Hi all, I'm hopefully starting HRT soon but I'm really worrying about something, and I was wondering if anyone could assuage my fears! Basically, I'm 18, got to the last stage of puberty at 16 (I started around 10/11) but I having this nagging worry that my face is going to change between now and hormone blockers. Do you think features such as brow bone and jaw are going to change from this point onwards?
Thanks all x
With bones - what has been settled already could not be undone by hormones. I have no idea what kind of brow ridge You have and if it is going to thicken - You might look at Your male family members - if You have any - for possible insights. I know that brow ridge keeps growing after the puberty as essentially body continues masculinisation for remained of life. Some of that roughening up could be undone by hormones, but for other things only surgery might help. And there are also genetic guys who have absolutely no brow ridge whatsoever. I have quite small one and looking back at my pics, I think it appeared when I was 22-24+, but I had delayed puberty.
Your jaw might be pretty much settled by now too - the only way to increase/decrease its visual effect is working with the muscles around it. Btw, apart of some outlinining and specific features, which cant be seen anyway - in terms of width both female and male jaw are very similar - it is the male muscle definition which often makes that visual impression of strong and wide jaw.
So, yeah, here goes the usual rule - your mileage may vary... Dunno if this helps, but if getting on blockers is a matter of months, not years, I would not worry that much...
The bone structure wont change, but judging from your age and the pic.s you've posted previously I think your face will feminize really well :)
Thank you both for your responses! I seem to be systematically going through parts of my body to fret over. It sucks being trans AND a natural neurotic.
Just out of interest Emily...what age would be considered a 'delayed' time to begin puberty?
your age definitely helps
From what I've read, bone structure might be slightly affected (at least through natural growth processes) up to 24 years old. After that it's pretty much set in stone. But as young as you are I wouldn't worry much.
Quote from: NatalieT on November 21, 2013, 06:07:00 AM
Thank you both for your responses! I seem to be systematically going through parts of my body to fret over. It sucks being trans AND a natural neurotic.
Just out of interest Emily...what age would be considered a 'delayed' time to begin puberty?
Well, I definitely started to get body hair when I was around 15-16, and I looked as a boy till I was about 24 y.o. And when I was 25, suddenly my chest decided that it wanted to sprout hairs too...
I would say I began sprouting body hairs at around 11/12, voice broke 13/14, facial/chest/pubic came in full swing at around 15. I have size 7 feet and quite small hands, but grew to be 6"0 tall (people made fun of me for my tiny feet, but I liked them!)
Anyway, I was hoping going through all these processes fairly quickly means that mean old puberty is done with my body!
Xx