How do you feel about your chest size?

[Tossu-sama]

Kind of makes me want to ask a new questuon, did anyone have masculine traits and/or lack feminine traits pre transition?

I don't know if I ever had masculine physical traits pre-T. I wasn't too hairy and my bodybuild certainly wasn't masculine. It wasn't feminine either but I've always been on the scrawny side so no muscle or anything. Thanks to T I've been able to gain some weight and I think I look much better now even if I'm totally not the fittest person around.
I liked to think I was relatively hairy, though, but I'm pretty sure that was just hopeful thinking. I mean, being blond certainly didn't help at all. But I had never shaved my legs (and I still haven't) so I had pretty nice fuzz going on there. |D

Still, people managed to be confused about my gender quite often, especially in my late teens when I started to dress pretty androgynously and kept my hair short. Didn't even bother that my hair was constantly dyed. Then again, back then we had our own anime/manga/overall Japanese culture craze here so about half of the people my age looked like that lol.

[CodexUmbrae]

Well... I haven't transitioned yet, so... I'm 17. I think I have like a B size.... Don't know. Always hated it and I've never mesured it at all. xD I've always weared sports bras, small ones, so I guess it is small. For me, it's big. But that's because of dysphoria. I ALWAYS see it when I look at the mirror, and when I'm sitting... God, I'm always pulling down my shirts so they don't bend at the stomach. Being realistic, I guess it doesn't look so much 'cause I've been called a boy even without a binder, like 80% of the times when a meet a stranger.

That is a thing that gets me happy buut so surprised. xD I mean... I don't feel like I have a deep voice or something, I don't use binders, I am PETITE (I don't even get to 5'' tall, have small hands and feet and everything, and, to make it worse, I have hips (one of my big sources of dysphoria, along with the chest, which I hated from the beggining, I also refused to use any kind of bra till I was like 12, when they began to grow at 10)).

Yeah, I usually get called "adorable", but, at least, as a man. xD Good thing I actually don't like women. (? I think the thing that helps me a lot to pass is the way I walk, the way I sit, and so. I've always been called the more "boyish" of my sisters, since I'm the older and have two younger sisters, they have the same age. I, also, use black a lot and the few clothes that I've got to choose are men clothes. One guy at a contest in other city even told me he wanted my jeans. xD

So... Well. It's REALLY difficult to get something that actually fits me from the men's section. I'm so freaking small. Last time, I had to go with the shop's sewer to get ome shirt to fit me, it was the smallest but it still fit me long. Buuut anyway, my mother is pretty short and my biological father (I was born from insemination), which was german, was average tall. I just hope that T helps me out a little with my height. Seriously, I'm one of the smallest students in my whole school, they often ask me if I'm in first grade when I'm in my senior year. xD At least, all of the new students this year saw me as a boy, sad thing I haven't outered to no one so my sisters, that just got into my school, and all the other students that knew me screwed it. (?

Well, anyway. Yeah, my chest gets me so unconfortable although it's small enough to pass without a binder (but with big shirts... Anyway, everything is big on me xD). My body doesn't have any male traits, I think. Maybe my voice is kind of neutral, but I haven't get used to control it so it gets awfully high when I get excited. I'm freaking small and I don't like it at all. The only good thing is that I have hairy legs. (? Not that much but is ok. Sad thing: I don't use to wear shorts because, since nobody knows at all that I'm trans, they always point the fact of the hair in my legs.

Apologize, as always, for my english. Not a native speaker but trying my best, though.

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[WolfNightV4X1]

Hey again, man :]

First question, do you mind being a small and petite guy? Ive personally found it relieving to accept being a "femboy" or "twink" of sorts, it doesnt matter if Im feminine, young, or "gay", Im still read as a guy. Even before transition and even seen as female, I was always read as very young or very small so it doesnt matter to me either way, I just found its how I am.

