Rib Cage

[Guest tori319]

My rib cage Is 33 inches and my hips are 34 I haven't started hrt yet but my rib cage is wide so would corset tight lacing help reduce the size of my rib cage.I've been reading and I found that there is a way to do it safely but I guess I want to know does It actually work.

[Guest Pól]

I'll admit I don't know anything about corsets.

Coming at this from the FTM perspective though, I feel like if there was a way to safely compress the ribcage (and what's on top of the rib cage), we would probably already be doing that as standard procedure. Given what some of the side effects of FTM binding are, please be careful with this. Check out the pinned link in the FTM forum about binding if you want details.

Pól

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Pól has good advice I think. When I dcrossdressed i would bing my waist sometimes - which often picke up a bit of the ribcage. It was temporaty and seemed to just move the flab elsewhere. I don't know if a corset is good unless you are rather emaciated already. Too many vital organs under there - right side - your liver!

Lizzy

[Guest tori319]

Do genetic women have smaller organs because they have narrower ribcages

[Guest Nicodeme]

My rib cage Is 33 inches and my hips are 34 I haven't started hrt yet but my rib cage is wide so would corset tight lacing help reduce the size of my rib cage.I've been reading and I found that there is a way to do it safely but I guess I want to know does It actually work.

Lucky for you I'm a nerd and did a ton of research on tightlacing when I was 14. (Who would've thought it was one of the guys who would answer your question? XD)

Yes, tightlacing will reduce the size of your ribcage...or rather, it will taper your ribcage so the bottom is more slender, which will give you that hourglass shape. And depending on your age it may be easier or harder, depending on how flexible your bones still are. If you lace for a long enough time, the results will probably be semi-permanent.

Good stores/corsetmakers from which you can buy tightlacing corsets are Wasp Creations, Orchard, (more specifically I'd suggest looking under "authentic" or "shapewear") and Romantasy. A good place for further info I just turned up is Corset Connection.

Understand that a made-to-measure or bespoke corset is expensive. You're looking at shelling out about $200 minimum for one of these things. But you can get a relatively inexpensive one off the rack to get yourself used to it (and give a little compression to your ribcage) before you get around to serious tightlacing.

I don't know if a corset is good unless you are rather emaciated already. Too many vital organs under there - right side - your liver!

Actually, the slight shift in the way the organs are positioned is perfectly fine and not all that different from how they'd be pushed around during a pregnancy. (Though without all the fetal kicking and punching, I'd imagine... XD) The body can handle it, provided you don't overdo it. (And--pot calling the kettle black, I know--FtMs do kind of overdo it with the binding... >_>) If you lace very tightly and don't allow the bottom of your ribcage to move every so often, the muscles in there do get slightly weak, and you may have some minor trouble taking a deep breath. But unless you're trying to be Cathy Jung I think you're going to be a-okay.

The whole myth about how tightlacing cuts the liver in half is just that: a myth. It does tend to sit in the tightest part of the waist, but it can move and even grow to compensate. If you tightlace long-term it may form a bit of an hourglass shape of its own. But it still works perfectly fine.

Do genetic women have smaller organs because they have narrower ribcages

I'd imagine cisgirls (and transguys) would tend to have smaller organs because they're just...kind of...usually smaller overall?

[Guest Donna Jean]

But unless you're trying to be Cathy Jung I think you're going to be a-okay.

That is wrong in so many ways....OMG!

Donna Jean

[Guest Nicodeme]

That is wrong in so many ways....OMG!

Donna Jean

I know, right? Luckily she's not the typical tightlacer. She was going for a world record. (Which she did indeed set.)

[Guest Leigh]

i think everything that can be said has been said...

and that Kathy Jung............

yikes.

peace&love

[Guest My_Genesis]

If what Nicodeme said is true and it is relatively safe...

aim to look like this

:D

sorry, i had to butt in to add that picture. lol.

[Guest tori319]

If what Nicodeme said is true and it is relatively safe...

aim to look like this

:D

sorry, i had to butt in to add that picture. lol.

Its not as bad now because I was measuring in the wrong place my hips are 38".

[Guest My_Genesis]

Its not as bad now because I was measuring in the wrong place my hips are 38".

well there, your hips are wider than mine! Cool beans for you! haha.

[Guest tori319]

Really? That's good.Now I have to hope that hrt gives me good results with my waist and shoulders, and add little more to my hips.