My chest

[Guest leo]

Iv been working out my chest ready for surgery in just under 3 weeks but with time I'm finding it increasingly harder to bind as my pecs get bigger! I'm becoming very dysphoric about if and with the weather being 30 odd degrees here its difficult to have loads of layers on! Any suggestion with what I can do to help

[Charlize]

While this is not my area of expertise, i remember others saying that loose baggy shirts are cool and also make things less visible. You operation is soon so hopefully that thought will help as well. Glad you have cooler weather we are approaching 40 this whole week.

Hugs but only in air conditioning,

Charlie

[JJ]

I've had the same issues with the pecs and addressed it in a thread on binding yesterday. Instead of focusing on how big your chest is take a while and look at every man you see. Most have far more chest than we feel comfortable with. Do you look at any of them and think he is not a guy? Have you ever? It is only ourselves who use a chest as a measure of our gender. Women have flat chests sometimes and I've seen quite a few men who could benefit from a sports bra.

Helped me too to find out that some men actually inject silicone into their chest to look more fit and developed. A really bad idea by the way. But it does tell me that I am being unrealistic.

Also what does not flatten is muscle. If you compress enough to flatten muscle you will do real damage to your body. permanent damage often too. Pecs are muscle-nreast tissue is not/

Here is a pic I put on a different thread this AM. Un-retouched and wearing just a compression shirt. They work better than binders and are made to help regulate athletes temps in the heat. I would literally die if I layered in this Arkansas heat and worked out or hiked. You can see there is still a visible chest but less than most natal men my age. Still drives me mad and some days I still have to fight myself over it. But I won't give in to the dysphoria and lessen the quality of my life or endanger my health. Just refuse to do that. .

BTW congratz on the upcoming surgery!

[Guest leo]

Thanks charlie! 40 hey!! mental! i live in england so 30 degrees is the hottest ot will get which ia major hot to use cus like last yeah we disnt have a summer at all!!

Yeah I see what you mean jj, looking good in your pic, the thing is I was big chested to start with like an E cup so it's difficult to bind as I'm a really skinny person with like a 30 inch waist so they stick out like a mile but like you said surgery soon! Been waiting 5 long years but things are coming together and should be having bottom surgery next year so looking forward to that to

[Guest Strong]

Johnny, I see my doc for T again in a couple weeks and hope its A go. I work out everyday with weights. I've noticed a definate difrence, I know ot will be so much better on T. Please keep your fingers crossed all goes well and I will finally start T.

[Guest Strong]

Leo grats on Top surgery man.

[Guest MrAwesome]

It's only a few more weeks - and you'll never have that dysphoria to worry about again. And 30 degrees... it took me a second to realize what you meant lol. JJ, no idea how you're dysphoric with that body...

[Guest leo]

Thank you guys, can't wait till the 5th of August

[Guest Jaques]

youre having surgery soon, so stop worrying, the problems you are experiencing now wont exist after the op. Good luck with that...........

[Guest leo]

Thanks jaques it's just coping till then, I'm ok at home, just work is the problem!