Can hrt make you get taller at 27/8?

[Arianna Valentine]

HRT did not make me taller.  Before HRT I was almost 5'5" and after 3 1/2 years of HRT I now barely break 5'4".  My shoe size went down ONE full size....   so for me HRT made me shrink... in lots of ways.
Hugs,
Danielle

My shoe size so better not shrink because I've got like at least eight pairs of shoes that I bought since I started hormones even before I started hormones so pissed pardon my language if I can't wear my shoes and I have to buy all new ones

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[Northern Star Girl]

My shoe size so better not shrink because I've got like at least eight pairs of shoes that I bought since I started hormones even before I started hormones so pissed pardon my language if I can't wear my shoes and I have to buy all new ones

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@Arieanna Valentine
Yep, being a girl can get expensive... especially being a transitioning MTF !!!!
Enjoy your transition as you continue toward your goals......
Hugs,
Danielle

[Arianna Valentine]

@Arieanna Valentine
Yep, being a girl can get expensive... especially being a transitioning MTF !!!!
Enjoy your transition as you continue toward your goals......
Hugs,
Danielle

It may be expensive but much like divorce it's worth it LMAO I had to throw a low joke in there kind of true I am divorced so I can say it and mean it

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[Kendra]

The MTF HRT Haiku I posted didn't mention potential changes to height, but maybe I should have. 

[Northern Star Girl]

The MTF HRT Haiku I posted didn't mention potential changes to height, but maybe I should have.

@Kendra
Dear Kendra:  I have been following various HRT transistions for many years, and my own HRT transisiton for over 3 1/2 years and I have never heard of any MTF transistioner increasing their height.... perhaps I am in error but for me and the ones that I have followed, height either stayed the same or it shrunk somewhat.

*Q:  What was your personal experience regarding your height?
Hugs,
Danielle

[Kendra]

I have only been on HRT one year and definitely not taller now.  Actually my height dropped far too much prior to HRT. 

In my 20s I was 5'11" (180cm).  I hadn't bothered to measure for many years, always filled in forms that way.  I started seriously considering transition at age 53, measured my height and realized I was 5'7" (170cm).  That was quite a shock... I had not been to a doctor in more than a decade.  I immediately started looking for a GP and an endocrinologist, ordered blood tests and began the medical process of transition.  My endocrinologist ordered a bone density test to set a baseline, I'll re-measure that in the next year or two.  My only chronic health issue had been occasional back pain and that has now stopped. 

I wasn't surprised to confirm my natural hormone levels were off.  I had a choice: take testosterone or estradiol.  Easy decision. 

[Allison S]

That's interesting you shrunk Kendra. Thanks for sharing. I think 5'7" is my ideal height. I'll have my doctor's assistant check my height at the end of his month and update you all.

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[Allison S]

Similar experience here, too. I was 5'10½" and used 5'11" most of my life. In my early 60's now and find that I'm only 5'7½". I use 5'7" now.

Great!! Yay [emoji1]

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[DawnOday]

I spent my adult life at 6' 5"  and 298 lbs.  Now I am 6'3" and 210 lbs.

[pamelatransuk]

My endocrinologist ordered a bone density test to set a baseline, I'll re-measure that in the next year or two.  My only chronic health issue had been occasional back pain and that has now stopped. 

I wasn't surprised to confirm my natural hormone levels were off.  I had a choice: take testosterone or estradiol.  Easy decision.

Hello Kendra

I have had bone problems since 2007 long before I decided to seek help last year on my transgender feelings.

So now I have separate Endos - one under NHS essentially for Bone Density Problems and one private GenderGP and I
have also thought it shall I say NOT surprising that my natural hormones were not typically male. My next BDS under NHS will be in April 2019 and that Endo will not know of my trans status but of course I shall tell him in April but he should know before I arrive at appointment if she checks my general NHS record (as although I am private with GenderGP, they liaise with my NHSGP)!

On a separate matter, as we both live in NW of England I have recently met and had dinner with Emma whom I believe you have also met and we had a wonderful chat and found her most inspirational.

Hugs

Pamela

[Kendra]

emma-f is awesome, we met in May.

The 4in/10cm height I lost before starting transition was aesthetically fine but that rate of spine compression may have landed me in a wheelchair in another decade or two.  I won't know until next year but I'm hoping for a stronger spine and slower rate of height loss.

A 2017 US NIH study found HRT may correct or improve bone health.  2016 research at VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam had similar conclusions.  I need to mention we all have different starting points and backgrounds and these studies look at statistical averages. 

Gender transition has improved my quality of life in so many ways.