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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: Wesley_33 on November 25, 2011, 05:32:40 PM

Title: How do you bind?
Post by: Wesley_33 on November 25, 2011, 05:32:40 PM
Do you:
Just use a binder?
Bra than binder?
Shirt than Binder?
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Kreuzfidel on November 25, 2011, 06:13:21 PM
Binder then t-shirt, sometimes a long-sleeve button down over the t-shirt if it's cold.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Sharky on November 25, 2011, 06:23:06 PM
Binder then shirt before the shirt then shirt.
Never tried putting an undershirt under my binder.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Wesley_33 on November 25, 2011, 06:24:18 PM
Just was wondering how many others put something on under their binder.

Guess I should add compression shirt than binder as option
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Darrin Scott on November 25, 2011, 06:25:54 PM
I wear two tri-tops, an undershirt and a shirt or button up.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: N.Chaos on November 25, 2011, 07:16:13 PM
Generally I wear the double front on the bottom, tritop over that, undershirt and then either a button up (If I'm feeling particularly comfortable, generally if I'm with family) or another shirt and then a coat/hoodie.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Kyle_S on November 25, 2011, 07:28:23 PM
Usually:  binder, t-shirt (some days, button-up on top of that shirt), hoodie, winter coat. It works.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Wesley_33 on November 25, 2011, 07:33:00 PM
Ok I get we all love the layers over the binder but I'm trying to get at what do you put UNDER the binder if anything.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Luc on November 25, 2011, 08:18:55 PM
Wow... I don't know how all of you guys do it. If I do anything more than just wear my binder under whatever clothes I would ordinarily wear, I feel like I'm suffocating from the heat. As it is, in the summer, the binder alone is far too much.

I use the Underworks cotton concealer compression muscle tees--- I've tried the double front, and I know I'd need an undershirt to go under one of those, but the spandex on the cotton concealers is soft enough to go without an undershirt. Just have to watch out for chest hair catching in the spandex!
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: xander on November 25, 2011, 08:24:47 PM
Just a binder and whatever shirt I want.

I used to wear a binder, a tight shirt then another shirt and whatever I wanted to wear on top of that. But now my chest is fairly passable without having to do that.

Plus it's almost summer so ->-bleeped-<- that.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Nygeel on November 25, 2011, 08:25:38 PM
I wear an underworks 997 under whatever I'm wearing.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: dmx on November 25, 2011, 08:26:25 PM
Binder with an undershirt over it to conceal it.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: he who shall not be named on November 25, 2011, 11:11:57 PM
I wear a sports bra under my lesloveboat short binder. The sports bra is the kind that separates my breasts, it has underwire and everything. I've tried regular sports bras but I end up having one giant, bouncing uniboob.  :P I'm not really happy with my current results, I'm thinking of getting an underworks tri-top and layering binders.

Has anyone tried layering binders? How'd it work? I'm somewhat worried about health, but I figure I know my limits and I'll stop if it seems too bad.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Nygeel on November 25, 2011, 11:14:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 25, 2011, 11:11:57 PM


Has anyone tried layering binders? How'd it work? I'm somewhat worried about health, but I figure I know my limits and I'll stop if it seems too bad.
I had a panic attack because my chest wasn't visually flatter with 2 vs 1. I couldn't breathe while freaking out so I just took them off.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Sharky on November 25, 2011, 11:16:50 PM
Layering binders didn't get me flatter.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: xander on November 25, 2011, 11:27:00 PM
layering has worked for me while using love boat binders. I find underworks too stiff to be effective.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Berger on November 26, 2011, 12:06:58 AM
I wear just a binder and a shirt over it. It would be uncomfortable and less flat to wear a bra under a binder in my opinion. I have heard of some bigger guys layering 2 binders and then a shirt.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Lee on November 26, 2011, 01:28:12 AM
I wear a sports bra, binder, then another sports bra.  The one below is because I cut a few inches off the tritop to keep it from rolling up or having to fold the bottom.  However, things can now migrate down and out a bit if I'm doing something physical without the first sports bra.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Silas on November 26, 2011, 01:31:57 AM
Just a binder under whatever I'm wearing, though I usually wear two shirts, a t-shirt and open button-up. I can't afford two binders and wearing a sports bra freaks me out.

Then again, I'm very small-chested.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Sam- on November 26, 2011, 01:35:03 AM
I don't wear anything under my binder. I tried wearing a tight tanktop underneath in the beginning but it would lump up weird and make my breasts able to move around more actually. I haven't had any chafing problems or anything from wearing it against my skin. My only issue is that if I get sweaty I stay sweaty where my binder is, it doesn't wick away sweat or breathe too well.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Lord of the Dance on November 26, 2011, 02:10:46 AM
Back in the days when I used a Tri-top I occasionally wore a T-shirt underneath it. It didn't seem to make too much difference that I recall, but it did stop the binder chafing my nipples so much ;]

These days I just wear a Loveboat sports bra binder-thing with at least a couple of T-shirts over the top. It's very nice and infinitely more comfortable, but more fiddly and not quite as effective as the Tri-top.
Title: Re: How do you bind?
Post by: Morgan. on November 26, 2011, 07:43:03 PM
I don't wear anything under my binder, but it is a double front compression binder and I am lucky enough to have a small chest, so it is usually all I need under what I wear. I like wearing baggy shirts most of the time, so my chest usually looks flat.