HRT Myths

[A]

Well, if you don't have much fat to work with, the effects will be more mild regarding fat distribution. However, muscle reduction is sometimes really impressive. Through fat redistribution, muscle loss and cartillage/tendon/whatever reshaping (as well as bone changes if you're still under 25 and get lucky), your body shape will change towards a more female shape. You should have less volume in the waist, and more in the hips, bosoms and thighs. The upper body will probably slim down the most.

If you want to maximise effects, given that you're quite skinny, gaining a little bit of weight after starting HRT might be a good way to make changes more apparent, if you're able to. If you can do a little cardio exercise whilst doing that, it's probably best, since it helps the fat you have in male spots burn.

For a rounder butt, you might have to do some exercising, though. Muscles tend to slim down on HRT, and I can't guarantee that your butt fat is going to look round. The "round, high and sexy" butt that people want is actually muscle for the most part, I believe. So you'll need hard work. You could look into brazilian butt lifts.

[Joelene9]

What about the "reshaping" of the body, that is, different parts of the body appearing more feminine, like waist and such? Have you all had your tummy and/or other parts of your body change, like getting more curvy? I personally say this because I'm rather skinny and would like to know if my *ahem* buttocks will get rounder and fuller. I'm 5'8" and 125 lbs, what you girls think?

My hips already were large and my shadow on the wall shows a curve down there more so than 18 months ago.  I wear the loose fit pants.  I got butt, it is a family thing.  Some cis women do not have much of a butt.  Check if the females in your family have the butt.  The first thing my aunts ask when we were born after the vital stats is "Does he or she have The Butt"?
  Joelene

[Eva Marie]

I'm an older person on low dose HRT and i don't really expect many changes from it at my age.

But speaking of the eye changes - before HRT i had smaller eyes, but SOMETHING has certainly changed there. When i look in the mirror the first thing i always notice is that my eyes stand out a lot more than they used to. They look a bit more feminine now, and larger too. Whether that's related to fat distribution or minor changes to the muscles/fat around the eye - i can't say.

[cwrukid2012lakeforest]

How much of my body image changes are related to changes in my perception and how much of the changes are physical?