There has been quite a bit of discussion on this and other forums, particularly the TG forum, about the changes that can or not come from starting HRT. I hope this is the best place to post.
I had a conversation with a doctor the other day where I expressed my surprise, and delight I might add, at the profound body changes I have experienced on HRT for the last eight months. I told her that at my age, 70, I had no expectations and thought that at best it would be years before I saw any results. I expressed the commonly help belief the HRT is effective for young people.
Her response amazed me in that she said with her medical understanding it would be especially the older MTF HRT newbies that would experience the most significant changes, not the younger ones! The doctor's explanation was that those, particularly in their 60's and 70's already had a greatly reduce level of testosterone, plus their body's ability to "fight" the T-Blocker was also greatly reduced. The problem with HRT is not adding estrogen, but reducing the powerful hormone testosterone and its overriding effects on estrogen. The young ones in their 20's and 30's had high T levels to begin with and a strong endocrine system that would fight the T blockers!
So this is a very interesting view, and certainly confirms someone like me. So one question is, because there seems to be quite a few older women here, are there others in their "senior" years that have just begun HRT and have experienced profound changes?
The other point is that the studies of disappointing breast growth after one year on HRT are probably loaded with young participants. Are not the vast majority of transgenders beginning HRT today in the 20's and 30's? How many 60 or 70 year olds start HRT? So these studies might be largely irrelevant to the more mature population on this forum! Ladies, there might be a real advantage to our age!