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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: Everyone on June 23, 2010, 11:11:53 PM

Title: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Everyone on June 23, 2010, 11:11:53 PM
its forcing me to type things here XD
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: accord03 on June 24, 2010, 12:03:09 AM
Yeah and your feet does too.

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Post by: LordKAT on June 24, 2010, 12:47:13 AM
possibly
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Post by: Bones on June 24, 2010, 12:48:48 AM
I hope so, cause I wear a size 3 in women's rings...that's not a very manly hand..=/
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Everyone on June 24, 2010, 01:11:30 AM
Quote from: Bones on June 24, 2010, 12:48:48 AM
I hope so, cause I wear a size 3 in women's rings...that's not a very manly hand..=/


oh wow, that sucks really bad. are you a tiny person, or do you just have oddly small hands? sorry if I somehow offend you. I always offend people by accident lol
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Bones on June 24, 2010, 01:22:50 AM
I am rather small...indeed...and skinny...they don't call  me Bones for nothing =P
Don't worry about offending me. There isn't much that can offend me anymore
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Everyone on June 24, 2010, 02:09:07 AM
Quote from: Bones on June 24, 2010, 01:22:50 AM
I am rather small...indeed...and skinny...they don't call  me Bones for nothing =P
Don't worry about offending me. There isn't much that can offend me anymore

How tall are you?
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: GnomeKid on June 24, 2010, 02:16:10 AM
mine seem to have a bit.

Old rings don't fit on ect.  and its not due to weight gain or anything[ I don't think hah ] Its probably not really my hand itself growing but more the muscles in my hand getting just bigger enough to not allow my rings to fit... just a guess though
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Silver on June 24, 2010, 03:19:31 AM
The bones will thicken, I'm not sure about changes in length though.
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Post by: Bones on June 24, 2010, 04:05:03 AM
Quote from: ZomZom on June 24, 2010, 02:09:07 AM
How tall are you?

I'm only 5' ...REALLY sucks when you're a guy and shorter than most women
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: accord03 on June 24, 2010, 04:30:28 AM
Quote from: Bones on June 24, 2010, 04:05:03 AM
I'm only 5' ...REALLY sucks when you're a guy and shorter than most women

Don't worry brother. I am only 5'2 or 5'3. Gotta make the most of it and I've realised that most chicks don't really care about the height. Just find someone shorter then you if you wanna feel comfortable :)
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Nathan. on June 24, 2010, 04:32:18 AM
Quote from: Bones on June 24, 2010, 04:05:03 AM
I'm only 5' ...REALLY sucks when you're a guy and shorter than most women

Yeah I hate my hight, i'm only 5'1  :(
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Bones on June 24, 2010, 04:42:10 AM
LoL My girlfriend is an inch taller than me. But she wears flats and I wear lifts...so that makes me a bit happy =)
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Post by: accord03 on June 24, 2010, 05:01:23 AM
Lol . All good. But I sure wish I was atleast 5'5 so me and my gf won't be the same height when shes wearing high heels.

I've also realised that if you're a guy, bulky and buff. You don't seem so short so I hope to be a bulky guy. LOL
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Jude_ on June 24, 2010, 07:26:28 AM
My hands have gotten a lot bigger since i started T 3 months ago. It took me by surprise one day because i didn't even realize that it happened. I was playing with my boyfriend's hands, and i put our hands palm to palm. Suddenly, i realized that my hands were much bigger than his!
They used to be the EXACT same size, but now my fingers were longer. Probably like 1.5 inches. It was soooooo weird. This was like about 2 months into T. I can't believe they grew that fast!
Now i compare hands with him a lot :). I like it.
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Post by: zombiesarepeaceful on June 24, 2010, 12:47:20 PM
Ha. My girlfriend would say so, cause um...yeah...we were...doing some things...and she said she could tell they'd grown. So I guess the bone gets denser or something or you actually grow certain body parts on T. My shoulder structure has gotten more square too. But my feet haven't grown.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Ryan on June 24, 2010, 01:06:44 PM
Quote from: SilverFang on June 24, 2010, 03:19:31 AM
The bones will thicken, I'm not sure about changes in length though.
This. T doesn't make you grow, but the bone density changes.
I've not noticed any changes in hand or foot size myself though.
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Post by: Shang on June 24, 2010, 01:32:38 PM
Good to know that about T.

