Teeheehee... I've Shrunk. ^_^

[April Dawne]

Ok I'm absolutely sure I used to be just a little over 5' 10" but I've measured myself several times now and keep getting about 5' 9"

Maybe there IS something about HRT that causes changes, I dunno. =]

[pebbles]

I was abit incredulous about this claim but it's apparently happened to me too :/

at my last physical I was measured to be 5'8-5'9tall Now I'm 5'6-5'7
But I'm still the tallest out of my female friends are all my female friends dwarfs? O_o

[sarahm]

My DR isn't concerned about it, but none the less, I have started HRT at age 21, and there have been changes to my body in what appears to be changes primarily to my hips and floating ribs. It almost looks like my floating ribs have shrunk a little bit, and well, I started HRT with hips, and they are now a good 40 inches, so I am actually developing a figure, and hopefully I will have a summer body come Christmas.

I'm not sure if these changes have occurred to my bones, or if it is just distribution but hey, I don't really care, so long as I have a summer body soon, I am now living 10 minutes walk to the surf beach so YAY!!! Hot surfers to flirt with!

My measurements are;
43inch shoulders, 40 inch hips and 32 inch waist.
I have a bit of puppy fat just below my waist, and well, I am going to start Zumba in the next week or so, so we'll see my body tone up like mad

[aubrey]

Zumba?

[caitlin_adams]

Just turned 26, pre hrt and jealous.

Wish I had a summer body.

[Debra]

Yah be careful. Us losing height is usually a bone problem...we are now more likely to get osteoporosis now.

[lilacwoman]

 There is an untested theory that as the estrogen shifts muscles into fat then logically the cartilage will shrink a little too and as the muscles will not be holding things quite so firmly then lots of tiny shrinkages will all add up to the 1-3 inch loss that is very common among MtFs.
We need to get the FtMs to check their heights regularly but then most FtMs on Susans seem to be very young and probably have some natural growth to do anyway so it may be hard to show any height increase from T.

[Tyler]

I am a lot younger than you, Sarahm, but I can't list my age due to Susans.org policies. I plan to start puberty blocker as soon as I get home, so hormones before the year is out! YEAH! Right now I am 5'7.7. I hope I shrink a couple of inches! I would love it! I COULD live without getting shorter, if it mean't my feet would lose being so wide and get a little smaller!

[Ashley Allison]

Gosh... If I lost 2 inches in height, would be totally amazing. Congrats on it, hoping it is directly related to the hrt and you are doing well

[Virginia]

I have age onset degenerative scoliosis so I watch my height like a hawk. I used to be 6' 1" when I was younger (am 49 now) but lost about 2 inches because of my medical condition between 2005 and 2010. Seven months on HRT and I lost another full inch to 5'10+". I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't kept such accurate records for myself.

[lilacwoman]

just measured myself and gone from 5'7 to 5'5 over 6 years of HRT