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so is it normal for breasts to start out a little pointy and cone like? Basically like there not as full and round on the bottoms and sides and im really worried I could end up with tubular breasts... do breasts fill out and round out more usually?? And does not taking progesterone cause tubular breasts? Have those of you who HAVEN"T been on progesterone gotten normal breast development?? Really need to know this as its been really worrying me..

Mine started off pointy and they gradually rounded out. Then they grew pointy and once again they rounded out. So for me it was a cycle of growth.

Yes, it's the way they all start out. The padding (hopefully) comes later, just give it time.

Yup. Mine have been the same way... pointy, sensitive, obvious nipple growth, then rounding out more and calming down. Then more sensitivity and conical shape and nipple growth, then slowly rounding out again. And it's been going on for 2 years now, more or less nonstop.

ditto

were you guys on progesterone though or just E and spiro?

I experienced this on E and an AA only.

Adding P didn't really have much effect on me. Perhaps I need more development before P has any effect for me.

Yeah its normal like everyone else is saying. P helps with reaching full breast maturity but in terms of how they develop its more or less the same I think.

All three, but since I'm in the early stages (18 months) the development is still going on. Conical but becoming less so is how I'd classify them.

Yeah I'm like a few months away from my 3 year mark and mine are looking great. I've been waiting for them to reach the later stages of maturity for a while now and I'm finally there. I feel like I might hit a boobie road block (lol) in growth cause I still haven't had the testes removed yet. Either way, If I hit the last stage pre-op, I will be super duper happy *crosses fingers  ;D

I'm on E and spiro, but I think my genetics is playing a big part because I'm 14 months in and I have a full 38 DD

I was in Washington DC last February and toured some magnificent art museums.  Nude female sculptures most frequently featured those small conical breasts seen on teenage girls and suggest to me that such a shape is therefore idealized to some degree, at least by sculptors. 

I won't use that other n word but it does seem that breast development often starts with those conical shapes and then rounds out in time.  I was a bit asymmetric for a short while and worried about that too and my brief concern was, as usual, not real helpful and had no impact anyway.  Go with the flow and watch em grow.

Quote from: Annabolton on January 11, 2015, 03:11:07 PM
so is it normal for breasts to start out a little pointy and cone like? Basically like there not as full and round on the bottoms and sides and im really worried I could end up with tubular breasts... do breasts fill out and round out more usually?? And does not taking progesterone cause tubular breasts? Have those of you who HAVEN"T been on progesterone gotten normal breast development?? Really need to know this as its been really worrying me..

Yes, breasts go through several stages of development, the first stage is called the mounding stage and characteristically will resemble a rather pointy baseball pitcher's mound

Over several years the breast will go into a variety of stages as it forms and takes shape, the size and shape is pretty much luck of the draw and will very greatly per individual

I've mainly been on E, but have also taken spiro and progesterone for short periods of time

Quote from: Tessa James on January 11, 2015, 04:20:14 PM
I was in Washington DC last February and toured some magnificent art museums.  Nude female sculptures most frequently featured those small conical breasts seen on teenage girls and suggest to me that such a shape is therefore idealized to some degree, at least by sculptors. 

Back in the old days they probably used teenage girls as models anyway.

Quote from: stephaniec on January 11, 2015, 04:07:50 PM
I'm on E and spiro, but I think my genetics is playing a big part because I'm 14 months in and I have a full 38 DD

Wow.

Lets see, three things come to mind, first that 'n' word I'm sure stands for 'nice'  :) , second I need to remember this "Go with the flow and watch them grow" and last but not least, I think a 'nice'   :) retirement hobby would be to look into learning sculpture  >:-) .

Gosh where was I, oh yeah the answer, mine followed this pattern, and they seem hell bent on outdoing each other.    Dani

I was on high dosage of E and high dosage of Androcur back then and I developed tubular breasts as they started conical and simply stayed that way. I had corrective surgery eventually. Now I know that I probably just had a massive lack of Progesterone effect. I did not take any Progesterone back then and instead Androcur acted as a Progesterone blocker. After the surgery it was kind of ok for some years - last year I started on Progesterone and gained one bra cup size from D to E - not in chest size in inches (so on paper I did not gain a cup size but I had to buy one bigger size bra to replace my old ones)  but in volume as they filled out to become totally more rounded and full.
So if you can get P, I would take it - in teenage girls there is first the E and soon after that the breasts start to bud in a conical shape, then the period sets in and P is in the  body as a result and then the breasts become fuller.
Everyone has some P in the body, some more, some less, if it is not suppressed by Androcur, it can be enough to give a normal breast development in some.

 What transpires when you have large moobs starting on HRT??? Will they round out and begin growing in a female fashion???

Quote from: Laurette Mohr on January 11, 2015, 05:51:16 PM
What transpires when you have large moobs starting on HRT??? Will they round out and begin growing in a female fashion???

