Wiki of Dark Arts - Inspiration, Current State, What is next?

What I've done, what is to be done, best people to listen to, what is next?

day 30/30 of writing daily.

I have made progress writing on various topics relating to looksmaxxing and some other related trans things. I will list some of the articles that have been written, as well as some that are yet to be written. I will add links to completed articles, but also list some which are yet to be done. I also link to some of the resources I like.

I will finally then look at some information on what to do next.

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Wiki of Dark Arts (to be updated)

• Full steps on what to do

• Aspects of Passing

  • what matters

  • main traits

  • noticing features

  • passing vs attractive

• Voice

  • what matters with voice

  • how to voice train

  • types of voice surgery

  • Yeson VFSRAC Experience (pre-tests, surgery, next week, first speaking)

• HRT

  • Feminizing HRT

  • Non-binary Transfem HRT

  • Masculinizing HRT

  • Growth Hormone axis

  • Genetic aspects to hormones

• Hair removal:

  • short-term (eg: shaving, waxing)

  • medium-term (eg: laser)

  • long-term (electrolysis)

• Head Hair

  • Preventing hair loss

  • Restoring Head Hair

  • Styling and care

• Weight Cycling

  • Appetite Supression

  • Selective Fat Removal

  • Gaining Weight

  • Gaining Weight in the Right Places

• Skin

  • Basics of skincare

  • More advanced skin improvement (laser, resurfacing, facelift)

  • Specific issues (laxity, acne scars, etc)

  • Verteporfin for scarless healing

  • Altering skin melonin levels

• Other

  • Things to consider if you're not sure about transitioning.

  • Banking Sperm, specific examples

  • Storing Eggs, specific examples

  • Chemically Affecting Libido

Topics I didn’t get to write at all about yet

• Body Altering

  • Waist-to-hip ratio (TO WRITE)

    • Waist / Rib training

    • Rib surgeries

    • Hip surgery

  • Shoulders (TO WRITE)

    • Delt muscle atrophe

    • Surgical Shortening

• Face

  • Facial Fat Distribution

  • Facial Feminisation Surgery (FFS)

  • Teeth

  • Makeup

• Breast Growth / Breast removal

• Other

  • Clothing

  • Social aspects to passing

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Considerations

I wish I had more time to research and write about all of the topics. There is a huge amount of information on all of these topics. there are issues in just knowing all the info, then recording things, then also distilling it in a form that is more useful.

I also just appreciate all the people who make information about various topics easier to access. Some inspirations have been:

• u/darthemofan on reddit, who has been banned

• @endocrinemoder from papers.lgbt

• transfemscience, especially Aly

• mesityl on substack

• @catkaldir and @soft_fox_lad

• various people on reddit

  • r/transgender_surgeries

  • r/estrogel

  • r/transvoice

  • r/DrWillPowers

  • sometimes r/4tran4 and 4chan, not really reccomended

  • r/diyhrt

• Various discord servers

  • Scinguistics

  • Fox Kaldir’s server

• Various in-person conversations with people

Some topics have been more easy or difficult to write about than others. Comparing surgeons has been quite difficult for me due to the sheer quantity of them that I find it overwhelming.

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What is missing in the ecosystem

This community is full of people who are extremelly knowledgable about their various topics of interest, and spend much time on online discussing these ideas with others. But a lot of this knowledge is so scattered.

There is excellent early guidance on understanding HRT. This makes sense, as this is probably the single most important thing. But beyond this standard path, there are other marginal things that can be done, and finding this information is difficult.

I think it is really impressive what Aly managed to do with transfemscience. I also appreciate other people who have spent time understanding the research in hormones outside of traditional academia.

I think it would be good if:

• People spent time writing in detail about topics they spend time researching.

• There could be better directories and guides beyond binary HRT

• It could be made easier to answer when people have the same questions

• Media more accessible than long + dense online text.

• There could be better ways of funding to make the ecosystems better.

• Studies could be run on medicines with weak and scattered anecdotal evidence

• It was easier to safely access hrt and other medicine in various contries.

I have recently learned some information about associated medical conditions and genetic factors correlated with gender dysphoria, and it seems like this is not understood by enough people. Things like breast development stages and stalling also seem poorly understood. There could be better ways to ensure safety and efficacy of medicines.

I am cautiously optimistic that many things could be done to improve these landscapes, but I guess I feel it is hard to coordinate on these.