Curves without plastic surgery?

[Brooke777]

Just wondering if it's possible. I know hormones do a little, but won't help all that much with achieving anything close to "curvy" just curious because you see fashion models (Carmen Carrera is probably the first off the top of my head) who have great curves. I suspect it's plastic surgery, but hey, prove me wrong.

Yes, it's possible. I have started to develop noticeable hips. They are still small, but larger than my mother's. I am quite thin, and athletic so it isn't totally because of the amount of body fat I have.

[Lauren5]

Interesting.
Wearing a 36B bra (I think I'm going to change to 34C once I get some more money, as my underbust is a 33, and this one feels a bit too wide) I turn out to be a BWH of 39-30-40. I think I can take that midsection down 2-4 inches with HRT and exercise, having it switch to actual boobs.

Guess I've always had a nice booty, no wonder friends slap it sometimes

[V M]

Hi friends 

Most of the comments are okay but there have been a few kinda snippy remarks and an outburst

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, let's make sure to not take another person's comments personally and keep the conversation civil

Name calling and/or comments that could reasonably be construed as a personal attack will not be tolerated

Thank you

V M

[Janae]

I plan on getting mine via surgery. It'd be nice if hormones did it for me but that's just not reality.

I plan on getting a brazilian butt lift, lipo sculpture, and breast implants. It's amazing what can be done if you're fleshy enough and have extra weight. I've been researching females who've had these procedures who had sad looking bodies who now look like their own versions of Jessica Rabbit lol.

If you can't grow it buy it!!

[IMsteph]

I'm 37" around my bust, 28" waist and 39" hips. I could be worse. I've had a bit of liposculpture, but didn't make much difference in the measurements. I've also had a BA. I do do cardio and barbell squats or leg press. That made more difference than any surgery. I'm up to about 220lbs on the leg press.

I agree with Nicolette, exercise can do a lot. I've been conditioning, which is focused on enlarging hips and butt, and slimming waist. Clothes can also make a difference. If you like wearing pleated skirts, they can help emphasize the difference between waist and hips. Tapered tops and jackets can also help.

[peky]

Amber : Well, actual anatomy 101 sources disagree with you. Men and women have the same number of ribs - 12 pairs each. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/subjects/subject/28 (Gray's Anatomy discusses ribs with no qualifiers as to sex/chromosomes/etc.)

http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1198400/how-many-ribs-do-we-have

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib_cage

This site even has X-rays : http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/ribs.htm

LOL... minus the one where Eve come from I suppose...LOL

[Jill F]

Carmen woul probably be something like 36-38 D chest, waist about 24-25 and hips 38-40. My guess. Its the difference and the hips. Our bones and extra ribs limit what you can get without surgery. Its also precisely where body fat goes, especially Latina females, they got the booty naturally.

Ugh, I don't even know where to begin with you.

1) Men and women have the same number of ribs. Anyone who has taken a gross anatomy course can attest to that.  Even if you took Adam and Eve literally, then men would have fewer than women naturally.

2) This untrue generalization of Latinas borders on racism. 

[stephaniec]

weird , the things you learn on Susan's. I always thought man had I less then woman , wow, I guess  Adam started out with an extra one. sorry for the side track.

[Nicolette]

I agree with Nicolette, exercise can do a lot. I've been conditioning, which is focused on enlarging hips and butt, and slimming waist. Clothes can also make a difference. If you like wearing pleated skirts, they can help emphasize the difference between waist and hips. Tapered tops and jackets can also help.

Cardio and lower-body resistance training will lower your centre of gravity. A wide stance with weight on the heels with leg press or squats will work your butt muscles more. I actually purchased all the equipment I need because I was pretty serious about it, so basically have my own gym and can do it when I want.

I'm not promoting SRS, but I've found that it has helped with the curves because it allows me to wear skin tight clothes and my jeans even sit further up, shortening my upper body and lengthening my legs. My butt is more pronounced because it's not being compressed and distorted by two or three pairs of tight knickers.

It can be done. But with a little helping hand from some lipo and nothing radical.

Edit: BTW, my BMI is a healthy 22.4.

[Dee]

What Nicolette has already said a couple times. Hip abductor exercises, squats, leg presses. Also other exercises to tone your midsection can help (sit-ups, waist rotators, etc).

I'm on my phone so i can't really post links, but there's a YouTube video of feminizing exercises I've seen around here several times.

[Thylacin]

weird , the things you learn on Susan's. I always thought man had I less then woman , wow, I guess  Adam started out with an extra one. sorry for the side track.

Well, even if there had been an Adam, surgery doesn't change genetics, so his offspring would have had his pre-surgery rib count.

[Yasmine]

Did anyone try Jamaican Peritols?

[Kyra553]

I honestly believe long term corseting is the way to go for reduced waist line, provided a person is still in early stages of life where the floating ribs can be moved somewhat. But some people will not benefit from this option. So lower rib removal could be the only real option for how they wish to appear. Either way, I wont deny either option.

found an old susan post from 2007 that relates to this somewhat.
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php?topic=24034.0

[Thylacin]

Did anyone try Jamaican Peritols?

Google "chicken pills", sounds like a terrible idea.

[Yasmine]

Google "chicken pills", sounds like a terrible idea.

Yeah Arsenic may not be such a good idea..

Perhaps Maca powder is a healthier and safer option for bigger butt and hips and breasts. Good for libido too. I think I will try it for a while.

[Yasmine]

What Nicolette has already said a couple times. Hip abductor exercises, squats, leg presses. Also other exercises to tone your midsection can help (sit-ups, waist rotators, etc).

I'm on my phone so i can't really post links, but there's a YouTube video of feminizing exercises I've seen around here several times.

Do you mean this video?

[Dee]

Yes! That's the one!

[mandonlym]

I'm 34-25-34 at my fittest, both before and after transition, and I tend to collect fat on my boobs and belly. Right now I'm probably something like a 34B-27-34, which I'm fine with. The plastic surgery industry has a lot of incentive for making us feel insecure about our bodies.

I really encourage everyone to think carefully before considering plastic surgery. Who are you doing it for and why?

[missy1992]

I really encourage everyone to think carefully before considering plastic surgery. Who are you doing it for and why?

So much this. Women are constantly bombarded with pictures showing what we should look like and what is to be desireable. The effects are often detrimental to our self esteem. Add in a trans history and you have the perfect formula for body dysphoria.

I know I have regretted certain procedures (certainly not srs) but often times we bring ourselves to do things based on the opinion of others. This is not only limited to surgery but includes the money we spend on vanities, the damage done by crash diets, and the insatiable appetite for empty luxuries.

[Jodi.LP]

It depends on the individuals body type and genetics. My body hasn't changed in the 4 months I've been on hormones aside from my "pre hrt "man boobs" getting bigger and rounding out.