I lost 4¾ inches, but that might be the osteoporosis kicking in now. My osteo rating is -2.5, so I know there's been some spinal compression.

I guess it's time to go back on the estrogen again and build the bones a little. It's important to have SOMEBODY'S hormones I guess...my T is 'way down.

I do notice that I can wear 9½ woman's shoes now, and I used to need 11½ W's before.

So how long did it take on average to lose any height?

The shoe size was in the last three or four months I guess..it just kinda crept up on me.

Height...well, that's been declining for about six years...but I know the smashed spine and osteo is basically the problem..a heck of a way to lose the height I know...but I always wished I was 5'6" or so...then an early transition would have been a good idea.

As it is, I am NOT going to transition...too old and I enjoy what I have now.

My dress size is now 12, shoes 9½, jeans are 10 Lo-rise Petite, boot-cut.
Male neck is now 13, male shoes are 8 and slacks are 34/30.

Yeah..I am growing smaller! It's about time!

PS: gonna re-start the Estrogen again next week...got a script for it from the VA. They are treating my PSA/prostate with it. The first few shots (IM) are by them then I self inject later on. Gonna kill a few oranges during training I guess. 

Quote from: gothique11 on July 18, 2007, 09:58:04 PM
This is something I've started to notice and I've measured myself on several occasions, but I've actually lost height. pre-hrt I was 5'9" and I've been like that for a long while. But now, I'm affirmed 5'7.5" feet.

My brother visited me the other day (he's starting to warm up to talking to me and visiting me, he stopped talking to me for 8 months when I told him I was transitioning). Anyway, my brother has always been shorter than me (he's 5'8"), but now he's taller. He's also much bigger -- although, he hasn't changed in size, but I have.

It's really surreal to see my brother, because we used to look very much alike. We had the same build and looks. But now, I'm much, much smaller. It's a weird feeling, like looking into a mirror into the past. My shoulders are much smaller, my arms, everything. He's so huge, and I used to be built like that.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else noticed that they've lost some height while on HRT. I think it's because I've lost a lot of muscle mass.

Oddly enough, my shoe size is a bit smaller as well. And I wouldn't think that feet would shrink.

I find it hard to believe....I'm 5' 7" and have remained the same height in the 7 years I've been on HRT.......I wish I could get smaller....

I agree with you on body mass and I've lost weight around the shoulders and if I pull out a T shirt from about 6 years ago it is miles too big for me. But it could be just me watching my diet...

I know i am bringing this topic from death, but basicly i wanted to open one with similar topic.
Anyway... i am 20, i have stated HRT some 2 months ago. The thing thats recently been in my mind is definetly my height. During my entire late teens i was, (and still am, i believe) 185 (+/- 1cm) which is 6'1.
Recently someone (not very good minded) told me that it is very likely to keep growing till age of 25, which was enough for me to satrt obsessing about my height once more. So my questions are:

• would it be possible for someone like me, who is on hrt, and haven't had any major height increase in years, to gain height?
• when i measure myself in the eryly morning when i have just gotten out of bed i was like 187cm (almoust 6'2) and during the day, in the afternoon i am like 184-5 which is an inch of variation, so what is my real height? morning or evening? or does 187 means i have actually grown?
• I'd love to be a bit shorter... and i was in fact hoping for height DECREASE. as i've read on this topic that even younger girls have lost anywhere from 1-3 inch so it can't be attributed to osteoporosis. So, how long before you noticed height decrease if it happened at all?

Thanx in advance, i hope to hear your experiences

Hrt will likely stop the growth, and has in some cases caused some to lose a few inches.

As for height changes during the day, so it at the same time each day.
When you wake up, your skeleton has time to relax and stretch. Throughout the day you beat it down, and you shrink a bit.  am not sure if it is all fluid or a bit of cartilage, but something compresses, resting/laying down allows it to relax again,

I find this subject really interesting,

I always thought that i was 5,4 but since i found this post i have been measuring myself at different times to take into account the whole skeleton relaxing/stetching issue as Leslie mentioned.

My personal verdict is i seem to have lost some real height and just make it to 5,2 now. I havent noticed any feet size change yet but i also dropped around 40lb like Megan so im not sure if thats had anything to do with it.

Still im happy to be small, as a boy it seemed horrible now it get's me attention.

I too lost some height and also shoe size. I went from 5'9" to 5'7" during the course of the year I've been on HRT. My shoe size went from a 9 in womens to an 8. My doctor says it's nothing to worry about. I'm not complaining!

My endo said I looked, "Dainty," The other day.

... It certainly is a weird thing..

Really amazing what hormones can  do...They can even reduce your height...Amazing

Oh I certainly hope so. I saw some gorgeous boots today on sale and even if, by some miracle, I could get them in my size, I'd end up being about 6'5" in them. That... isn't desirable. At all.

I so wouldn't mind losing a few inches... and I wouldn't mind a decrease in height, either, lol.

