KK, this is totaly my opinion, there is no scientific proof behind most of what Im about to say but this is something Ive observed both through postings on this site, people Ive met and through changes that have happened to me.......
What HRT does to you depends very much on you..... your age, your genetics, your disposition towards accepting estrogens, and gods know how many other factors....
The only things Im sure we can agree on are....
You will have some breast tissue development variant on age and backround
Your skin should soften some
Your fat should redistribute itsself into more female paterns around the body (this includes face and what not)
Your oder will change....
Your nails should become thinner and more brittle...
Your emotional makeup will shift
You should loose muscle mass or atleast some physical strenght...
Your skin should become less oily...
Thats it for what Im positive happens to everyone....
Things That Ive observed:
There is a chance that you will shrink in height, I know for a fact that Im down to round about 5ft 10 when I was 6ft 2 at the age of 18, Im 26 now.... I know another TS thats lost approx 3in of height as well...
There is a chance that your hands and feet may shrink alittlebit... This isnt a major change but its "possable" I went from extra large mechanics gloves to large mechanics gloves... size 12f shoes to size 11f shoes... this dosnt mean its going to happen to you...
Your hair could regrow itsself if your starting to go bald and it could start growing in thicker and stronger... Increased chance of this happening with anti androgens....
Your body hair could become thinner and finer or dissapear compleetly, again anti androgens seem to play more of a roll in this than the rest of HRT... Nothing is gaurentied here though
Your facial hair could become thinner and finer... never heard of it going away totaly or becomeing spotty or anything... just less coarse and usualy lighter in color.... If this happens it could be a bad thing cuz lazer needs dark hairs to work effectively.... your looking at allot of electro if this happens to you...
~~~>> Side note on the Hair stuff.... the way you go about removeing facial and body hair also has allot to do with how it grows and grows back.... how you take care of your head hair does have allot to do with its over all condition so there are multiple factors in this... <<~~~
Ive never heard of anyones voice changeing on HRT but I have felt its effects on helping me perfect my voice inflection and tone wise.... it helps when your in the right emotional teritory to mimic and practice voice patterns......
Your sences may or may not become more accute... for myself color is more vivid and I can tell the diffrences between shades where I couldnt before, and my sence of touch is greatly improved, as is my sence of smell.... but this isnt gaurentied by anyone.....
Sex drive diminishes.... I cant attest to that... I went from a null sexdrive pre HRT to haveing a sexdrive now... so I have no way of compairing accept to say it does differ from what most everyone else says....
So far as how the fat is going to be redistroubited through your body, weather its going to all go to your rear and thighs or face or chest or whatnot.... take a look at your mother or sisters for a better idea.... Not everyone is going to end up with the perfect hourglass figure... its genetics and personal health that makes the diffrence there
On breast growth you may or may not have significant growth, same goes with the size of the nipples and arioli
You could have minimal growth and end up with an AA or A or you could absolutely balloon and end up with a D or something.... This has to do more with age and genetics.... and again no gaurenties on where your going to end up....
Prominance of viens seems to depend on the person too but generaly they do reduce in visability Hope this helps some and I didnt over rehash what other people said *Hugs*
Posted on: December 15, 2006, 08:18:10 PM
Oh, and you CAN smell men from a distance... sometimes its anoying and sometimes its not....
And finaly.... your sexual orientation may deside to up and pull a 180 on you.... I expected to be a lesbian but instead ended up straight....... go figure....