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Sounds like you have a good plan there Golus.

Pace can change once you get into it, I found my dysphoria got worse and my desire got stronger, bit of a slippery slope.

Starting with PM+SP is great, it's slow and discrete. I would recommend considering full HRT for at least year before considering any facial surgery, you'd be surprised for how many people FFS is unnecessary after all the facial fat redistribution from hormones.

Also trachael shaves are unnecessary for some once you train your voice (which you need to do regardless, voice surgery never gets good results). Speaking in a "head voice" to remove the resonance causes your Adam's apple to retract up a bit, thats one of the ways you know your doing it properly too.

Only people with prominent Adam's apples need it imo. Some ciswomen have slight Adam's apples, it's not unheard of and trach shaves don't always turn out perfect, sometimes up to a year for scarring to disappear.

Facial hair removal and eyebrow shaping go a long way to feminizing the face, a while on HRT after that and the results are pretty astounding for some.

Good luck, I hope things work out with your family!