Are you hippy or busty?

[HourGlass2B]

I have a question for some of my transitioning sisters that have been on HRT for 3 years or more. I understand that a majority of the physical characteristics of a person is determined largely by genetics while a lot is determined by ones habits. In saying that I know that some women have a tendency to be top heavy while others may have a tendency to be hippy. Well the majority of the women in my family seem to be modest to ample busted (C cups or larger) but all of them are hippy, including my mom she's just petite and hippy. So my question to those who have been on HRT for three years or more, have you found that if your family has a tendency to be hippy, did you get more "hippy" instead of "busty" during your transition due to family genetics? Please elaborate if possible, thank you in advance.

[Rejennyrated]

It used to be thought that unless you started HRT by the age of 13/14 you would never develop female shaped hips... Now we know that the absolute cut off is actually a little later in life... but unless you start in your teens you will see a diminishing liklihood of wide hips - and that vanishes to ZERO beyond 21/22/23 because beyond that point the epiphyseal plates in your hip bones will have ossified and therefore no further growth is going to happen.

This is simply physiology - there isn't a way round it.

[HourGlass2B]

It used to be thought that unless you started HRT by the age of 13/14 you would never develop female shaped hips... Now we know that the absolute cut off is actually a little later in life... but unless you start in your teens you will see a diminishing liklihood of wide hips - and that vanishes to ZERO beyond 21/22/23 because beyond that point the epiphyseal plates in your hip bones will have ossified and therefore no further growth is going to happen.

This is simply physiology - there isn't a way round it.


Ok I understand the biological science behind that, however I've personally seen evidence that suggests otherwise. For instance I have two cousins, both both rather "hippy". Well one (age 51) has wide hips via wide pelvic bone and generously deposited female pattern fat distribution. The other (age 36)has wide hips due to generous fat deposits, because when she loses weight she looks boyish as far as her bottom half goes but as soon as she puts on weight it all goes to her butt, thighs, and hips. My older cousin loses weight and looks thinner but remains rather hippy despite the weight loss. They're both the same height and currently the same weight and shape right now.

[emyrinth]

So first of Jenny is right if you assume that the pelvis is the hips. The pelvis does make up quite a bit of the shape of the hips but you are correct in your thinking that your fat deposits and muscle growth patterns can change on hrt. This should go based on your genetics so if both sides of your family tend to put on weight in the hips then its possible that you will too.

[HourGlass2B]

My maternal side tend to be more hourglass shaped leaning towards the hippy and my paternal side tend to be more busty. My ethnicity is black if it makes any difference. Not trying to find holes in biology, just wondering if any of you experienced a majority of your fat redistribution going to your hips, thighs, and buttocks as opposed to the usual collection of fat going to your breast. I'd be happy with either or both. Since I'm only 4 months into HRT I consider myself "green" in comparison to some of you that have experienced several changes while on HRT. I also knew of a transwoman, God rest her soul, that at age 24-25 was rail-thin and always was when we were growing up. But began to transition a year and a half later, about 3 and a half to 4 years after that she'd picked up some weight and it all went to her hips, thighs, and butt. However very little went to her breasts. So before her untimely death she actually had "Beyoncé's lower half". Imagine that!

[Promethea]

You're talking about po-tay-toes and to-mah-toes.

The pelvis (which is what we're actually taking about when we say hips most of the time) is not going to change it you get on HRT as an adult. Some AMAB may have naturally wide pelvises (pelvi?), but what's there, in terms of bones, when you reach twenty something, is staying that way.

Fat distribution, on the other hand, can change, depending on your genetics.

Me, I'm stuck with a narrow pelvis and a small butt, no matter how many cups of estrogen I drink per day (but I'm working out to grow muscle mass there instead), but will probably get so much breast growth that I may even need a reduction.

[suzifrommd]

Alas, not much help to the hips, not much help above. Buy 36A bras (though 34B's can fit too), and narrow pants.

But I do have a wonderful looking hourglass in between 

[HourGlass2B]

You're talking about po-tay-toes and to-mah-toes.

The pelvis (which is what we're actually taking about when we say hips most of the time) is not going to change it you get on HRT as an adult. Some AMAB may have naturally wide pelvises (pelvi?), but what's there, in terms of bones, when you reach twenty something, is staying that way.

Fat distribution, on the other hand, can change, depending on your genetics.

