a welcome bit of perspective

[Arch]

Hey Arch, can you wear a plain white cotton Tshirt under your binder?

I'm thinking that I might be able to do this, but I worry about wrinkles. I used to ride horses, and one wrinkle in a saddle blanket can cause all sorts of problems. I'm not a horse, but I vividly remember being indoctrinated into the smooth saddle blanket club when I was a kid!

And after all you folks started talking about perspiration and pimples and boils, oh my--well, my courage started to quail.

I guess the only thing to do is to experiment. But I know that my chest won't be flat enough. My boobs are too fricking big. Hate them, hate them, hate them.

[Aiden]

Hey Arch, can you wear a plain white cotton Tshirt under your binder?

I'm thinking that I might be able to do this, but I worry about wrinkles. I used to ride horses, and one wrinkle in a saddle blanket can cause all sorts of problems. I'm not a horse, but I vividly remember being indoctrinated into the smooth saddle blanket club when I was a kid!

And after all you folks started talking about perspiration and pimples and boils, oh my--well, my courage started to quail.

I guess the only thing to do is to experiment. But I know that my chest won't be flat enough. My boobs are too fricking big. Hate them, hate them, hate them.

Yeh wel wearing a shirt under it might help in the pimples and boils part.  I don't wear a shirt under mine because I don't feel like wearing 4 layers of clothing lol.  As is I wear the binder, then an A-shirt to help smooth things out more, and then regular shirt.  and all black usually so gets hot.  I wear a lot of dark clothing so getting a black binder figure blinds in better, not as likely to show up or be noticable expecialy when wearing my self made muscle shirt lol  (took sleeves off of a long sleeved shirt)

[sneakersjay]

I have the compression shirts from underworks.  Binder fabric on the inside; cotton tee shirt material on the outside.  This I assume so you can wear it as a shirt.  I have a tank top/wife beater and a muscle shirt.

What I do is wear them inside out, with the cotton against my skin.  I used to use baby powder to absorb the moisture, but stopped when I started T, as the gel is kind of messy and I have to wait for it to dry before I can get dressed, and by then I forget the powder.

Also, if I'm going to wear a button down shirt, having the shiny compression fabric on the outside makes my tee shirt slide over it and not bunch.  I usually only do that if I'm going to work where it's fairly cool with the air conditioning.  I doubt I'd wear that many layers outside in the heat.

I am so looking forward to having top surgery in Dec!!  Counting the days!!

Jay

[Aiden]

I'm fortunante it doesn't get above 100 degrees F here or if does is very rare.  And I have fairly good heat tolerence.  But still I only wear that many layers when out in public.  At home or among friends who know what I am and have accepted me I will at times take off a layer or 2.

Compered to a Klingon costume it's nothing   I think of it now as building abit of tolerence so can stand to wear the costume longer lol. 

And congrats on the surgery.  Mines a long way down the road lol

[Arch]

Compered to a Klingon costume it's nothing  

Or eating half-dead gagh.

[iFindMeHere]

Compered to a Klingon costume it's nothing  

Or eating half-dead gagh.

qa'plagh!