Hello everyone! I hope this doesn't get moved, as I'd like to hear as many experiences as possible
How old were you when you started HRT? I just started and I'm 22, and I'm curious to know what the "average" age is I know that for older generations it was probably harder to get HRT, depending on the country and I noticed that people are starting sooner and sooner, which is absolutely a good thing!
When did you start noticing the first results? I'm MTF and I'm such an impatient person lol I can't wait to have some breast tissue, have thinner hair ect. When you've waited for so long it's so hard to be patient! How did you manage to be patient?

Obviously the question is open to all of you! It would be nice to hear from different people and get to know each other a little better

Hi, Christina.

I started HRT at age 62.  I am currently three months into it.  I started to notice sensitivity in my nipples at about two weeks.  By six weeks, my lips were fuller, I had detectable breast tissue, and my rate of hair loss had slowed. 

I have also noticed a change in my personality.  Whereas my old male persona was quite fearful about transitioning, Kathy is unstoppable.

Hi Christina. You are right about years ago it was somewhere between very difficult and impossible to get the quality and availability of professional care that is available today, quite expensive also. I was 41 when I got 6 months of high dose HRT without a counselor or MD. I don't recommend that toady, good help is available but back then it was what it was.

In the six months nipple sensitivity started in the first couple of weeks, breast development was much slower and was just really beginning towards the end of the six months when the supply and source of the hormones ended. The biggest effect for me was an incredible mental peace, overall feeling wonderful and a great joy that something positive, something right was finally happening.

Fast forward 27 years, early this year I finally found a counselor who recommended an MD and I was given scripts for low dose estrogen and progesterone. Almost immediately the same mental peace and overall feeling wonderful returned. Quite a surprise to me was how quickly breast growth was going back on HRT especially considering this time it's low dose, I assume because of the 6 month head start I had. Nipple sensation while already there increased significantly. With a total of just over 9 months combined with HRT I just haven't yet noticed any changes that are often reported such as finer hair, fat redistribution etc. The only noticeable hair change is the near absence of breast hair. I had been using Nair and after restarting HRT it just didn't grow back. The testicles have definitely become smaller and softer, libido has been swinging up & down quite a bit from one day to the next.

I hope this helps answer some of your questions, should I think of anything else I'll post again.

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Changes almost immediately, as is often the case with male hormones. As in next day (mentally), the first week and the first month (physically).

You're lucky to start so young.  I wanted HRT since around your age, but didn't actually get it until age 33.  I have been on it for 6 months and noticed almost no changes at all until 6 months.  I have had zero personality changes and zero shift in mood.  I believe this is because my personality was already where I wanted it to be, and my mood remains a persistent impatient and dysphoric.

The physical changes are very obvious to me: thinning body hair, slight increase in breasts, skin softening, hair softening, and regrowth of lost hair.  I'm glad to see the changes start to happen, but it's very obvious to me that I desperately need electrolysis, and HRT isn't going to solve the problem.  Though be aware that being on HRT makes electrolysis substantially more effective, according to Dr. McGinn.  Best of luck and be a little patient, although I know it's hard if not impossible.

 It was 64 for me (yeah I'm a bit slow on the uptake) I was feeling physical change within 7 weeks as indicated by soreness in 2 target areas of my chest. They were starting to grow! 

Hugs,
   Jeanette

HI I am 33 years old I started just Christmas eve 2016. I noticed my mood change very sensitive feelings, lower sex drive, nipples and breast tissue changing with in the first month. 1-4 months I noticed some changes in my face and stomach and my neck got thinner. 

I started at 59 and noticed softer skin and a calmer mind by 4 weeks. Very strong mental changes and A cup by 6 months.

Started at 25, noticed breast growth pains by a few weeks in, A cup by 4-6 months. Skin softening well under way by 2-3 months, and thinning body hair growth by 6-8 months. Emotional changes started peaking around 3 months.

I started at 25 and noticed all sorts of stirrings in my body within a month.
Things won't really get noticeable for a while! So be patient

Hi Christina,

I was 56, and I started to see/feel changes within two weeks, maybe even a little at the end of the first week.  It definitely calmed me down overall, and started with a little breast tenderness and plumping.  By 6 months, it was definitely softening my skin and facial features in obvious ways.  Good luck to you on your journey!

Erin

I started a week after my 35th birthday.  I noticed skin softening in a few days.  Breast buds formed after about a week.  Facial changes were subtle by around 3 months and signification around the 7-8 month time.  My body responded fast and well despite not getting my levels where we want them until around 9 months.  Took a good while to knock T down and boost E.

Amber

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54.  Mental changes started on day 3.  Physical changes at day 12. 

On the morning of day 12, (weekly injections) my nipples woke me up.  Super sensitive.

By two months I had the smallest of buds.  At 5 months I was an A cup.  Breast growth had definitely slowed I was hoping for more for bathing suit season in the northern hemisphere.

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I started 8 months and 9 days ago when I was 64.  The inner turmoil I carried disappeared almost immediately and thus far has not come back.

34 for me

Started at 39, a little more than 3 weeks and not nearly the success others have mentioned in such a short time.  In many ways I've been a-typical in my response. I've had more morning wood than I have in the last 15 years (almost daily now), my body hair growth seems to have actually sped up and I've actually lost weight (weight gain is supposed to be a side effect of the Estradiol).

I have noticed that as the weight has been coming off (about 10 lbs over those 3 weeks) it seems to be coming off in a more feminine pattern.  I have started to develop a waist line.  I've also noticed (and been confirmed by my therapist and my electrologist) that my facial skin is softening and some of the fine lines have disappeared.  Breast response has been nil, no sensitivity, no signs of growth, nadda.

I'll say, it is really hard not to be disappointed when I hear of people talking about getting sensitivity and buds as short as 2 weeks in.  I am on low-dose at this point so maybe that's part of it, IDK.  I have another month before my first follow-up.  I was told that at that time we may up my dosage.  Fingers crossed and good luck to you as well.

I'm beginning to feel tender on my breast and slowly growing in my eight months. My facial hair got thinner. I was began before my 57 birthday


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Started at 44. Noticed mental changes within a week but it took almost 5 weeks to regain my long lost energy and focus (and another 5 after changing hormone dosage). Breast became sensitive within about two week. Now at almost 4 month they are an A cup and still sore / tender. By now changes are pretty obvious to my face as well and I had a few people starting to ask questions (I am somewhat out so far)

I'm 47 and I have a b after 8 months


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Quote from: itschristina on April 23, 2017, 06:23:20 AM
Hello everyone! I hope this doesn't get moved, as I'd like to hear as many experiences as possible
How old were you when you started HRT? I just started and I'm 22, and I'm curious to know what the "average" age is I know that for older generations it was probably harder to get HRT, depending on the country and I noticed that people are starting sooner and sooner, which is absolutely a good thing!
When did you start noticing the first results? I'm MTF and I'm such an impatient person lol I can't wait to have some breast tissue, have thinner hair ect. When you've waited for so long it's so hard to be patient! How did you manage to be patient?

Obviously the question is open to all of you! It would be nice to hear from different people and get to know each other a little better

I myself started t-blockers at age 19, and then started the full regimen at age 20. I felt changes in my butt (not joking) in the first day of estrogen, and then a lot of fat quickly moved to that area. I was inadvertently getting gendered as female at two months of transitioning.

I'm probably a more extreme case, though. Results have been great nonetheless, and I wouldn't take back my early transition age for anything. I just look like a somewhat tall girl who's very tenuous---exactly as I'd look if I had started at age 14, but arguably not mid-20s.

K.C.