Quoteand should use this to reduce the size of my rib cage (like in a DIY fashion on my work bench).

Perhaps we need a "For Dummies" book:

Suture self.  A guide to home surgery.   

Quote from: AnneK on November 24, 2018, 02:10:23 PM
Perhaps we need a "For Dummies" book:

Suture self.  A guide to home surgery.   

We should do this, we might be able to earn lots of money with this.  And we could get a promotional contract with  manufacturer of thin fishing line!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on November 24, 2018, 09:28:46 AM

I can relate.  A C cup, or some B cups of the next lower bandwidth are much better fitting than the C cup or B cup for my bandwidth.  The volume is just not there yet. I just use the band extender thingies. 

It is awesome to see my breasts actually close to fill or fill the smaller cups though. When you touch them in the bra, you feel the fullness, not baggy half filled cups.  You see the fullness also. They are still the same size breasts of course but they feel more nicely encased and supported.

Chrissy

I just looked on Amazon.  For the real nice lace front closure bras, on would need clip extenders, and they are not available.  And that leaves me with the dilemma that the cups of smaller bras are to close together for my chest.  I could get the band to fit with the extenders, but would still have no cups in the right position  to cover the boobs!

Being male is sure way easier!

Quote from: Dietlind on November 25, 2018, 12:52:14 PM
I just looked on Amazon.  For the real nice lace front closure bras, on would need clip extenders, and they are not available.  And that leaves me with the dilemma that the cups of smaller bras are to close together for my chest.  I could get the band to fit with the extenders, but would still have no cups in the right position  to cover the boobs!

Being male is sure way easier!

Sounds like you need a seamstress to help you out.  Maybe one of the ladies you see or an alterations shop?  Also, consider trying other bras besides just the one decorative style you like the most.  Maybe you can have someone add some lace?

Good luck.  Also, review all of the bra threads that are posted here for advice.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on November 25, 2018, 01:17:46 PM

Sounds like you need a seamstress to help you out.  Maybe one of the ladies you see or an alterations shop?  Also, consider trying other bras besides just the one decorative style you like the most.  Maybe you can have someone add some lace?

Good luck.  Also, review all of the bra threads that are posted here for advice.

Thanks for the advice.  One of the ladies is already looking into bra alteration or me.  I  have three bras that fit OK, I might jut have to be patient and wait until I get the DDD size breasts to fill the cups of bras that have the right bandwidth!

Quote from: Dietlind on November 25, 2018, 01:24:46 PM
Thanks for the advice.  One of the ladies is already looking into bra alteration or me.  I  have three bras that fit OK, I might jut have to be patient and wait until I get the DDD size breasts to fill the cups of bras that have the right bandwidth!

I hoping that you will get the style and fit you are looking for.

Today seems to be a day for me where I am enjoying lady comforts:  I enjoyed a lavender bath, I played around with my hair with hair adornments, and I am not dressed to go out or for visitors, just really comfy.  A relaxing day!

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on November 25, 2018, 02:07:39 PM

I hoping that you will get the style and fit you are looking for.

Today seems to be a day for me where I am enjoying lady comforts:  I enjoyed a lavender bath, I played around with my hair with hair adornments, and I am not dressed to go out or for visitors, just really comfy.  A relaxing day!

Chrissy

This is nice.  I have pretty much the opposite.  I must have pulled a muscle in my back, and am currently living on Tylenol.
I have to go out and buy some stuff, and decided to go out as a guy, because it is way less work to just through some shorts and a shirt on.
I really wonder if one has to have some kind of dysphoria to be really a trans person.  It does not bother me at all to go out as a guy, but it does not bother me to go out as a woman.  I don't know if I have any dysphoria at all?
Now that I know that I can find decent looking shoes, and with my fingernails longer, the hands don't look that super male anymore either.
My only dislike are my genitals, but I don't hate them or something like this, they are just in the way, and the testes hurt with the slightest touch.  But that does not cause any dysphoria, just discomfort.

Dietlind,

I do not want to get this thread away from breast development and possibly the bra issue you have, but I do want to pass along to you well wishes for the healing of your back and the reduction of your pain.

