1 Year HRT and No Boobs :(

[Icephoenyx]

I'm really concerned, I've been on estrace, prometrium and aldactone for about one year now, and I have only had very little breast growth. Actually, I started out with a lower dosage of estrace but 4 months ago I was bumped up to to a higher dose.

I'm 22, 6'1'' and 160 pounds, so I'm tall and thin. Therefore, a small chest would suit me and I would only want to go B or C cup max, but I'm not even an A cup yet.

Is it normal, or should I start looking for breast augmentation surgeons now? Or should I talk to my endo?

Any insight would be great, thanks all!!!

Chrissi

[Melody Maia]

I don't know if there is such a thing as normal. Response to hormones is so individualized. You may see continued steady growth and get a sudden spurt later after SRS (if you choose to get it). I myself will most likely get a BA to get me to at least a C if I'm not there after SRS next year.

One thing though, posting dosages is a violation of the terms of service. You might want to modify your post before the mods see this thread.

[Joelene9]

  Talk to your endochrinologist.  Boob job as a last resort, be patient!  Development may take awhile.  HRT varies with the male taking it.  Is your hormone level profile being checked?  I agree with Melody, please edit out your dosages. 
  I'm on a different progesterone and the dosing is modulated, not everyday.  I notice the different types of development during certain times with this modulation.  This is all that I could tell you.  Progesterone usage for breast development is still controversial but a lot of the anecdotal evidence has progesterone as a tool for breast development.    My breasts are a sub-B and steady after 5 months, but the internal structuring is still developing.  They may or may not grow larger,  Evidence I seen have them growing in spurts that varies from 2 months to 2 years apart, SRS or no.  Expect 1-2 cup sizes smaller than your female relatives, but I seen exceptions! Even here on this forum!  Alas, I am 6'2" and old
  Joelene

[MarinaM]

How much caffeine do you drink? Lower it. Do you help the estrogen by intaking a food that is high(ish) in cholesterol after taking it? Try it, but stay healthy.

Some of this is an individualized science experiment.

[Janet_Girl]

Maybe it is time to change your method of delivery.  Patches or injectables.

Also I drink a ton of coffee and I am at a B cup.  And I am at 36 months HRT.  My cholesterol is at 100, so says my Doctor.  I do take Lipitor to keep it down.

[MarinaM]

Thanks Janet, there is now hope that I can keep that beloved narcotic in my life! I'm shooting for a B too.

As you can probably tell, mileage varies greatly.

[Joelene9]

How much caffeine do you drink? Lower it. Do you help the estrogen by intaking a food that is high(ish) in cholesterol after taking it? Try it, but stay healthy.

Some of this is an individualized science experiment.

Yes, the jury is still out for the caffeine.  Mine is limited to the occasional Dr Peppers, I never drank coffee but some tea.  Those going the herbal route says the breast growth started after quitting caffinated drinks.  A weaker estrogen is at work here, they had very limited effect on me before I started HRT.  This was not the pills in a bottle advertised as "Bust Boosters", but a Charles Atlas (A muscleman that only had a pamphlet, no other products, just instruction.) analog of an E-booklet of what kind of herbs and application tips.  The ciswoman author has her own site/ blog and has some satisfied clientele plus a lot of info on feminization tips on CD's and her blog with a lot of responses with pictures.  A lot of hairy boob growth, but the rest of the feminization not there with the herbals.  I still subscribe to her site.  Do not take those phytoestrogenic herbals while on HRT!  They are stronger onto latching on the estrogen receptors, but weaker in the effect!  I weaned myself off of those one month before starting HRT and started drinking the little caffeine again. 
  Joelene 

[Padma]

The psychiatrist and the therapist I've recently started seeing both told me the same thing (like they're used to having to point this out!): a teen girl's breasts take at least 5 years to fully develop from scratch, so on top of the "everyone's body is different" factor, we need to be patient - or fork out for a boob job if patience doesn't feel like an option.

[rejennyrated]

Yep Yoxi nailed it. And actually make that more like ten years before the growth stops - if then. nearly 30 years on I still find I get an occasional size increase. I'm borderline between F and G cup now.

Also forget worrying about caffeine. I drank huge amounts of super-strong coffee in the early days. I still got good development. It's more of a genetic thing. Look around at your female relatives. If they a flat so will you be. If not then it should happen...

[Arch]

The psychiatrist and the therapist I've recently started seeing both told me the same thing (like they're used to having to point this out!): a teen girl's breasts take at least 5 years to fully develop from scratch, so on top of the "everyone's body is different" factor, we need to be patient - or fork out for a boob job if patience doesn't feel like an option.

I was about to say...when I was a teenager, I was very small and took a long time to develop. I thought it meant that I would always be small, but I got larger over a long period of time.

Took about ten years for me to really mature...but maybe I was slower than most.

I have a friend who got her BA only a few months into HRT. She got pretty sizable implants...maybe a size too large, even at this stage of the game. I keep thinking she should have gone a size too small, to allow for hormonal growth. Because what will she look like in a couple of years?

[annette]

Yoxi and Jenny are right about this.
I started with a small B after srs, now I have a D.
So it takes some time, be patient.
btw, i liked the B more but it grows how it grows.

hug
Annette

[vanna]

yes its puberty, rome was not built in one day either are boobs, hips, faces anything you care to mention 

just enjoy the journey its special and if at the end you need more results there is surgery

[vanna]

hehe

Same Valerie, i had BA best thing i ever did after SRS ofc

[pebbles]

Welcome to my world.

15-16months & flat... Flat flat flat always the flattest girl in any photo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Darkphantom/216084_10150164478061433_516026432_7175807_5430891_n.jpg

haha *sigh* can barely even push my shirt out!
It's not really a "problem" unless you have had no other responses to estrogen either... although my boobs haven't grown I've gotten cellulite and fatty hips/abdomen and face changes implying it's just my chest that won't grow.

[jainie marlena]

Oh crap,
I drink coffee like there is no such thing as water. Why would drinking coffee hurt growth?

[Padma]

I don't know if this is relevant to trans women, but cis women who drink a lot of coffee (over 5 cups per day) on HRT have an increased risk of Parkinson's Disease.

Besides, it's an evil charismatic plant that has entire countries enslaved into cultivating it - it must be stopped .

[MarinaM]

Besides, it's an evil charismatic plant that has entire countries enslaved into cultivating it - it must be stopped .

Lies!

[juliemac]

I don't know if this is relevant to trans women, but cis women who drink a lot of coffee (over 5 cups per day) on HRT have an increased risk of Parkinson's Disease.

Besides, it's an evil charismatic plant that has entire countries enslaved into cultivating it - it must be stopped .

The programmers union will be after you with statements like that!

[MarinaM]

Oh crap,
I drink coffee like there is no such thing as water. Why would drinking coffee hurt growth?

Caffeine has been shown (in some cases) to inhibit breast growth in developing women, I can't link a study because I'm responding from my phone. Looks like it may or may not, judging from these ladies' experiences.

[Rock_chick]

I don't know if this is relevant to trans women, but cis women who drink a lot of coffee (over 5 cups per day) on HRT have an increased risk of Parkinson's Disease.

what about tea?