hips growing out after SRS

[gothique11]

Has anyone else noticed that after SRS there hips have really grown out?

I like it, it's good, I've got a nice hour glass figure. My hips keep going out, and my waist keeps going in. I really haven't gained any weight either.

The only frustrating thing is trying to keep up with pants! Before surgery I was a size 7, and now I'm a size 12. Back in June I was size 10. So, every couple of months, my pants no longer fit. I have just stuck to not getting a whole lot of new pants until things start leveling off. Plus, with no job at the moment, I couldn't afford to get new pants every few months. LOL

Everything fits differently now, too, and not just pants. As the rest of my body changes I'm finding shirts that no longer fit right -- older ones are stretched out differently. So, I'm finding I'm also replacing shirts although many of my older ones still fit. With a bigger bust, some of my smaller ones don't fit was well on the top, and are too stretched out on the bottom from my bigger previous waist.

Before surgery, I found my hips didn't grow out a whole lot. I went from a size 5 to a size 7 in the two years of HRT.

After surgery, I don't know, my body seemed to be in shock. Nothing grew, not even my hair. (Well, maybe things were just really slow). After about 6 months post-op, things started again but this time much faster and all over the map. LOL

It's good, although, 'cause now I don't look so stick like and I look more hourglass like. I'm excited to see how things are going to turn out.

In the mean time, I'm shopping for new clothes but also keeping that to a min for now. I've also started to exercise more, which seems to help my waist out a lot. Also, exercise seems to have helped tone me out as well, which is nice.

And, of course, there's been a lot of psychological changes, etc.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share my post-op experience, and field the question if being post-op brought many changes to you or not.


Post Merge: November 02, 2009, 03:33:42 PM
Oh, I forgot to mention the growing pains. My hips HURT when they are growing out. It reminds me of being a teen-ager again. o_0  I didn't think/expect that I'd start getting growing pains. I usually take IBprofen for the pain when it gets bad.

Do you experience growing pains?

[Sandy]

I've also noticed that my hips are getting a bit w-i-d-e-r.  Nice to see, but I really don't think my backside is as full as it could be, though my partner says that she likes to look at it. 

I hadn't really thought that it was because of SRS, though.  As I understand, it takes about 2 to 3 years for fat redistribution to become apparent.  I've been on HRT for about three years and it's been over a year and a half since SRS, but I've only noticed the widening in the last few months.

No particular growing pains, at least not in the hips.  My breasts seem a bit more sensitive, but I really haven't grown much there.

-Sandy

[deviousxen]

Has anyone else noticed that after SRS there hips have really grown out?

I like it, it's good, I've got a nice hour glass figure. My hips keep going out, and my waist keeps going in. I really haven't gained any weight either.

The only frustrating thing is trying to keep up with pants! Before surgery I was a size 7, and now I'm a size 12. Back in June I was size 10. So, every couple of months, my pants no longer fit. I have just stuck to not getting a whole lot of new pants until things start leveling off. Plus, with no job at the moment, I couldn't afford to get new pants every few months. LOL

Everything fits differently now, too, and not just pants. As the rest of my body changes I'm finding shirts that no longer fit right -- older ones are stretched out differently. So, I'm finding I'm also replacing shirts although many of my older ones still fit. With a bigger bust, some of my smaller ones don't fit was well on the top, and are too stretched out on the bottom from my bigger previous waist.

Before surgery, I found my hips didn't grow out a whole lot. I went from a size 5 to a size 7 in the two years of HRT.

After surgery, I don't know, my body seemed to be in shock. Nothing grew, not even my hair. (Well, maybe things were just really slow). After about 6 months post-op, things started again but this time much faster and all over the map. LOL

It's good, although, 'cause now I don't look so stick like and I look more hourglass like. I'm excited to see how things are going to turn out.

In the mean time, I'm shopping for new clothes but also keeping that to a min for now. I've also started to exercise more, which seems to help my waist out a lot. Also, exercise seems to have helped tone me out as well, which is nice.

And, of course, there's been a lot of psychological changes, etc.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share my post-op experience, and field the question if being post-op brought many changes to you or not.


Post Merge: November 02, 2009, 03:33:42 PM
Oh, I forgot to mention the growing pains. My hips HURT when they are growing out. It reminds me of being a teen-ager again. o_0  I didn't think/expect that I'd start getting growing pains. I usually take IBprofen for the pain when it gets bad.

