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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Male to female transsexual talk (MTF) => Topic started by: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 01:05:40 AM

Title: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 01:05:40 AM
I mean it's just cartilage, I think. I'd probably need it shaved anyway because of the adam's apple but the whole damn thing is sticking out and it bothers me. >.>

Also are any of you girls cursed with freakishly long necks? :'(
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Tyler on October 25, 2011, 02:15:06 AM
Well I started spiro when I was eighteen. (About a month ago ;P) An adam's apple started to appear right before, then it went away a few days later.. So I think it does shrink up a bit.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on October 25, 2011, 10:16:51 AM
Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 01:05:40 AM
I mean it's just cartilage, I think. I'd probably need it shaved anyway because of the adam's apple but the whole damn thing is sticking out and it bothers me. >.>

Also are any of you girls cursed with freakishly long necks? :'(

in the same boat hon sorry haven't seen any shrinking :(
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: A on October 25, 2011, 03:22:56 PM
Just like bone, the only way it can be affected is if you're young enough that it's still forming AND you're lucky. You need both. Else, no.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Mahsa Tezani on October 25, 2011, 03:35:25 PM
No it doesn't. However the muscles may atrophy around it and make it look like it's shrunk. But it can be spotted by someone who is very observant.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Tyler on October 25, 2011, 05:02:04 PM
I suppose my case is different.. Sorry for any misinformation.  ;D
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Jamie Nicole on October 25, 2011, 10:30:43 PM
no, it will not shrink the cartilage.  nor will it reverse any effects that T had during puberty
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Akashiya Moka on October 25, 2011, 10:42:09 PM
Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 01:05:40 AM
I mean it's just cartilage, I think. I'd probably need it shaved anyway because of the adam's apple but the whole damn thing is sticking out and it bothers me. >.>

Also are any of you girls cursed with freakishly long necks? :'(

Trista, I remember you from YouTube, and I don't recall you ever having a 'freakishly long neck'...  ???
~It looked perfectly normal to me. You looked good then, and I'm sure you look even better now. :)
The cartilage can be taken care of with surgery; unfortunately as other girls have already said, hrt past a certain age will not solve the issue.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 11:09:59 PM
We have 2 Tristas Akashiya T.T I don't put myself on Youtube.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: toxicblue on October 25, 2011, 11:30:09 PM
Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 11:09:59 PM
We have 2 Tristas Akashiya T.T I don't put myself on Youtube.

Seriously? I always thought that you were the one from youtube. xD that makes a whole lot of sense now.

But looking at the topic title i almost got my hopes up. but oh well, i can't control the adams apple...
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 11:32:32 PM
Lol if I looked like Youtube Trista I wouldn't have to bother hiding behind this Harisu avatar. :P
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: Akashiya Moka on October 25, 2011, 11:39:55 PM
Quote from: toxicblue on October 25, 2011, 11:30:09 PM
Seriously? I always thought that you were the one from youtube. xD that makes a whole lot of sense now.

But looking at the topic title i almost got my hopes up. but oh well, i can't control the adams apple...

Really? I had no idea either.. *feeling sheepish now* ~Sorry about confusing you with someone else, Trista.
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 11:42:48 PM
lol it's k, maybe I should make an announcement. "I'm not the other Trista. :o"

@toxic: What makes sense now? XD
Title: Re: Does hrt shrink the larynx?
Post by: toxicblue on October 27, 2011, 11:13:54 AM
Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on October 25, 2011, 11:42:48 PM
lol it's k, maybe I should make an announcement. "I'm not the other Trista. :o"

@toxic: What makes sense now? XD
Some of the things you said in the forum seemed totally opposite of what Trista on youtube said, which greatly confused me. xD