Me, I'm stuck with a narrow pelvis and a small butt, no matter how many cups of estrogen I drink per day (but I'm working out to grow muscle mass there instead), but will probably get so much breast growth that I may even need a reduction.

Oh wow, if you don't mind me asking but what size bra do you wear now and how long have you been on HRT?

[Promethea]

I'm not on HRT, I said "will probably" because I'm predicting what is likely to happen once I start HRT, by looking at every woman in my family. Huge breasts, no butt, no hips, and the waist of a refrigerator.

[Jenna Marie]

The "hips" people generally talk about when they are discussing fashion and body type is mostly fat redistribution (in fact, the hips fashion designers have in mind is actually the thickest part of the upper thigh). So even if the pelvis doesn't change, that's only of interest to an X-ray technician if someone seeing you naked would still see curves.

My mother is reed thin, but my grandmother was both hippy and busty, and I'm 38DD-28-46 after 5.5 years on HRT.

[HourGlass2B]

Thank the Lord and genetics, I have always had a pretty good metabolism, great for not gaining weight and eating lousy, however horrible for gaining weight when needed. Since like the 10th grade I have been 135-140 pounds no more no less, regardless of what I ate. Now 20+ years later it hasn't changed...or maybe with the help of HRT it finally has. The same day I started HRT I went into Walmart and purchased like five packs of panties, all size 5 (American sizing) various styles except for thongs about 20 something pairs in all. Well one particular type, boyshorts, fit but are a bit loose in the cut towards the butt cheeks. Well today they are rather snug there! So perhaps I've gained some weight in my butt or some weight all over because underwear generally stretches out, not stretch in! That discovery this morning pretty much lead to the question in my original post.

[Lady_Oracle]

I have my mom's body shape wide hips and small boobs. My family overall is on the hippy side. Fat redistribution didn't really set in till at about 2 years and in the last year my waist became a lot more defined.

[Naeree]

On the first few years of HRT my body was like a stick, no bust, no hip, no butt. But after time the fat distribute more on my butt and thigh. And now it distribute too much, it my butt and thigh keep getting bigger and bigger, it result in the wide hip look somehow. Anyway I have to keep doing squad exercise to keep it's shape and get rid of cellulite layer. Meanwhile my bust develop nowhere.

I think this might depend on each personal build. I do not have the shape related to my family though, my mom have super big breast but I gain like A cup with HRT.

[Ashey]

Hippy. I've been blessed with Cuban genetics so I have thick thighs, good size butt, and hips (42" last I checked). And somehow I also always had a wide pelvis. I suspect some sort of IS condition. Great for having a feminine figure but wasn't so great growing up.. I never could walk like a guy, so I kinda waddled or shuffled around, which occasionally got joked about with some people. Wasn't until transitioning that I let myself walk like a woman and was surprised how comfortable and natural a feminine gait was. Yet another relief in transitioning!

[Serenation]

most my weight went to my thighs , some to butt but that just countered my athletic build.

so not hourglass and not busty 11 years hrt, boobs are B+

[iKate]

According to most calculators I'm an hourglass. Meh. I certainly don't feel like it

[Sydney_NYC]

Like my mother I'm hippy, but not busty. My mom had breast augmentation as she barely had an A Cup. At 19 months HRT, I'm a larger cup (B Cup) than she was prior to breast augmentation (women on my father's side are very busty.) I was hippy prior to HRT (probably due to Kleinfelters/DES) and HRT has enhanced it further.

[Jill F]

Badonkadonk... Check.

[katrinaw]

hmmm I'm not badonadonk...   

35B 33 38

err that's after a few years and still bad at weight management... consistently!

Katy xx

[Lady_Oracle]

Hippy. I've been blessed with Cuban genetics so I have thick thighs, good size butt, and hips (42" last I checked). And somehow I also always had a wide pelvis. I suspect some sort of IS condition. Great for having a feminine figure but wasn't so great growing up.. I never could walk like a guy, so I kinda waddled or shuffled around, which occasionally got joked about with some people. Wasn't until transitioning that I let myself walk like a woman and was surprised how comfortable and natural a feminine gait was. Yet another relief in transitioning!

and here I thought I was the only one that went thorough this with their hips, like growing up was sooo difficult just cause of how I developed. I mean it was definitely a good thing for once I started transition.  I also suspect I have some latent IS condition cause there were a few other things that I had that was not typical.