Do you experience growing pains?

Is it bone related at all you think? Or just TOTALLY fat without the slightest of bone?

And can you PM me what you feel like with that? cause this thread is fascinating to me. Nating nating nating... trails off

[kytheragraves]

I had those too!  For me it was only during the first two years of transition. I had an orchi at the five year mark & didnt feel a recurrence of the dull hip throb, but my boobs did hurt for a month or two.

[gothique11]

Is it bone related at all you think? Or just TOTALLY fat without the slightest of bone?

And can you PM me what you feel like with that? cause this thread is fascinating to me. Nating nating nating... trails off

Well, *feels self* feels like bone to me. My butt has also started to look really nice. I find walking has changed. Posture has changed. The curve on my lower spine has changed a lot, too.

Before GRS, yes, there were changes, but it just seems more dramatic body wise, if that makes sense. The first but of HRT there were lots of changes during the first year. The second year, things were slower. Then I had GRS. After GRS everything thing seemed to stop -- my hair was barely even growing. My boobs even shrank some. I was freaking out a bit, but then I found out that it could be related to surgery shock. Some people get it and some don't. Sometimes surgery can shock your body a bit, and also your body spends a lot of energy towards healing. I lost lots of weight. Then I gained weight like crazy, and then that weight went away and I'm back to where I was weight wise before. Pretty average. things just have leveled out weight wise, my body is healing, and everything seems to be growing. Breasts, hips, the shape of my body -- even my hair!

Mmm, it's just kinda intense, yet interesting. Besides physical, there's also been a lot of mental things going on, too. Post-op is a different world that pre-op. It's hard to explain.

[Purple Pimp]

I've wondered about this, though I think that it might have more to do with fat than bone.  With the onset of winter, I pulled out my jeans (I don't really wear them during the warm months) only to find that I can't pull my size 3's up much beyond my knees.  I went shopping last weekend for replacements, figuring that I might have gone up to the 5-6 size range.  Oh, no: apparently 7 is now my lucky number.  I had noticed a substantial increase in the stretch marks on my thighs this past year, but I guess I underestimated just how much my body has changed lately.

If I remember correctly, the pubic bones continue to mature up to age 25; it's not hard to imagine that the past few years on hormones and then SRS last May might have caused the pelvis to shift in a more female direction in terms of shape.  I think it's probably more likely though that I've just seen some serious fat redistribution instead.

Lia

[randi1214]

What a wonderful thread.  I assumed all pelvic growth would be fat distribution.  I thought women's pevic bones sealed in the early 20's.  I would love to have nice shapely hips.  I have to tell you I kept getting taller and had two growth spurts in my 40's.  I would have the doc check my hormones but everything was normal.  I guess if that can happen hip bones can grow too. How old are you gothique11?

Randi

[gothique11]

I started HRT when I was 26, I'm gonna be 31 in a couple of weeks. I don't look 30 at all, most people think I'm in my early 20's. I never really aged much. *shrugs* A few of my friends swear that it looks like I've been aging backwards. I still get ID'd all over the place, and I've had many times where people have thought that my ID was fake. I still get asked what high school I go to. o_0

[kytheragraves]

I started HRT when I was 26, I'm gonna be 31 in a couple of weeks. I don't look 30 at all, most people think I'm in my early 20's. I never really aged much. *shrugs* A few of my friends swear that it looks like I've been aging backwards. I still get ID'd all over the place, and I've had many times where people have thought that my ID was fake. I still get asked what high school I go to. o_0

I get this too. I'm 31 and nobody believes it until I show them my DL. I started hormones at 23 (herbal quackery from 21). I think the HRT is a big part of this for us, but avoiding cigarettes and sunlight helps just as much.

[deviousxen]

I get this too. I'm 31 and nobody believes it until I show them my DL. I started hormones at 23 (herbal quackery from 21). I think the HRT is a big part of this for us, but avoiding cigarettes and sunlight helps just as much.

I used to look older than i do now... D:

[Valentina]

I wish but no it hasn't happened to me yet.  Could it? I've only been post-op for a year so maybe there's still some hope.

[kelliBennett]

I get this too. I'm 31 and nobody believes it until I show them my DL. I started hormones at 23 (herbal quackery from 21). I think the HRT is a big part of this for us, but avoiding cigarettes and sunlight helps just as much.

