Heya, I've been on/off HRT (estradiol and finasteride) for over a year now, with breaks of months or weeks when I've not been in a situation to get hormones without being outed. After the first few months I started to see results with the breast buds forming and breasts growing larger, but since my last forced break (which ended September last year), I haven't noticed the return of any changes. Could the on/off pattern of hormone administration have messed up my body so HRT is no longer effective? Thank you in advance for all assistance! x

My understanding is that the long slow effect of HRT is something achieved over time. We are mimicking the puberty that natal females go through.

There is no reason to despair. You will not become 'immune' to HRT by going on and off and there is definitely no reason to go onto super high doses to make up any effect. Once you are in a good place and can just take the regular consistent HRT then the effects will happen.

Big Hug 

Quote from: Cindy on February 02, 2018, 06:57:11 AM
My understanding is that the long slow effect of HRT is something achieved over time. We are mimicking the puberty that natal females go through.

There is no reason to despair. You will not become 'immune' to HRT by going on and off and there is definitely no reason to go onto super high doses to make up any effect. Once you are in a good place and can just take the regular consistent HRT then the effects will happen.

Big Hug 

Thanks Cindy! Glad that's the case! X


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As I found the mental effects so positive I wouldn't want a gap of months, but I had to take a break from HRT for a couple weeks due to surgery and will be doing so again three times in the next few months.  To slightly reduce potential risk of complications some surgeons don't want additional estradiol in the system during surgery.  I don't like the gap in HRT but I'll follow doctors orders and it's common practice.

The apparent growth rate of breast tissue does slow down over time.  It starts out gratifyingly fast, but tapers off.  You are probably growing the same number of cells per day.  But as the volume gets bigger, the change in diameter will be less noticeable.

For math nerds, the diameter should grow as the cube root of the volume.  I don't know how exact that relationship is, but it seems to be close for me.

So it could be that you are just further along, and the apparent growth rate may just be slower than it was originally.

Quote from: KathyLauren on February 05, 2018, 12:38:38 PM
> For math nerds, the diameter should grow as the cube root of the volume.  I don't know how exact that relationship is, but it seems to be close for me.

In 1510 Leonardo da Vinci published details of this in the Codex Boobulator.

Quote from: Kendra on February 05, 2018, 03:50:36 PM

Quote from: KathyLauren on February 05, 2018, 12:38:38 PM
> For math nerds, the diameter should grow as the cube root of the volume.  I don't know how exact that relationship is, but it seems to be close for me.

In 1510 Leonardo da Vinci published details of this in the Codex Boobulator.

That was shortly after he invented the first vibrator





See Willow, we are pretty clued up here

Thanks for all the information! I'm sure i'll be able to use this knowledge to wow my friends ^_^


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