy is giving < tohru Honda is an American born runaway transmasc who accidentally becomes a member of Young Guns 1988 and heals all of their hearts while falling in love with Lou Diamond Phillips > right? RIGHT!? Anyway, we're sliving for it. 🫰