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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => Testosterone => Topic started by: Utterly Confused on May 01, 2018, 06:15:20 AM

Title: Body changes on T
Post by: Utterly Confused on May 01, 2018, 06:15:20 AM
Hello :)

So I have like 2 questions:

What is the acne like when you start T?  I have never had acne as a female (maybe a few pimples here but it's mainly on my brow line from sweat) and I wash/tone my face 3 times a day.  Also what was your experience with acne and T?

Second question: Did you bone structure change when taking T? (this is super broad but bare with me) Like did your shoe size grow? height? and most importantly your hips?!?!?  I am "blessed" with hips and a natural booty (European genes or something like that) so did T trim them down regarding the fat distribution and the bone structure?

I hope this all makes sense

Love
Dex
Title: Re: Body changes on T
Post by: Kylo on May 01, 2018, 06:53:43 AM
I didn't get acne on the face but the occasional zit, mostly back/shoulders where I've never had them before - par for the course for bodybuilders on T to get this as well though. They are big/painful and take a while to go away but I wouldn't say I had that much of it. Since top surgery there's even less of it.

Yeah I went up in glove size from S to M and two and a half sizes in shoes. Since top surgery I seem to stand taller but I think that is just a change in posture. I'll have to check it out over a longer period but T isn't supposed to make much of a dent in height. But what is also scientific fact is bones and cartilage are constantly being added to and replaced, especially if you do weight-bearing exercise which increases the density and strength of bones. So there's some leeway there aside from your genetics for changes in joints to take place, which is why I reckon the glove and shoe sizes have changed.

There's some study to suggest hip bones may change over time without E, but that probably takes place over decades if at all. I haven't noticed my bones there looking any different after 1.7 years on T