What is so great about transitioning as a post-puberty teen?

[Lolz99]

I'm 17 and all the other transgenders I've spoken to online keep telling me how I will get amazing results with HRT just for being 17 and that I'm guaranteed to be passable?

Why does being 17 mean that you'll have anymore fat redistribution than a 37 year old? How is it any different? And guaranteed to be passable? I'm 6 foot 1 with amazingly broad shoulders, at a whopping 50 inches around, which is not possible for a cis woman to have. I have a large rib cage and hands and feet also.My face is also very angular and not androgynous at all.

Is it just because people think that every teenager is androgynous and that you can't have a masculine bone structure at 17? I honestly think I have it harder than most late life transitioners.

[ChiGirl]

Because you're not really post-puberty yet.  For most people, you can still changes from puberty into your mid 20s.  So at 17, you actually have a shot at reducing some of puberty's effects. Maybe not the broad shoulders, no, but some things. You won't really know until you start HRT.


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[JLT1]

Hi,

I agree with the above.  I will, however, add a couple more points.

For any given infividual, transitioning at 17 is better than transitioning later in life.  However, there are people who have an easier time passing than others, regardless of age.   (I know cis women who get tagged as being trans.)

Second: Your size is a combination of predominantly three things: bone, muscle and fat.  HRT will shrink muscle mass, diet and "redistribution" will shrink fat at the the shoulders.  That 50 won't be 50 with diet, excercize and HRT.  I know this from personal experience.

When a person transitions, it is because of what they are.  If you are a woman with male parts, running out of fear from transitioning only works for do long. It will catch you again.  There are legitimate reasons to delay transition. However,  transitioning for any other reason than you are a woman is a very, very bad idea.


Wishing you luck!!

Hugs

Jen

[~Carmen]

I'm 17 and all the other transgenders I've spoken to online keep telling me how I will get amazing results with HRT just for being 17 and that I'm guaranteed to be passable?

Why does being 17 mean that you'll have anymore fat redistribution than a 37 year old? How is it any different? And guaranteed to be passable? I'm 6 foot 1 with amazingly broad shoulders, at a whopping 50 inches around, which is not possible for a cis woman to have. I have a large rib cage and hands and feet also.My face is also very angular and not androgynous at all.

Is it just because people think that every teenager is androgynous and that you can't have a masculine bone structure at 17? I honestly think I have it harder than most late life transitioners.

Ya that's bull. Ya it's a little easier but no you can't be guaranteed, especially an early bloomer like me developed pre-transition with a thick beard, deep voice, big muscles, no it's hard to come from that. I'm surprised I barely pass. Whoever said that to you is way overexaggerating