Andrej Pejic is featured on Vogue Brazil.  From the picture can you tell if Andrej had some HRT done?  I noticed the enlarged areolae and some breast formation.  If so what HRT produces such a body?

I haven't had any HRT so I don't know how the body transforms.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/andrej-pejic-nude-photo-vogue_n_3384942.html

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I've posted quite a few articles about Andrej in the News Forum, haven't ever read anything about them doing HRT. Andrej sure does look amazing!

Shana

Andrej reminds me of a young Michael Monroe

I follow Andrej's stuff almost weekly and when I saw that photo I knew a thread like this was going to come up here. I've suspected for some time that he was probably on androgen blockers at least. His feminine appearance is quite striking and he's expressed in interviews that he "isn't very sexual"-- an extremely rare trait for a male in his early 20s. These new photos show definite breast growth, though. As a male of about Andrej's frame and size myself, I can say there's no way a pair of pointers like that can appear without some help. It is possible to get something with suction devices, but these look hormonal to me.

I personally think Andrej Pejic's popularity is doing an amazing amount of good for the public image of androgynous and transgender people. Growing breasts won't hinder that at all. Maybe he'll finally score a Victoria's Secrets contract. 

~ Lyric ~

Thanks Lyric,

Do you think Andrej is any kind of estrogen or progesterone?  I am asking because I really like Andrej's figure.

I so want to start hormone replacement therapy.  I really thing that I would benefit from it.  Unfortunately where I live there are no gender specialists and it doesn't look like I will be moving.

With my weight though I will probably look like I have very large man boobs.  But still I would really like to have some HRT.

I'm not a HRT expert at all, but I'm sure someone else here can tell more about that than me. I believe I've heard progesterone contributes more to breast growth, but don't quote me on it. Obviously it would help to discuss one's goal with your prescribing physician.

~ Lyric ~

I'm going to throw in the possibility of an intersex condition.

I also noticed a scar in his/her left rib cage, and two below in the upper left abdominal quadrant....

He/She is so beautiful...yes, definitely a tanner stage II....origin? who cares! 

Note pressure marks form the panty or panty-hose he/she was wearing 

Quote from: Kelly the Trans-Rebel on June 06, 2013, 04:11:58 PM
I'm going to throw in the possibility of an intersex condition.

He's taken quite a few shots over the last few years showing a flatter chest. I think if he were intersex, things would have been visible before and not perked up at age 22.

She/he's made a very good decision IF she/he went on hormones.
To preserve his gorgeous feminine looks and not having it ruined by masculinisation/testosterone.

I was very feminine looking too when younger and went on hormones at 25...to preserve my feminine looks.

Masculinisising was a total nightmare for me, back in those days.

Never regretted going on hormones, on the contrary.

OMG Dahlia this is such a great perspective.  Unfortunately I am about 30 years old so if I go on hormones now I don't think I will preserve anything .

I hate all the masculinity that is in my body.  I don't feel ok about it and I have a theory that when I started to hit puberty my life started to change to the worse.  Guys around me started to hit puberty and they were happy about it but I became really self-conscious.  My body hair wasn't growing until later and I felt that there was something wrong with me.  Sometimes I say that I haven't gone through puberty properly.

Unfortunately I am in a place where taking hormones is not that easy.  My doctor tried to ask an endocrinologist for help and she was like no that is against out culture.  But I would love to go on some kind of HRT.  I don't know what though.

I think that the best course of action for anyone in the future is to control puberty and not let it do whatever it wants with the body.  If a person feels that the hormones that are changing are correct then no intervention is needed but if a person doesn't like the changes then they can control it and steer it into the right direction.  I am MAAB and I don't know how FAABs deal with their menstrual cycle.  I feel that it is not easy at all.

Here is a shirtless picture of Andres Pejic, age 18 or 19, for comparison, from a 2010 session by photographer Thomas Lohr:



Note the lack of feminine chest characteristics.  No apparent scars here, as Peky noted in the OP picture.

Although some of Pejic's images have him come off as a woman, the model says he "doesn't want to be a woman, he wants to be, and combine, both genders, because he feels that one is not enough."

Looking at a very large very large version of the recent pic, I don't think he has any scars-- just lots of elastic marks. Most figure models go to the shoot in loose clothing before such sessions. What is obvious, though, is the unmistakable cone shape of the bosoms. He's said in interview that he's not on anything, but if it's obvious something's going on.

Unless he's Peter Pan, his shelf life will be extremely short. It's practically impossible to maintain the boyish androgynous look beyond 25 years, unless you're on HRT or there's an underlying medical condition. I can't see the fuss, personally.

Quote from: Nicolette on June 12, 2013, 09:18:11 AM
It's practically impossible to maintain the boyish androgynous look beyond 25 years...

That's not true for everyone. Different people have different body types. A certain segment of us are "ectomorphic" and tend to be naturally thin. I'm over 50 and at 5'11" weigh only 127 lbs. I've never weighed much more than that regardless of diet or exercise level.

Quote from: Lyric on June 12, 2013, 09:54:12 AM
That's not true for everyone. Different people have different body types. A certain segment of us are "ectomorphic" and tend to be naturally thin. I'm over 50 and at 5'11" weigh only 127 lbs. I've never weighed much more than that regardless of diet or exercise level.

If you're on HRT then that doesn't count, unless you're saying you started HRT recently and maintained a Andrej Pejic look up until then. I'm not focussing on weight. We know that testosterone masculinises skin, hair, muscle and fat distribution. If you've avoided that, not on HRT, then you've done well. I never waited to see.

Quote from: Nicolette on June 12, 2013, 10:14:31 AMIf you're on HRT then that doesn't count,...

I've never been on HRT or any form of chemical feminization. People like me are pretty out of the ordinary, of course, but I've known plenty of others.

While Sheldon's body type designations were originally used to describe men, both genders tend to fall under one of the three categories. Most fashion models probably fall into the ectomorphic category. In woman, it tends too look a bit different because of the female fat distribution, but models tend to be very slender.

It's certainly always seemed to me that my slender frame made me appear much more feminine that males with a stocky or pudgy body type. It's always seemed like people often tend mistake me for a girl/woman whether I was dressed as such or not.