Plus, I do not know about your lack of dysphoria matter for going out as male or female.  Consider starting a thread somewhere.  But you might want to examine both gender identity and gender expression and perhaps that will give you an answer. 

Chrissy

Right now pre HRT I wear a 44B.   Will my chest size get smaller while my cup size gets bigger on HRT?    It sure would be easier finding nice bras in a 40C

Depends on your weight and height.  Someone who is short for their weight should be able to diet and reduce their band size.  Someone who is tall may not.

I got some 40B non wired under T bras (M&S UK) ,nearly fill them after a year on HRT but still have some fillets to fill them properly. They also make good shock absorbers for when I bash them!!! Need to trim them down again , silicon is hard to trim and a good pair of scissors helps. They were supposed to be A cup to B but had flat backs so trimmed out a hollow. Can get away without them now for day to day ,boost for going out.

Quote from: Maid Marion on December 06, 2018, 06:01:31 AM
Depends on your weight and height.  Someone who is short for their weight should be able to diet and reduce their band size.  Someone who is tall may not.

I am hat tall person (6').  I was able to reduce my band width from 44 to 42", and I might be able to reduce it another 2" or so.  But I doubt that I ever will get less than a 40 bandwidth!  The problem, is the absolute lack of standardization with bras.  My breast is large enough to nicely fill a B cup in a low 30 bandwidth, but a B cup in the over 40 bandwidth is gigantic.  I need two chicken cutlets in each side to fill the cup.  And A cups seem to be not available in the larger bandwidth.  I think it is assumed that larger chested females have larger boobs, too?

I googled "why do some women have huge breasts". I came across some UK article.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1350919/Why-ARE-womens-breasts-getting-bigger-The-answers-disturb-.html

Back in the Fifties, the ­average woman wore a B-cup. Nowadays a lot of women are NOT having babies as early and as often/many. Also they are all talking birth control pills. Which causes them to go through more monthly cycles than previous generations.

In short this article might help us girls in coming up with some kind of solution to going past a B cup. But don't expect to go past a B cup, that seems to be the norm for most cis women without any outside influences.
Still very interesting article. I recommend people to read it.

I am going on 67 yo in March and have been on HTR for almost 2 years. I am at best a small B and doubt much more is going to happen, so my Doc occurs but she put me on a low dose of proges..to see if would help. She said some MTF did respond with some additional growth. It does get you a little moody for a while but it seems to level off. I have noticed some growth or maybe my eye site is getting worse.... I have purchased several bras (all the same size) but only one fits, the rest of them you could park a small car in each of the cups.

Hi, Christy!

Welcome to Susan's Place.  Thank you for jumping in!

Breast growth is very much a YMMV thing.  I am two years on HRT, and I would be happy if mine grew to a small B.  Heck, I was happy to go from an AA to an A.  I envy the girls who get Cs or Ds.  On the other hand, my little boobs are bigger than those of one of my cis women friends.

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I've been on hormones (first self-medicating but now on prescription) for close to five years now and I'm still barely an A-cup. Started when I was 20. Meh...
I have measured my chest and my European size is 80A, which I guess is 36A in US size.

Quote from: 930310 on December 12, 2018, 10:53:42 AM
I've been on hormones (first self-medicating but now on prescription) for close to five years now and I'm still barely an A-cup. Started when I was 20. Meh...
I have measured my chest and my European size is 80A, which I guess is 36A in US size.

They say our breasts might be about one size less than those of your closest female relatives (sisters, mother).  If those don't have large breasts, your chance to them is very minimal.

My mother is a D-cup so I guess I was just unlucky..

Quote from: 930310 on December 13, 2018, 02:45:04 AM
My mother is a D-cup so I guess I was just unlucky..

You are still very young.  Think how long it took your mother's breast to get to that size!  And her pregnancies made her breasts even bigger.  Just give it some time ad allow nature to take it's course!

Quote from: Dietlind on December 13, 2018, 08:36:33 AM
You are still very young.  Think how long it took your mother's breast to get to that size!  And her pregnancies made her breasts even bigger.  Just give it some time ad allow nature to take it's course!

So if I fake a pregnancy my boobs will grow? Getting pregnant worked for my ex-wife.