Hips

[denete]

For those who have experienced a change in your hips while on HRT, what did it coincide with? I've been on Prog. for 3 months, but haven't noticed any changes there. 

 

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[kat2]

Hips depend upon many factors, such as age when starting hormone therapy family genetics, and getting the hormones that give you the best result. You will over time notice growth splurts then stops. Hips tend to come after breast tissue starts to develop. Three months would be too soon, i noticed for me i had lower back pain and started to grow. Try slimming down your waist with exercise. I joined lots of exercise classes which helped me get into shape 

[Charlize]

I'm not sure if my hips have grown top much.  Puberty denied me the hourglass that i admire.  That being said i am carrying a bit more aft that i have in the past.  When i got new hips i thought of asking the surgeon to add a bit 😄.  He didn't🥲.  Instead age and, perhaps being well into my second decade of estrogen, have given me something worth a pinch.  (Don't you dare!😊.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize 

[KathyLauren]

My hips did grow, but not for a long time.  Three months is way too early to notice much there.

 

At three months, my breasts were growing.  They were pretty much done by six months.  From six months to a year, I noticed changes in skin texture, and some startlingly nice facial changes: eyes and lips, in particular.  Around that same time frame, I noticed my body hair changing: lighter hair on my arms, much less on my legs, totally gone on my chest.  

 

I didn't notice my hips until about a year ago, which was about year 7 of HRT.  Obviously, there were no bone changes, though my pelvis was always wide for a "guy".  What I noticed was increased fat deposition on my hips and more definition between my waist and hips.  I still have a "third boob" belly (sigh!), but the fat at the sides has moved down to the hips.  I like my curves now.

 

As always, YMMV.  But the lesson is that this is a marathon, not a sprint.  Be patient.

[EasyE]

I am about a year into HRT. I have noticed some hip changes, more of a feminine shape. I bought a skirt a few weeks ago and I put it on and was like, "Wow, that's more like it!" - even some of my guy clothes show a little more curve ... I wish I would have taken before and after photos ... the "problem" is that changes happen so subtly that you don't notice until one day you do ... Enjoy the ride! 

[KathyLauren]

Just now, EasyE said:

the "problem" is that changes happen so subtly that you don't notice until one day you do

 

Yes, but what fun when you do!  I remember the day I noticed my eyes, and another when I noticed my lips.  Each time, it was like, "Wow!  Whose eyes/lips are those?"  I am not sure that before/after pictures even showed the difference, but I sure saw it in the mirror. 

[AinsleyTG]

Ive been on hrt for just under 3 months and haven't noticed anything with hips, but I'm also younger than you. I HAVE noticed breast sensitivity, no growth yet 

[AllieJ]

Hips can change in 2 ways, bone changes and fat shift. Cis female bone growth plates usually mature by age 20 and are locked in after that, cis male  bone  growth plates can be a couple of years later maturing. Unless you achieve testosterone suppressed HRT before age 20, it is rare to see hip bone expansion in trans women. Fat transfer to the hip area is more reliant on genetics, and happens to different degrees in all of us, but in mature adults it is usually not as significant as we would like. There are many theories about progesterone and cycling weight to stimulate changes in fat distribution, but none have shown to have reliable results.

 

For those of us who have small hips (I am 5 sizes larger up top than my hips) all we can do is disguise the difference as best we can.

 

Hugs,

 

Allie

[MaeBe]

15mo. in and the first thing I noticed regarding my hips was when I sat down to use the loo I felt squish where I hadn't before. I am by no means hourglass, still mostly an inverted triangle, but I do have some cushion on my thighs and hips. I asked a friend if I had "dude butt", I always had the flattest of asses, and she told me "no". So things are developing, just not very quickly.

[kat2]

For me i think i got my hip shape through classical ballet, ironically i was sent there due to stunted growth, doing exercises every day to "turn the legs out" so that you can do positions of the feet, (turn out) that and floor exercises, but its also about starting when young on hrt I started hormones at the age of 20 and due to complications of surgery my last gender surgery was when i was 30, but we are all different and as AllieJ has pointed out there are so many variables

[kat2]

Hip Exercises we did in Ballet which i think helped me with my hip development, more so that i was young at the time in Ballet School

 

[Lilis]

5 hours ago, kat2 said:

Hip Exercises we did in Ballet

 

@kat2 thanks 💗.

 

Will these exercises help improve the appearance of flat hips or 'hip dips', that inward curve at the top of the outer thigh, despite not having a naturally flared pelvic bone?

[kat2]

5 hours ago, Lilis said:

Will these exercises help improve the appearance of flat hips o

I am not sure what it is you mean, the exercises above can help a younger person up to the age of 20 or those in their twenties, that said ballet is all about shapes and turning out the legs and building up the thigh muscles may create space for fat deposits  the build up of thigh muscle may push the fat to another area so it may be possible, but my thoughts in posting were for younger members 

[Lilis]

2 hours ago, kat2 said:

I am not sure what it is you mean

 

Cisgender women generally develop a wider pelvis during puberty, influenced by estrogen and lack of testosterone dominance.

 

"Their iliac crest (the outermost part of the pelvis) flares more, creating that characteristic outward curve we associate with feminine hips.

 

For trans women who start GAHT after puberty, the pelvic bones don't widen so this foundation is narrower."

 

My question was does this exercise help  "The iliac crest (the outermost part of the pelvis) in trans women to flare more?

 

2 hours ago, kat2 said:

the exercises above can help a younger person up to the age of 20 or those in their twenties,

 

This answer my question, thank you.

[kat2]

Reduce Waist and Increase Hips | Curve challenge 

I do these exercises every day by reducing the waist and increasing muscle fat builds up to give the curves you may wish to try

This is my most recent front profile of my hip development which currently is 38 and a half, but you have to work on your waist to really make the definition stand out