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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: blink on August 04, 2014, 10:45:22 AM

Title: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: blink on August 04, 2014, 10:45:22 AM
Alright, am I imagining things or what? Either my feet are getting fatter (doesn't look like it, but then I never looked a whole lot at my feet) or my shoes are getting thinner, because shoes that fit fine before feel like they're not wide enough now. Fairly sure I'm too old for any bone growth.
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: Tysilio on August 04, 2014, 10:52:16 AM
Feet (and hands) can get meatier on T, which may be what's happening. Feet also get bigger as you get older -- they spread, or something. Mine are at least two shoe sizes bigger than they were when I was young.
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: Hikari on August 04, 2014, 11:05:14 AM
When I was at my heaviest (well before I started HRT) my feet were a full size bigger than they are now, and I was nearly an inch taller. I don't think it was bone changes (or else I would imagine it would vary much more) but, perhaps connective tissue, muscle, etc. I measure myself alot and these were things I didn't expect, but as time goes on, I notice my feet don't continue to shrink so I am thinking it isn't all that variable.
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: GnomeKid on August 04, 2014, 11:58:39 AM
don't know how old you are.  I grew a size from my early-mid 20s when I started up on T
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: ChrisRokk on August 04, 2014, 08:38:13 PM
This happened to me as well. My feet didn't get longer but they got wider.
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: blink on August 05, 2014, 08:40:40 AM
So it's foot muscle. Didn't realize feet could develop much muscle. Thinking more on it, they used to look much bonier.
Thanks, everyone.

Dang, though, these shoes were expensive and I can't afford to replace 'em right now.
Title: Re: These shoes fit fine not that long ago
Post by: Beverly on August 05, 2014, 08:51:10 AM
I am on the other journey.

All through my adult life I took size 10 shoes. After as little as 12 months they no longer fitted and my feet would just lift out of them when I walked. I now take size 8 and some size 7's if they are a wide fit.

If lacking T can make mine smaller, I could well believe that taking T would make yours bigger.

Enjoy  ;D