This can be genetics too. Even living as a man I never ever looked close to my age. At 21 I didn't look a day over 16. Now with 35 creeping up I get ID'd still in either gender (worse as a girl) and most people don't think I am over 25. Granted I will say that HRT has really halted any aging I was showing. But for example my father at 40 barely looked 30. However on the other side to the family they age really early. My brother does look 40.

[christene]

Hmmm, this is a very curious thread...Ive been on HRT for a little over two years. Ive noticed a little added padding around the hips, but not as much as I would like, definitely other areas too... Hopefully with continued diligence there will be more to come :-)

[gothique11]

i'm the same weight as I was pre-op, I used to be size 7 and now I'm a size 12 post -op. 0_0  It looks good, but I have loads of pants that no longer fit. LOL  The pain that comes with growth spurts sux, although. blah! My breasts have really started to go like crazy, and my waist has really gone in too -- I'm getting a really nice hour-glass figure! It's great!

this hasn't been true of other people I know who are post op. They've had a bit, but a lot I know really haven't filled out as much as I have.

The changes have been insane this last year, and pretty fast. The first year of HRT I had tons of changes. The second year things seemed slower and more leveled out, then I had SRS, after SRS the first 6 months not a whole lot happened other then I gained weight. Then I started losing weight and going back to where I was pre-op, but started changing like crazy. LOL

It's been an intense ride, but well worth it!

[jade]

my hips aren't hourglass like a ts pornstar but the bone itself has always been wider and it became more apparent due to years of hrt and srs but i definately need some silicone or pmma to fill out the hollows.
they do hip implants at 'thai ts clinic', i have emailed them and they have emailed back, however they have not told me where they insert them so i am not sure where the incision site is, I'm just really over surgery scars, an injectable filler would be much more ideal, then again they are so expensive. 

[Jeannette]

my hips aren't hourglass like a ts pornstar.

lol 

hips growing out after SRS

Nope.  One year post-op & still waiting.  But doesn't Dr. Zukowski (the FFS doctor) in Illinois perform some kind of hip enhancement surgery?  I've got an internet lady friend that's had that done with him.

[jade]

There are actual hip implants made of solid silicone (no it does not rupture or leak) just like butttock and breast implants.
Thai TS Clinic in Bangkok provides that surgery, they are slightly more expensive than buttock implants. However they told me they prefer to use 'Fat Grafting' method for the hips than use implants. This might be due to the anatomy of that area because implants may be unpredictable for long term regarding their positioning since hip implants are a new cosmetic advancement. I have already submitted my photos, they advised me that I need buttock implants more than hip implants, and after the buttock implants, if i still insist on the hips, they still prefer fat grafting and do not recommend hip implants. But since these implants are manufactured and they are available, they can't be that bad that they are not recommended. Its kind of like saying yeah we do have a cure for your cancer but we really do not recommend it, just stick with the old medications. There are no other options I guess unless a girl wants to go in hiding for a while and eat KFC the whole time and get an all over body lipo and use all that fat to be grafted into the hip and buttocks area.

Regardless, this waist to hip ratio is an important issue for women born transgendered. Breast implants are not enough these days to conceal traces of the damage done by testesterone. People are not as innocent as they used to be. They are aware we go get breast implants. We need to take it to the next level and change our bodies completely. And this only applies to slim women. I have no advice for women who have more rolls than a bakery, all the angles they have are smoothened and softened by their luscious adipose tissues already.

Also there is a rib removal procedure performed by a few surgeons, that helps the waist to hip ratio without having to make things bigger, if you type rib removal or rib surgery, it will come up on youtube, there is a lady who has had this done. Its worth considering if one is very particular about how they want to look.

[Butterfly]

We must learn to accept the things we can't change.  Hips amongst them.  ~laugh~  Where in Thailand, Jade?  The Suporn clinic?

[deviousxen]

If SRS made your hips grow a bit, then would an orchiectomy do the same thing?


I mean, I know the effect on the brain must be potent to have its signals coming from the right place finally...


But the removal of the T... Is that it?

[gothique11]

Maybe it is the T removal. My T levels are about the same pre and post, except I now I don't take blockers. I have found, however, lots and lots and lots more changes after surgery. So, yeah, Surgery seems to of made a difference in a lot of areas. This last year has been insane for changes.