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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => Testosterone => Topic started by: tinyshain on April 15, 2017, 08:29:57 PM

Title: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: tinyshain on April 15, 2017, 08:29:57 PM
If so:

-how old were you when you started?
-after how long on T did you notice the height growth?
-how much did you grow?
-what age had you stopped growing before this?
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: Dena on April 15, 2017, 08:38:13 PM
Your question is highly personal and may not apply to you. Estrogen causes the bones to cap off early and once they do, you have reached your adult height. If you really want to know what's possible, the doctors can do an X-ray on your leg and tell you if the bone is capped off and if not, how much remaining height is possible. If you are in your teens and have low estrogen, additional height might be possibly however when you are in your 20's with normal estrogen, I suspect additional growth isn't possible.
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: tinyshain on April 15, 2017, 08:46:02 PM
I'm 22. I know it's a personal question, just looking for anecdotes from others.
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: Elis on April 16, 2017, 02:32:12 AM
Yeah its not possible. The growth plates fuse together usually by the time you hit 18 and in blvery rare cicumstances it could happen until your very early twenties. If you took T now it's extremely unlikely you'll grow any taller and without that in mind you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

On the plus side I heard T can make your feet and hands bigger due to the increase of fat redistribution and muscle.
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: Kylo on April 16, 2017, 06:08:26 AM
I haven't gained any height (as expected) but my feet are now 2 sizes bigger and my hands seem a bit bigger as well.
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: kylen kantari on April 27, 2017, 01:56:25 PM
I would say it's not completely impossible to gain height if you're under the age of about 23. When I was in college, between the ages of 18 and 22, I swear I went through a second puberty. I grew about an inch and a half even though I hadn't gained any height since middle school and my chest size tripled :(. And that was on my body's natural female hormones. If I had been taking T during that time, I'm sure I would have gained a few more inches. But I'm probably unique in this, it just depends on your genetics.
Title: Re: Anyone post-puberty get taller on T?
Post by: FTMax on April 27, 2017, 04:04:54 PM
My posture improved so much after top surgery that I "gained" an inch of height. Not related to T, but somewhat relevant.