T will help masculinize you even further so you dont have to worry as much about how you dress, speak, act...so if youre anything like me you can continue being effeminate and comfortable in your skin, I never expected to masculinize to the point of beards, muscle, and male buffness and thats fine by me. You can definitely become a bigger, stronger guy if you want but if you dont I would suggest you learn to embrace your body type because no matter what youre still a guy

[nameuser]

I think I'm a 32c/34b and it just sucks having anything there. I'm grateful they're not any bigger - the average cup size for women in my family is an F *-* so I definitely lucked out.

Chest size aside, the women in my family are actually pretty masculine. Broad shoulders, big feet and hands, 5'7" plus. My mum gets misgendered a lot. Though they do have wide hips. I managed to take after one of my grandmas so I missed out on the height (am 5'2"), broad shoulders, big feet and hands, but I ended up with narrow hips (well, narrower than my shoulders). So I kind of win and as I don't have a great relationship with a few people in my family, it's a relief not to look like them.

My body shape is boyish, but not masculine. Apart from the chipmunk cheeks my face is pretty androgynous. I basically look like a 13 year old boy, which is always a little awkward when you're 20. Went to see a horror movie with my friend the other day, it was a 15 and I very nearly didn't get in >~< (I don't carry any iD, because the only time people ask to see it is when I'm passing, and I don't want to spoil the magic)

[haeden]

That sucks that a lot of people struggle with that :/ Sometimes I wonder if Im one of the few guys who has that "advantage"

Kind of makes me want to ask a new questuon, did anyone have masculine traits and/or lack feminine traits pre transition?

I'm not on t but get called sir a lot. My voice is kinda deep for a cis girl and can get pretty raspy after a night of drinking or partying or just if lupus wants to be weird.
All the women on my moms side have broad shoulders and the binder flattens me out enough I guess

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[CodexUmbrae]

Hey again, man :]

First question, do you mind being a small and petite guy? Ive personally found it relieving to accept being a "femboy" or "twink" of sorts, it doesnt matter if Im feminine, young, or "gay", Im still read as a guy. Even before transition and even seen as female, I was always read as very young or very small so it doesnt matter to me either way, I just found its how I am.

T will help masculinize you even further so you dont have to worry as much about how you dress, speak, act...so if youre anything like me you can continue being effeminate and comfortable in your skin, I never expected to masculinize to the point of beards, muscle, and male buffness and thats fine by me. You can definitely become a bigger, stronger guy if you want but if you dont I would suggest you learn to embrace your body type because no matter what youre still a guy

Hii. xD

I actually kind of like it, just... I'm reaaaaally small, my two little sisters are taller than me, and I would like to be a little, just a little, bit taller. xD

Like you, I don't wanna become a bigger and stronger guy, I like being small (just I'd be happier to be a little bit taller xD I think it would help me to pass, but maybe with T and all I won't be feeling this way about my height then). Like you, I was always read as very young, a joke that I get many times is that if I get my driving permit the cops would be stoping me all the way because they'd think I'm younger and I shouldn't be driving. xD But, by the other hand, is kind of nice when people call me "adorable". They like to grab my cheeks. xD But it's ok for me.

So yeah, you're right. With time I'll will get used to my body and learn to love it the way it is. When my hips and chest are gone I'll be happy. xD

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[Muscle Matt]

I always used to be a small 34B. I kinda filled out the cup, but too big for a 34A. Then, I decided, instead of transitioning, I'd go the complete opposite and try a bunch of natural hormones to feminize. I went up to a 32DD (the shape of my boobs made it look a LOT smaller than it sounds--people still thought I was a B or C cup). After stopping the hormones, they went down to a 34C, and then I stopped wearing the bra. I'm guessing I was about a full 34B when I had top surgery.

I've always hated my boobs, they've never belonged on me (plus, my areolas were puffy, and that made me the most self-conscious, especially when I couldn't always hide them with a bra (scoliosis). I couldn't bind (only did it a few times, the back pain for me was unreal, plus, asthma). So in order to transition, I needed top surgery. I've never felt so at peace with myself since. It took a while for my areola edges to flatten out after surgery, so I was still stuck with puffy areolas that I couldn't hide under anything for a few months, and that continued my self-conscious-ness. But they've finally flattened, and while my chest still isn't completely settled and natural yet, it's so close, I don't even have a problem with it really.

