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If I had start HRT before puberty will my height and bone structure develop like a cis-female?

The way it works is the female sex hormones stop the bones from growing longer. When you see a short woman, it's an indication that puberty hit early. A tall woman was naturally slow starting up or a physically active life style prevented here from having regular cycles delaying the end of the bone growth. There are exceptions due to genetics so we really can't say in your case without far more knowledge that we may ever have.

  I've wondered what it would have been like.  I was always smaller than most of my peers and teased about it regularly, particularly for having small hands, until some point in high school when I suddenly got taller than almost everyone.  It gave me a bit of confidence to have a physical presence like that.  Staying short might have actually been a huge problem for my shy mind.  I certainly could have done without the bigger head, hands and feet though.  I don't have much of a problem with self-consciousness these days but certainly those are the things that bother me most because I'm very thin so they stick out like a sore thumb.  My whole body looks like it just got stretched out without expanding everywhere like a typical male.  Overall I'm lucky for how I look though.

  I don't really like dwelling on the 'what if' type questions because it's far too late now.  Overall the experiences I've had and the people I've met through being male have been amazing.  I may have suffered internally due to my trans condition but when it really comes down to it I can hardly complain much about how the rest of my daily life played out.

Yes they would. My hands, feet and head are still the same size they were when i started hrt.
That was almost 9 years ago. Im 20 now. So if you start pre-puberty then yes. Past-Puberty there is no way to shrink them. That's why the say "Estrogen can aid bone growth (if you're young enough) but not shrink them.
The only changes i've got so far from estrogen was like i said above that it stopped me from getting taller and from getting big hands, masculine head etc.
It also made my hip bones grow more in relation to my ribcage, giving me a curvy feminine physique.

how did you start that early? i thought you had to be a certain age but maybe i was just misinformed