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Marbabar

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... my breasts are starting to grow, or I’m just getting fatter. 

... my nipples are sore from hormones, or from chafing and sweating all day every day under silicone breast forms in 90°+ heat.

... my skin is drying out from the estrogen or from a week using hotel soap on vacation. 

 

I can’t tell so, I might as well assume the best! ?

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If your breasts are getting firmer then I would suggest they are growing!  Nipple soreness is typical as the estrogen keeps them in a perpetual aroused mode.  Dry skin, Yes!  You will dry out as the T is mitigated.  I have the double whammy of thinner skin as I've aged (similar to my mother) as well as the dryness.  Stay hydrated and use lotion. 

 

Jani

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Just now, Jani said:

Stay hydrated and use lotion. 

ABSOLUTELY

 

A cotton "nursing shield" between your nipples and your silicone forms will help wick away the moisture that will harbor other problems for your chest skin in hot weather.  I personally just ditched the forms when things got too hot, even at one Trans Convention I was at when my boob tissue was taking off.  I surprised myself that I really felt better and less self-conscious without the BF's, like I was showing off my new self, small as that was.  It was a moment of POWER.

 

Just be careful using some scented skin lotions if you are on vacation.  The bugs in Georgia one year homed in on me like an Air Force bombing squad with stuff on that sent Southern California bugs heading to Northern California fast.  (Someone offered me a head to toe mosquito net garment, and I darn near took them up on it.

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Just reading this post... 

I didn't know me aereoles were so sore because they are in a constant state of arousal! My very tiny breasts are definitely much firmer than before hormones and now I can stop wondering if my breasts are really developing or it was just my imagination. Thanks for sharing your journeys ladies. It helps so much. 

Hugs & Smiles 

Julie J 

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Hi Julie,  

Permanent arousal is totally correct I have been on Estradiol Valerate now for a year in nine days and my nipples are still going berserk ?

Also you will notice a hard lump appear behind the nipples be careful of this, I caught myself on my bathroom door and almost jumped out the window never felt anything like that in my life. The lumps I have are around the size of a pool ball and very hard.

Developing breasts is quite an eye opener also the movement of them when I run up stairs even wearing a bra it quite staggering I can feel my whole chest muscles pulling down ?

Enjoy hunni your puppies are on their way

 

Kali-Ann ? xx 

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Just as a warning, I went through two more stages that drove me crazy, one of them was about 3 months of being ticklish where I had to keep my bras cinched on firmly, and the worst was about 6 months after that where the feeling became erotic and radiated over my entire chest and lower tummy areas if something lightly touched them like a filmy night gown.  Just a head's up. 

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Oddly several years into HRT I’m going through another phase of perkyness.  Due to the heat and work on the farm I haven’t been wearing a bra so I get bumped(oweeee) but also somehow there is more sensation.  It is quite liberating but i would rather not see the big “sag” begin.  

 

Gentle hugs,

 

Charlize

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I've had a lull in growth and that distressed me for a bit, then I just asked my wife and she said they don't just keep growing all the time, silly! I felt loads better and now I am back on the blockers I find my nipples are hard a lot of the time. I've only been on HRT for about 11mths and on low doses, thankfully the doctors have increased my dosage, so hoping to feel and see more progress. I love being me, finally! ?

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OMG... I just put on a pair of shorts (boy shorts... sigh) that have ALWAYS fallen down unless I'm wearing a belt. I pulled them on in the laundry room - my belt was upstairs - then continued with the laundry, hanging things up, folding towels and so forth. I picked up the laundry basket and went up 2 flights of stairs and started putting the towels away when I realized my shorts hadn't fallen down! I went into the bedroom and loaded up the pockets with my wallet, change, keys... this would do the deed... shorts will definitely fall down around my ankles now... NOT! Holy cow! I picked up my belt, threaded it through the belt loops and pulled it tight, to the last belt hole, without any trouble. I have never gotten it into the last belt hole! 

I've been wondering if my hormones are really working... YES they are most emphatically beginning to bring changes to my waist and hips, else my shorts would have been so loose they would have fallen down, like they did 4 days ago! Can these changes really happen this quickly? 

Marbabar... assume the best. I'm sooooo happy!!!!

Hugs & Smiles

Julie J

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3 hours ago, Julie J said:

Can these changes really happen this quickly? 

 

It may not be the direct result of tissue re-distribution, but hormones and anti-hormones do mess with our fluid retention in the early months of using them.  Spiro is a diuretic that can get rid of excess water in our systems, but the E at certain points and levels in the blood stream can make us have water-bloat as well.  Quite a game of tug-of-war.  I am not trying to  be a kill-joy and am glad you are happy, but don't be let down either.  I have been on HRT for 9 years and it is a roller coaster, but for me it is the right stuff.

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Thanks Vicky... I don't know if something is actually happening, but I'm going to err on the side of cautious optimism! I'll know better at my next doctors appointment on the 28th. He has been tracking my physical changes through weight, body measurements and my blood lab test results for hormone levels etc. I think I will ask my MD for a printout of my progress so I can refer back to it as I go forward. I really appreciate you and everyone else sharing your experience as I go along on my own journey.

I really am soooo happy! LOL

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Julie J

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Enjoy the growth Marbabar, and then get ready for your mammograms ?

 

I received a letter today from the imaging facility I went to last week, and was really nice to read these words below.

 

"we are pleased to inform you that the results of your recent breast imaging exam are normal"

 

Happy and healthy boobies to you

 

C -

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Congratulations CyndiRae! I hope I fair as well when it's my time... probably another 4 or 5 years? I guess I'll have to wait and see. Imagine, there may be a time I will have documentation that my breasts are normal! Woohoo!

Another milestone CyndiRae!

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Julie J

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CyndiRae well done.  I've had a script for a mammogram for over a year now and just haven't gone in for the procedure.  I know it is foolish especially after helping a dear friend through a long trial with breast cancer, reconstruction, hair loss and all that accompanies that horror.  I'm glad to see the topic discussed here.  I've got to get moving on my self care in that regards.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

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On 8/16/2018 at 9:40 AM, CyndiRae said:

Enjoy the growth Marbabar, and then get ready for your mammograms ?

 

I received a letter today from the imaging facility I went to last week, and was really nice to read these words below.

 

"we are pleased to inform you that the results of your recent breast imaging exam are normal"

 

Happy and healthy boobies to you

 

C -

Superb, really happy for you. ❤️

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