Ask Matthew41 Questions

[Guest Sergei]

Hey Matt,

I will probably start T just before an important recital I have to give at university. This is why I am so concerned about stiffness in my hands. The staff here are very supportive of me though, and will make allowances if I experience problems with my hands during this time, I can probably ask the recital to be put off until the stiffness passes. I just wanted to make sure it would. Thanks, you've put my mind at rest.

Can I also ask? When you gain weight from the T do you look bigger? Or is it just weight in terms of the scales? Because I know that muscle weighs more than fat. So therefore you could actually look slimmer, but have also gained weight. Is this right?

Another thing I am thinking about in terms of the T is my clothes. I guess this is to do with the weight issue. I'm a poor student, and really need some new clothes at the moment, but am trying to put this off. I can't afford to buy new things now, and then have to buy more new things once I start T because of the change in my body shape. At the moment I'm 5"11, 15 and a half stone. My waist is 42inch, chest the same. I'm guessing this will change.

So my question is how drastic were the changes in your size before and after the T? And how quickly did the changes occur?

Thanks

Sergei

[Guest matthew41]

Sergei,

It will take up to a few months for the T to suppress estrogene and take over as the dominate hormone. So I wouldn't worry too much about stiffness effecting your hands right away if at all.

Muscle, as you said, weighs more so that accounts for much of the gain in weight. If you have little muscle mass now, its common for the shoulders to become wider over a years time. Body fat can also redistribute into a male pattern over a year or two. The end results for of many of us is that we look slimmer while weighing more. My pant size went down about 4 months on T and and my shirt size went up from a medium to a large after 6 months.

Matt

[Guest GoldenKirbichu]

Hey, Matthew... I've got a couple of questions myself.

How did you take T? Was it through shots? If it was, did it mess up your uterus and ovaries any? The reason I ask is 'cause of my PCOS. If shots are more likely to mess with it ('cause it's more T all at once as opposed to less T spread out) then my risk of cancer goes through the proverbial roof.

'Nother question is, did the T do anything to your facial structure? I would think it would redistribute fat, but if one is still undergoing puberty would it be possible that it might slightly masculinize the facial bones? My face is really fem and it would straw inhaler if it kept me from passing effectively (especially since most pics of you are gonna feature your face). I already have faint facial hair patterns and stuff, so I'm not worried about that... it's just my face is all soft and round, it has none of the angularity of a man's face.

[Guest matthew41]

How did you take T? Was it through shots? If it was, did it mess up your uterus and ovaries any?

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I inject T twice a month. It is an intramuscular injection, so its slowing absorbed into my system over 10 to 14 days. According to my doctor, my uterus has shrunk to the size of a walnut over the last three years. I never felt any internal changes at all.

Nother question is, did the T do anything to your facial structure?

It has changed my bone structure. My jawline, chin and forehead have become more pronounced and my jaw line is squared off instead of a gentle curve. I have less fat on my face and my hair line changed to a male pattern.

[Zufrieden]

Hi Matt:

My uterus has shrunk to the size of a walnut.

Jeez, I never thought of that one. MTF's on hormones experience prostate and testicular atrophy.

The point is, all this hormone stuff is not to be taken lightly. It will make permanent changes in your body.

It's not recommended for experimentation, especially if you ever think you might want to have children.

Z.

[Guest aubrey]

Hey Matt,

Thanks for taking questions!

My questions are:

1) Can you grow any taller from T (or is there anyway at all to get taller)?

2) If you can get bottom surgery, and if you perform sexual activity, can you still get orgasm or at least have a normal sex like a bio male would?

Thanks!

[Guest matthew41]

Hi Aubrey,

Growing taller is only possible if growth plates in the bones haven't fused, so its unlikely that you will grow. Finding shoes that add two or three inches is how most of us vertically challenged guys deal with it.

The ability to have an orgasm isn't usually negatively effected by SRS. Normal sex is another issue. The basic surgery to release the clitoris allows for a natural male function but usually isn't longer then two inches. A phalloplasty has a high rate of complications but when successful appears normal for a bio male about 50% of the time. It can't become construct so rods or an implanted pump is needed and most guys have little to no sensation in it. Surgeries for us are still little more then experimental.

Matt

[Guest GoldenKirbichu]

Unfortunately, Matt's right about the bottom surgeries, they're garbage for us transmen right now. It's why I'm not really focusing on it. I do hate my genitalia though and sometimes have thoughts about hurting them... but I digress.

Darn. I was hoping I might get a little taller on T. I'm so short (five feet, six inches tall) and it's really hard to be manly when you're tiny.

[Guest CharlieRose]

Wait, you have to have surgery to "release" the clitoris so that it forms a boy thing? Is it optional? (Because, I, personally, don't really want one. I could live with one, but if I could take hormones and not develop one, that would be nice) Would anything happen if you took hormones, but didn't have that particular surgery?

[Guest matthew41]

Wait, you have to have surgery to "release" the clitoris so that it forms a boy thing? Is it optional? (Because, I, personally, don't really want one. I could live with one, but if I could take hormones and not develop one, that would be nice) Would anything happen if you took hormones, but didn't have that particular surgery?

Yep, surgery is optional. Typically hormones enlarge the clitoris in length and girth and it becomes much more sensitive. It takes surgery to clip the tendon thats holding it down and another procedure to re-route the urethra and close the lower side to allow for urinating standing up.

[Guest Seth]

I have a few...

1. How deep does your voice after get after you start T (normally)?

2. What happens...down there?

3. What happens to the boobs?

4. How long does it take to get hair and stuff?

5. Does it give you more height, biggers hands, bigger feet, smaller hips, etc.?