HRT Effect on Hand Muscle?

[TheQuestion]

I know HRT does absolutely nothing in terms of influencing hand size in relation to actual bone, in that regard I'm a bit screwed as my hands are massive with bone.  My fingers aren't particularly thick, just long (and knobby), and I have wide palms and big knuckles - just big hand bones.  I've got a decent amount of hand muscle as well it seems, you know, in the sections of the palm that gets muscle.  When I push down I can see that there is definitely a little room to move as far as muscle goes.

Anyway, has anyone gotten any noticeable hand muscle loss in the padded area of your hands?

Thanks

[MadeleineG]

Much to my dismay, yes.

Arthritis might also be involved, but I find playing the guitar much more painful.

[Carrie Liz]

A little bit. The backs of my hands are where I really notice it. They've gotten thinner and more sinewey. The palms, they have gotten a bit slimmer, but they mostly look the same to my eyes.

Pretty much anywhere on the body that's made of muscle, HRT will reduce it to at least some degree. I definitely had a lengthy period at the beginning of HRT where I had a hard time doing my job as a poker dealer because my hands hurt so much at the end of the day, due to muscle atrophy.

[Ms Grace]

My father does a lot of gardening, and a friend has a hobby farm so likewise uses his hands a lot - the both of them have massive hands. Way bigger than mine and I'm taller than them both. I don't do any gardening or manual exertion with my hands, never really have. HRT will have some effect for sure but lay off the manual labour.

[AnneB]

I was hoping it can thin out/slenderize the fingers,, mine are kind of stubby, like snausages.. if they get a bit thinner, that's be one more thing to add to my "be happy about" list.