Breast Issues

[Guest Mia]

Okay, so I am having an issue that I thought wouldn't happen for a while. Four years ago was my first attempt at transistion. I was on HRT, seeing a therapist, etc. Well, I started to develop breasts then. Things happened, and I backed off, became depressed and gained a bit of weight. Well, now I am back on HRT, and am loosing some weight. The problem I have is that when I was bigger, the breasts weren't an issue as it just looked like man boobs. (sorry for the expression). Now that I am loosing weight, everything is starting to get smaller, except my breasts. They aren't big by any means, but big enough to look out of place. I am out to everyone in my personal life, so I don't really care about that, but no one knows about me at work. I hadn't thought that they would be noticable for another 4-6 months. It feels as though this is throwing my timeline out of whack. What do I do? How can you minimize their appearance? I work in the mall in a clothing shop geared toward teenage boys, and a couple of them have made comments. It is starting to become pretty uncomfortable.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Guest Snow Angel]

Your situation is not uncommon at all. Many MTFs start hormones early but they still have to work as male, because of electrolysis being expensive, or they just aren't ready to come out yet. You'll either have to stop taking hormones until you're ready, which many of us don't do. Or you'll have to wear a binder, just the same as FTMs do when they live full time, prior to mastectomy. You'll just have to start using a binder or wearing extra layers of shirts. I'm in the exact same situation myself, so just rest assured that this is perfectly normal for us. =)

[Guest Andrea-M]

I'm in the same situation, whereas my chest has developed to a noticeable size, which is on the one hand great and the other too soon in conjunction to my beard removal.(Iwould have liked them to run at the same time so to speak). One piece of advise is to wear a crop top under a shirt or "T", this has a smoothing effect so they are not as noticeable. For me I just wear a nice bra and to hell what anyone thinks lol

[Guest jessica111]

I work in retail, too.... Air conditioning has an amazing effect, doesn't it? I started showing through a polo shirt AND the store's vest. Here and there I'd see where peoples' eyes would look down for a second and it was a little disturbing.I've been wearing a sport bra at work and that seems to keep me covered for the most part... the wide straps don't show through like a regular bra would.

[Guest Mia]

Thanks for the ideas guys! I think I'll be wearing a lot more layers now!