Most commonly, the biggest struggle is facial hair growth — and how to remove it or cover it before or during hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Even with multiple rounds of laser hair removal or electrolysis, complaints of stubble or a five o'clock shadow are consistent. Dragun says she used orange correctors underneath her foundation to cancel out the undertones in the beard area. "It was very stressful worrying about facial hair when trying to be passable — I always kept a razor nearby in case I needed to touch up," adds Erin Kettl, a trans woman and the executive director of TRANScending Barriers Atlanta. "Now I love not having to worry about it. Every guy I have ever talked or been intimate with has always rubbed my face. I think it's a subliminal thing men do to see how smooth and woman-like a trans woman is."