See: Differences between Man Boobs and Gynecomastia (http://manboobsexpert.com/differences-between-man-boobs-and-gynecomastia/)

It will probably depend on whether your moobs are the result of being over weight or from gynecomastia. In the former it is just fat deposit and the latter instance is due also to glandular development. You need glandular development for breasts. It may be that the glandular development mightn't be noticeable under the moobs so it might seem like nothing is happening until it all catches up to the appropriate size under normal development. But I'm no expert so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Yes, perfectly normal, and that's what early teenage girls' breasts look like too. Fat deposits eventually help with the rounding out.

I have only ever taken (low dose) estrogen, no anti-androgen much less progesterone, and at 5 years on HRT I have nicely rounded mature 42DDD breasts. But even though I was a C cup at 4 months on E, they were definitely perky and conical and teenage at that point... it took years and patience for them to get the mature shape and be less sticky-outy.

I also started with some genuine gynecomastia, meaning actual glandular development, and it's very possibly the reason that I developed so fast.

Quote from: Ms Grace on January 11, 2015, 06:05:20 PM
See: Differences between Man Boobs and Gynecomastia (http://manboobsexpert.com/differences-between-man-boobs-and-gynecomastia/)

It will probably depend on whether your moobs are the result of being over weight or from gynecomastia. In the former it is just fat deposit and the latter instance is due also to glandular development. You need glandular development for breasts. It may be that the glandular development mightn't be noticeable under the moobs so it might seem like nothing is happening until it all catches up to the appropriate size under normal development. But I'm no expert so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Thanks a bunch Ms Grace. That help greatly. I guess I will find out along the way while on HRT. Thanks a million.

  I'll tell you something from real-world observation.  At last year's Pride there was a topless cis girl with very obvious tubular breasts.  I've been on Estrace and Spiro for over a year and mine look nothing like what I saw on her.  When my breasts are warm and have been out of a bra for a little while they protrude somewhat more than I would like, but I know they are still developing and that this is part of the growth cycle.  What keeps lagging behind in growth is the rounding out below the nipple because the skin there is taking longer to expand enough for the volume to settle lower relative to the nipple.  If it weren't for the skin tension I think they would naturally rest rounder on my chest.  I'm happy because the volume is increasing and I'll happily wait for the skin to catch up and 'shape up'.  Plus the right bra makes them look awesome anyway! ;D

I (like a lot of people here) started out with tubular traffic cones. My endocrinologist then put me on prometrium and over a period of about 6 months they filled out and quit looking so much like a teenage girls boobs. Growth is still occurring (Itching!! Arrgghhhh!).

So yes, conical boob development in the early stages is completely normal. Whether or not progesterone will help with that is a decision that is best left up to you and your doctor.

I have been on a transitioning level dose of HRT for about 15 months and progesterone for about 8 months.

Quote from: Jenna Marie on January 11, 2015, 06:18:54 PM
Yes, perfectly normal, and that's what early teenage girls' breasts look like too. Fat deposits eventually help with the rounding out.

Actually fat is only part of it - a major part is the differentation of breast tissue into "lobes" - first you only get milk ducts and fat, later the tissue that actually can produce milk is formed more and this gives the round shape.

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I have only ever taken (low dose) estrogen, no anti-androgen much less progesterone, and at 5 years on HRT I have nicely rounded mature 42DDD breasts. But even though I was a C cup at 4 months on E, they were definitely perky and conical and teenage at that point... it took years and patience for them to get the mature shape and be less sticky-outy.

I also started with some genuine gynecomastia, meaning actual glandular development, and it's very possibly the reason that I developed so fast.

My guess is, that you had a VSD of some sorts anyways - a hormonal shift, PAIS or something therelike. This probably helped you a lot developing that well.

I noticed however that low dosages of E o ften seem to give more satisfying results than the higher ones given in the hope to accelerate development. Consider in teenage girls, E is also not that high and they actually do have some more T than one would think.

Pointy - round - pointy are very normal cycles... Sometimes mine get a little more pointy when or after not wearing a bra... (been on E & S for well over 10 Years, P for over 5, Fin. Just recently) Did not really notice any shape difference before P or after....

L Katy  :-*

Mouu~ you're all so lucky :s but yes op I think it is normal...mine are sort of pointy and conical as well, and I've been on HRT for 4.5 years already.  Mine still resemble a teenage girl's, think I'm still an AA...but I'm also tall and skinny and smaller breasts run in my family, so I don't think they're going to get much bigger unless I put on some weight, would be nice if I could at least get to a B...one bonus though is that I don't need to wear a bra, unless I'm wearing a thin white top.  Wish I could see a doctor about that, but no doctors where I currently live specialize in the LGBTI circles, and my old GP is now a 5 hour drive away x.x