So, no, not that shrinkage ;)... I've read that some people experience a loss in height and I was wondering what others experiences with that were. I know bones don't shrink but are there any other surprising body parts that have gotten smaller (such as feet) due to HRT?
It's one thing to read about this in a clinical publication but I'd like to hear directly from those going through it. Thanks!
I haven't started HRT yet, but I hope this isn't a major thing. I'm barely 5'2 as a guy, so I'm already short enough!!!
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I started her at 5 ft 10 I am now 5 ft 2.....for real....
Quote from: mako9802 on December 02, 2017, 02:35:57 PM
I started her at 5 ft 10 I am now 5 ft 2.....for real....
Wow! Any health issues involved? How long did that take? Quite impressive. Only way that would happen here is if I cut off my legs. :-/
Quote from: mako9802 on December 02, 2017, 02:35:57 PM
I started her at 5 ft 10 I am now 5 ft 2.....for real....
Wow! How does that happen? I mean 8 inches is a lot to just disappear. Did you have a doctor following up with that?
I was 5'10.25 and am 5'9 now. I also lost a shoe size.
Quote from: Pisces228 on December 03, 2017, 12:04:50 AM
I was 5'10.25 and am 5'9 now. I also lost a shoe size.
How long did that take?
Quote from: Ellement_of_Freedom on December 03, 2017, 01:18:30 AM
How long did that take?
I have no idea. I just started feeling slightly shorter next to my coworker who is a tall female as well at 5'11 and so I measured myself and I had shrunk. I noticed my shoes being too big after about 10 months on hrt. It was very gradual.
I started at 6'3" and am now 6'1.75".
I stayed at the same height and foot size.
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I am only 4 months 3 weeks on HRT, so still a little early for any significant changes like that to occur, but I have read multiple cases where Transwomen have gotten shorter and lost shoe sizes. I don't really understand how this is possible, and I sure wish it would happen to me, because I am 6'1" and wear a size 12 mens shoe. It is very dysphoria agravating to me to look down at my huge manly feet, and feeling like I am towering over all of the girls around me. It sucks! So I am greatly looking forward to any potential "shrinkage". But definitely not expecting it.
Quote from: mako9802 on December 02, 2017, 02:35:57 PM
I started her at 5 ft 10 I am now 5 ft 2.....for real....
Honest question: Are you joking?
I would be worried if I shrunk...osteoporosis.
Thanks for the replies everyone. This is the kind of first hand experiences I just can't really get surfing the nets..
6'8" before 6'8" 14 years later
I didn't realise that I had but had a medical for BA and measured at 172cm so a loss of 2cm for me. Shoe size down slightly
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I hope to lose an inch or two as well! I'm 6'2".
To combat the feeling of towering over people, I usually prefer to sit down when talking to others in groups.
I gained 1/4 of an inch.
I have no idea how I managed to screw that up.
I was 6ft 1in when I started almost a year ago, and I'm still 6ft 1in. However my feet have gotten much narrower. I used to wear men's 12-4E shoe, now I wear a women's 13-B (standard width).
Quote from: cdtv4life on March 11, 2018, 06:33:56 AM
6'8" before 6'8" 14 years later
Given your user name can we assume you're not transitioning in the first place... ???
My feet have shrunk a tiny bit. I'm still stuck at 11W, though.
Quote from: Lucy Ross on March 21, 2018, 09:35:25 PM
Given your user name can we assume you're not transitioning in the first place... ???
My feet have shrunk a tiny bit. I'm still stuck at 11W, though.
AT 6'8" with size 16 feet There is nothing on earth that will ever make me even remotely pass, the 14 years on injectable EE and androcur have done nothing much except made me feel normal, so, no transition for me, I've had to accept that as my fate. Growing 18" in a single year back around 1978 destroyed most cartilage in my body and made all my discs look like black paper on an MRI so I'll not be shrinking unless vertebrae actually start to crush. Pretty likely that I'm XXY regardless
Upper body strength and mass reduced.
No height reduction, and alas...no foot size or hand reduction ;)
There is no magic. I once posted a joke on a TG support page, just a lil joke/comment about a mythical doctor in Miami who did miraculous feet reduction surgery, and WOW !!! a ton of responses. I told folks I was just joking. Some got mad. Oh well.... Bottom line says I . No magic, ladies.
I take pride in my amazonian build, and am graced with height :) And my boo is a fool for tall blondes hahahahahaha !!
Quote from: mako9802 on December 02, 2017, 02:35:57 PM
I started her at 5 ft 10 I am now 5 ft 2.....for real....
That's nothing. I went from 6 ft 10 to 5 ft 2.
How about shoulder width and arm muscle shrinkage? Anyone with experience here. I hate my shoulder width and arm size.
Quote from: Karen0366 on March 23, 2018, 08:35:23 PM
How about shoulder width and arm muscle shrinkage? Anyone with experience here. I hate my shoulder width and arm size.
Yes, and yes.
Before starting HRT I was able to reduce some of my previous upper body bulk by changing exercise routine and thinking twice before carrying heavy things across a room (I finally acknowledged the invention of the wheel). After HRT the difference became much more visible - and I've only been on HRT nine months.