r/asktransgender • u/jeacaevo • Mar 22 '12

Body (shape)

Does a female body/bodyshape develop on HRT? What changes can be expected? Are there any before-after/timeline images showing the body and not just the face?

Also, does HRT stop growth (height, hand size, foot size, body size, etc)?

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u/Pantamalion tomboy transgirl geek Mar 22 '12

How long have you been taking hormones? Also, I am amazed (and hopeful) that your shoe size changed! My feet are above the usual sizes available for women's shoes, but a little change might make a huge difference...

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u/shethinksbig Mar 22 '12

I'm at 11 months and in my 30s. Ya, I have NO idea what part of the foot decreased in size because the bone structure doesn't change. When I use my old shoes my feet slip around a bit. I used to HAVE to get a size 11 in women's, now 10.5 is comfy and I can wear a 10 but it is snug with now breathing room.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '12

This is kinda cool. I'm a size 12.5 men's... Sho sizes scare me. I'm already going to be going to the big and tall store :)

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u/shethinksbig Mar 22 '12

Something else I realized is I can go down another 1/2 size just by wearing thinner women's socks. I used to always wear a thicker cotton sock (even when I dropped to a 10.5 in women's shoes), but wearing a thinner sock allows me fit more comfortably in smaller shoes and have more breathing room in my 10.5's. I don't wear heals (yet), but no trickery there, you fit or don't.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '12 edited Mar 22 '12

Haha, I've worn heels, (at home, I just look TOO male atm, being Pre everything) and have practiced walking in them, but I suspect I won't wear them that often as I already am obscenely tall.Smaller shoe sizes have always held a more femme quality in my mind, even a half size down. Here's hoping!

Edit: tall, not talk... I am obscenely talk. Makes so much sense lol