I have shrunk

[Naturally Blonde]

Good idea legallyblonde... but then again not many do much medical research into transitional stuff... just the why, not the how. I think its highly likely it happens to most to varying degrees. Hormonal receptability is a big factor, not everyone's pelvis rotates quite to the same degree in all females or males, and for some , hrt has little effect, so not much change... I suspect its like all things, some do, some dont.

What is quite strange is that HRT has had very little effect on me during the years I've been on it.....but when I was growing up in my teens and twenties Testoterone also had very little effect on me and it didn't effect my voice or some of my physicalities.

[Myself]

I thought this whole shrinking idea was ridiculous, especially before reading on to the sciency posts.  I went ahead and measured myself and found that I am absolutely 3/4" shorter than I was 6 months ago, with definitely no mis-measurement involved.  o.O!

Now to lost a couple more?

did you measure at after noon or after?
We lose height during the day and get it back in the morning.

[The None Blonde]

What is quite strange is that HRT has had very little effect on me during the years I've been on it.....but when I was growing up in my teens and twenties Testoterone also had very little effect on me and it didn't effect my voice or some of my physicalities.

you are the antihormone! the woman sent to earth to battle the evil supervillain Dr Endo!

[Vision]

Hi, just a thought then. Is there any correlation between the muscles turning to fat and breast growth as most of the growth in breast tissue is fat and the redistribution of that fat to the female areas of the body. So those who have reduced in hight have they also seen better breast growth than others that have not shrunk in hight?

Stardust

Muscles may atrophy and shrink but they don't turn into fat.  Its a physical and logical impossibility; no more probable than your eye turning into a nose, or your index finger becoming a wiener.

[lilacwoman]

Muscles may atrophy and shrink but they don't turn into fat.  Its a physical and logical impossibility; no more probable than your eye turning into a nose, or your index finger becoming a wiener.

well as muscle is protein and fat is fat you're quite correct literally but practically speaking it appears that taking hormones but living the same lifestyle and eating the same diet does cause muscle to turn into fat.