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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Allie24 on October 15, 2017, 05:15:26 PM

Title: Hip-widening?
Post by: Allie24 on October 15, 2017, 05:15:26 PM
So seeing as how at the time I began HRT I was still going through puberty, I'm thinking that perhaps there has been some effect on my bone structure, since it was not fully developed yet. My hip bones appear wider than they were before, and I don't think that it's just the fat redistribution.

Is this possible? I remember reading somewhere that depending on when you begin hormones that it can affect certain things, like hip development, if you begin them while you're still growing.
Title: Re: Hip-widening?
Post by: Lady Lisandra on October 15, 2017, 05:26:00 PM
Absolutely. If you start before you're 18, some hip development is bound to happen. Of course it's not the same starting at 13 than at 17. I started when I was 20 and I swear my my hips have moved as least a bit. I believe bones finish development around 25 years. Until then, your hips can grow wider.
Title: Re: Hip-widening?
Post by: LadyGreen on October 15, 2017, 07:06:18 PM
Damn i'm 26 so i just missed the widened hips boat. [emoji52]

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Title: Re: Hip-widening?
Post by: Allie24 on October 15, 2017, 07:20:18 PM
Ok. So I'm not crazy. I noticed it especially when I stand in a weight-shift position with my hip poking out... it pokes wayyyy out. And they sway more when I move, so I figure my pelvic region as undergone some shifting, so I don't have to force a woman's gait, it just comes naturally.

Yay science.
Title: Re: Hip-widening?
Post by: Laurie on October 16, 2017, 12:55:46 AM
Quote from: LadyGreen on October 15, 2017, 07:06:18 PM
Damn i'm 26 so i just missed the widened hips boat. [emoji52]

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Keep in mind YMMV  You might still see it happen. Cross your fingers.
Title: Re: Hip-widening?
Post by: rmaddy on October 16, 2017, 01:05:52 AM
https://carta.anthropogeny.org/moca/topics/age-pelvic-bone-fusion

Hip widening is definitely possible in the early transitioning MTF, particularly those who delayed puberty hormonally.