Hi all,
I am starting testosterone tomorrow! I know that is seen often as a myth, but I was wondering if any of you have had the experience of growth while on T. I know that I am 19, which is late for growth, BUT I literally just grew about an inch and a half last semester, so I think I am not quite done growing yet. Thank you for your responses!

Welcome to Susan's Place. Estrogen causes the bones to cap off resulting in women being shorter than men but there is a maximum amount that bones will grow for either gender. If you experience lower estrogen levels, it's possible that your bones are still able to lengthen and T will suppress estrogen long enough for you to gain additional height. A doctor can X ray your leg bone and give you an idea of what's possible but it's pretty much guess work without knowing the current state of your body.

Sometime during puberty, everyone's bone growth plates seal over and growth ceases. When this happens is really dependent on the person. I stopped growing at age 11 WITH high T for a female. My dad grew 6" in is senior year of high school. If you literally just grew that much 4 months ago, than I would say it is very likely that T will allow you to grow some more. Growth does not happen over night and neither does growth plate sealing.

However, the only way to truely know is time and an Xray from the doctor. They can tell you almost exactly how much growing you can do.

If you're still growing, you may grow some more with the T. All depends on if your body's growth plates are still open and if the body is still getting instructions to continue to grow 'long' bone.

I didn't experience puberty symptoms till 17 which is pretty late, and had 2 different growth spurts, which was weird, and even weirder that I didn't get all that tall considering how long I had to grow. My grandfather nicknamed me "gannet" because I would eat so fast and quite a lot for a skinny kid - should have grown more I figure. I guess in my case it was all down to the luck of the genetic draw. I have a tall father and a small mother and I ended up right in the middle of their heights.