--And if you of you short guys want a few inches, I'll trade :P --
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Post by: M.Grimm on June 24, 2010, 02:29:23 PM
I really hope my feet don't get bigger. Mostly because I'd be sad to lose some of my nice (and not cheap) shoes. But if my hands get bigger, that's fine.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Everyone on June 24, 2010, 04:29:52 PM
Quote from: Bones on June 24, 2010, 04:05:03 AM
I'm only 5' ...REALLY sucks when you're a guy and shorter than most women

that sounds pretty sucky. I heard that testosterone can also make you taller, cause sometimes people take it while they're still growing, but they don't know they're still growing cause they're in their twenties. So you might get taller. :] there are girls shorter than you though, so don't worry too much about it. My sister would be a few inches shorter than you.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Tay on June 24, 2010, 04:59:52 PM
My hands have grown, my ring no longer fits me. Also I've grown about an inch and most surprisingly my feet have grown by a little more than two sizes. Sucked because I had an awesome collection of hi tops!
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: accord03 on June 25, 2010, 02:13:58 AM
Sweet stuff guys! Nice to know I MIGHT be able to grow an inch or two if I'm lucky :) Hope so.

But definetly want growth in my hand and feet.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Silver on June 25, 2010, 02:57:17 AM
Quote from: Tay on June 24, 2010, 04:59:52 PM
My hands have grown, my ring no longer fits me. Also I've grown about an inch and most surprisingly my feet have grown by a little more than two sizes. Sucked because I had an awesome collection of hi tops!

Hey, how old were you when you started T?
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Tay on June 29, 2010, 06:37:34 AM
Hey, sorry Silverfang, had no internet for a millenia...

I was 23 when I started T, have been on it for 10.5 months but noticed the change in my hands, feet and height within the first 4 months or so. I definitely didn't expect it. I actually asked if I would grow etc and was told that it would only happen if I were younger.

I was sad about the shoes but now I have small-average size guy feet, so that's happy.
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Post by: Silver on June 30, 2010, 05:57:28 PM
Cool, I might have a chance then. What can I say, I'm pretty small.
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Post by: Al James on June 30, 2010, 06:50:41 PM
What do you think the chances are at 38? i ve noticed that i ve actually grown an inch anyway and gone up a size in shoes but i m pre t. Was thinking that maybe theyre making shoes smaller these days
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Tay on July 02, 2010, 03:59:25 PM
al james: My therapist says she often sees people begin to physically change before they begin hormone therapy. She says it's as if the decision to transition starts a reaction from the brain and therefore the body. Apparently many guys lose their menstrual cycle etc before they even get their first dose of T.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Arch on July 02, 2010, 04:12:10 PM
I started T in my forties, but my hands did grow a little. It's not really noticeable if you look at them. In fact, the only reason I know that they grew is that I used to easily slide my hand into certain drinking receptacles when I was washing the dishes, and now I have to jam my hand in and struggle to get it out again.

My feet are not bigger, as far as I can tell. In fact, for a little while, I thought they might have shrunk a little. I finally decided that they had simply stayed the same. My confusion was due to sizing anomalies in my new shoes.
Title: Re: do your hands grow when you start testosterone?
Post by: Silver on July 03, 2010, 02:01:29 AM
Quote from: Tay on July 02, 2010, 03:59:25 PM
al james: My therapist says she often sees people begin to physically change before they begin hormone therapy. She says it's as if the decision to transition starts a reaction from the brain and therefore the body. Apparently many guys lose their menstrual cycle etc before they even get their first dose of T.

That's interesting. It seems like I pass better once I was more certain of my identity, but that may just be my imagination.