Lol

But Lei, tall leggy women also turn alot of heads.

Quote from: Vanna on November 25, 2008, 05:57:28 AM
Lol

But Lei, tall leggy women also turn alot of heads.

indeed vanna  indeed  and besides  being a tall girl can be a plus

Quote from: Vanna on November 25, 2008, 05:57:28 AM
Lol

But Lei, tall leggy women also turn alot of heads.

Perhaps, but I would rather avoid giving people permanent neck injuries through having to peer upwards at the Amazing 50-Foot Woman, lol.

I don't want someone's lasting impression of me to be whiplash.

I'm 5'2.  I love being short but, idk if I could stand being shorter.  My friends already use me too much as a head rest and a teddy bear type person.

I totally hear you on the foot shrinkage though.  Was a women's size 6.5US, now I can slip into a 5.5US.  It's convenient cuz this winter I'm able to wear 3 pairs of socks in my old shoes:D

What I REALLY can't wait for is some rib cage shrinkage due to intercostal/oblique/lattissimus dorsi atrophy.

Quote from: Leiandra on November 25, 2008, 06:33:18 AM
Perhaps, but I would rather avoid giving people permanent neck injuries through having to peer upwards at the Amazing 50-Foot Woman, lol.

I don't want someone's lasting impression of me to be whiplash.

Get a basketball tattooed somewhere everyone will notice.  Then they'll just be like, "oooh you must be such a great player!"

Quote from: Mari on November 23, 2008, 03:09:28 AM
I know i am bringing this topic from death, but basicly i wanted to open one with similar topic.
Anyway... i am 20, i have stated HRT some 2 months ago. The thing thats recently been in my mind is definetly my height. During my entire late teens i was, (and still am, i believe) 185 (+/- 1cm) which is 6'1.
Recently someone (not very good minded) told me that it is very likely to keep growing till age of 25, which was enough for me to satrt obsessing about my height once more. So my questions are: 

• would it be possible for someone like me, who is on hrt, and haven't had any major height increase in years, to gain height?
• when i measure myself in the eryly morning when i have just gotten out of bed i was like 187cm (almoust 6'2) and during the day, in the afternoon i am like 184-5 which is an inch of variation, so what is my real height? morning or evening? or does 187 means i have actually grown?
• I'd love to be a bit shorter... and i was in fact hoping for height DECREASE. as i've read on this topic that even younger girls have lost anywhere from 1-3 inch so it can't be attributed to osteoporosis. So, how long before you noticed height decrease if it happened at all?

Thanx in advance, i hope to hear your experiences

Mari,

At your age, I would expect you to stop growing and start shrinking as soon as you start HRT. One inch is pretty standard (Starting at 25, I went from 6' 1/2 to 5'11 1/2" myself). Your "reduction" will happen mostly in your first year on HRT.
Also unless you're really skinny, you will definitely lose some weight due to all the T-induced muscle mass going down the toilet. I lost about 30-40 lb during the early phase of transition myself. Now, this could also have been because I was starving myself    but I did lose the weight I've always thought that it's good to lose a bunch of weight when starting transition though (again, if you're not already super-thin), since as your body settles into a pattern of estrogenized fat distribution afterwards, the weight you gain will go to "the right places": off your waist and into your hips and the boobs area.

Quote from: Annwyn on November 25, 2008, 08:04:35 AM

Quote from: Leiandra on November 25, 2008, 06:33:18 AM
Perhaps, but I would rather avoid giving people permanent neck injuries through having to peer upwards at the Amazing 50-Foot Woman, lol.

I don't want someone's lasting impression of me to be whiplash.

Get a basketball tattooed somewhere everyone will notice.  Then they'll just be like, "oooh you must be such a great player!"

Being tall you get the "basketball" thing so much you hardly want to get it more by marking yourself like that.

Quote from: Leiandra on November 25, 2008, 06:33:18 AM

Quote from: Vanna on November 25, 2008, 05:57:28 AM
Lol

But Lei, tall leggy women also turn alot of heads.

Perhaps, but I would rather avoid giving people permanent neck injuries through having to peer upwards at the Amazing 50-Foot Woman, lol.

I don't want someone's lasting impression of me to be whiplash.

Thats true enough hunny

but catwalk models all share your traits was my point, you cant also be every onlookers injuries . Anyway i hear the air quailities sooo much better up there.

Likewise theres are whole fashion range that look great on taller women. I look great in short dresses but standing next to my tall counterpart....she just rocks!!!

Quote from: gothique11 on July 18, 2007, 09:58:04 PM
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else noticed that they've lost some height while on HRT. I think it's because I've lost a lot of muscle mass.

Oddly enough, my shoe size is a bit smaller as well. And I wouldn't think that feet would shrink.

Ohh yeah....from a towering 5'8" down to 5' 6", and a size smaller foot to boot!  or shoe.


Bev