I guess given all the conditions, I'm lucky I wasn't born big-chested, but it's a shame that I couldn't have been much smaller. If I was a small A, I wouldn't have had to worry so much about immediate top surgery. I wouldn't let most people call me my male name until after surgery. If binding were an option for me, I might not have felt so horrible in public.

[MxEnby]

I'm genderqueer but lean more masculine and sometimes I wonder whether I'm actually FTM.

I have GIGANTIC boobs (over a G cup), and want them off. Not just reduced, but OFF. I'm looking to being put on the list for a reduction soon so that's partway towards it, but the boobs would still be quite big and I've heard it's quite dangerous to bind with big boobs.

So yeah, not pleased with my boobies at all

[TransAm]

I absolutely hated my chest before top surgery. I was 'gifted' (urgh) with very, very perky C's and a small stomach that made it pretty much impossible to bind effectively. If I somehow managed to get to a place that was semi-sufficient, I'd be extremely uncomfortable from the pressure of the binder or a hard pulling sensation on my skin. I ended up having to settle for them simply being tied down enough not to move at all. This took away some of the mental discomfort of the awareness of their presence but did nothing to aid in passing as I still clearly had breasts. My chest was what did me in 9/10 when I was being gendered female. I could see people make eye contact and say "Hello sir, how ar--" before glancing at my chest and voraciously apologizing/recanting. It was awful.

Before my top surgery, I asked my surgeon to let me know how much they weighed. I was convinced she was going to be shaving a good 5-6lbs off (they felt massive to me) but I guess their collective weight was a mere three pounds.
That three pounds definitely caused an awful lot of misery.

Edit: I should also add that binder shopping was a complete nightmare. I did (what I thought was) a lot of research on larger chested guys and what brands they used. There were a few guys that got amazing results despite having 'perky' upper halves. After a lot of looking, I settled on a type/style/brand and waited anxiously for it to arrive.
When it showed up at the door, I ripped it open and ran upstairs to try it on.
I can honestly say it was one of the most dysphoria-inducing moments of my life. It looked like I was wearing a black corset. It deeply cinched in my waist and accentuated the sweater calves to a disgusting degree. I tried moving them to the side, rolling the binder, etc. to no avail. It was such a defeating moment and I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling.

[FtMitch]

That sucks that a lot of people struggle with that :/ Sometimes I wonder if Im one of the few guys who has that "advantage"

Kind of makes me want to ask a new questuon, did anyone have masculine traits and/or lack feminine traits pre transition?

Does being so dominate and aggressive you end up being a hardcore femdom in the BDSM community count as a masculine trait prior to coming out?  Seriously, I looked feminine but had a tendency to reeeeeally turn a certain kind of person off with how "mannish" I acted in my personality.  Of course, it also really turned on another kind of person, LOL.  I had no problems with physical masculine traits prior to transition, but I've had the personality ones that left people referring to me as a tomboy or lesbian or just "guyish" my whole life.  I wish my bone structure was a little less delicate, I will sat that--even for a female I have a tiny bone structure.  And even though my chest is fairly flat (large B cup), I have a dip in my chest structure that makes is look like I have a lot of cleavage.  UGH.

[WolfNightV4X1]

Does being so dominate and aggressive you end up being a hardcore femdom in the BDSM community count as a masculine trait prior to coming out?  Seriously, I looked feminine but had a tendency to reeeeeally turn a certain kind of person off with how "mannish" I acted in my personality.  Of course, it also really turned on another kind of person, LOL.  I had no problems with physical masculine traits prior to transition, but I've had the personality ones that left people referring to me as a tomboy or lesbian or just "guyish" my whole life.  I wish my bone structure was a little less delicate, I will sat that--even for a female I have a tiny bone structure.  And even though my chest is fairly flat (large B cup), I have a dip in my chest structure that makes is look like I have a lot of cleavage.  UGH.

Haha! Well personality certainly counts for some stuff.

Oddly enough I do have the small divet in my chest as well, I think its called pectus excavatum and is fairly normal despite a minor nuisamce