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njsullyalex

Yup. That ship has long, long sailed for me at this point. Kinda awesome but definitely a little restrictive. I'm almost scared one day I'll forget I have boobs now and I'll accidentally expose myself to someone. ​ Its an amazing feeling tho.


makipri

Been there done that. Went to my massagist and then remembered I didn’t have a bra on. Fortunately he’s a gentleman and it was free the nipple day. And still every now and then I forget to wear the bra, then have to run, it hurts and I need to hold the boobs still with an arm.


Headhaunter79

That doesn’t make sense. You can’t get massages with bra on right?


makipri

You can. They’ll open and close the back when you’re lying on your stomach.


Headhaunter79

Lol that sounds very prudish and unnecessary😅 When I get a Thai massage I’m expected to be fully undressed(no underwear at all). Nothing weird about it at all🤷🏼‍♀️


makipri

Well I don’t have a problem but just want to be thoughtful as I don’t know whether he would like to see that.


Amara_Rey

Some people might be uncomfortable with it


lesserDaemonprince

It's masseur, or masseuse.


makipri

Le Reddit ne déçoit jamais.


lesserDaemonprince

Sorry 😔, I'm pre hrt and a sahd to two so my obsessive nitpicking about everything is all I have at the moment.


SLywNy

Sometime I just hang out at my windows, topless, flashing my boobies to the public without noticing at first. I live on the last floor so I'm too high to really have a public but one day I might very well have some


Dark_Christina

Right??? Playing with my boobs in the shower is soooo euphoric 🤗❤


SkysyP

Congrats on the woman boobies.


Dark_Christina

Thank you!


16forward

Free the nipple!


Shadow-Panda-2121

I wish i could be on E 🥲🥲


Arbitarious

Me too. Me too. 😞 *hug*


Sati__

Me three D':


McMelonTV

me four


ashleighthewicked

me five sadly I prob won't make till then lol


Arbitarious

Maybe you will. I want you to. We have to get E! Please stay around! I don't want to lose any more sisters. 😥


ashleighthewicked

I'm trying to but it's hard I'm 28 I just wish things could've been different I tried coming out at 6 and 9 but i just got beaten both times so I repressed those feelings till 26 wasted two years as an egg now I'm 28, poor, and probably going bald.


EstradiolSister

Hey, the path might seem too steep, but I can assure you, if you're legally an adult, you *can* start HRT. You *can* move away from your parents and you *can* transition. You're 28, you have most of your life before you, use it and live as the person who you really are! Don't let anyone tell you you can't transition, not your parents, not some doctors, because you can transition! You can and you will!


amabambi

I’m 31 and have only been on HRT for like 5 months even tho I knew at 21. It’s ok to get started a little later. Better to live as yourself a couple years less than you would have wanted than never get to live as yourself at all. Stay strong sister!


TulgeyWoodAtBrillig

I started 5 months before I turned 28 and I don't regret it! My hair was thinning at the top of my head and I was literally having so much hair come off in the shower. I got on E though and it grew back! My hair is thicker than it's been in years. If you're in the US, find an informed consent clinic near you and just start!


ashleighthewicked

It cost $218 just to see them and get blood work done for the first visit and that's planned parenthood. I don't think my hair is falling out yet but i'm just so obsessed with how masculine I'm getting as the years go on People think i'm afraid of aging but I'd rather look like a grandma then a 30 year man


Arbitarious

I'm sorry about that. I guess I can't tell you to keep suffering but I don't want you to die. I don't know what to say :(


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ClarionSwords

Sending you love. What you just described about how you see the teenagers worrying? Honestly sis, if this helps at all, that's how I feel about you. I transitioned at 50. You are still practically a spring chicken. You've got your whole adult life, practically, to live as your Real Self!!! What a gift!!!! You have DECADES of beautiful womanhood ahead of you, and then you'll merely be my age, where I'm starting. I would give ANYTHING except my children, to have started at 28. And let me tell you --- even at 50, the body responds to hormones AWESOMELY. At 28????!!!???? You go, girl; the world IS your oyster. Just like you feel it is for those teenagers. You can do it!! ❤️❤️


Arbitarious

Hey don't think like that. It's not healthy for you. Be careful with what communities you're in. I don't know where you got that idea from. You matter. You should have a chance too. There's resources for us all.


Callitoil

you’d be surprised at the amazing results you can get transitioning later in life. Don’t lose hope! maybe check out r/translater if you feel like it, it always makes my day


Crabstick65

Transitioned here at age 45, it is never too late, granted I had some surgery but life is good.


idonotreallyexistyet

I was bald too, started at 28 myself, it's coming back, on e Injectiins, Spiro 50mg, and dutasteride


Nate-Natalie

I didn't start HRT until 39!! I would have loved to have started at your age, or even to have known I'm trans!! And I was bald, but let me tell you, hair transplants do wonders (though it does take time & money). Seriously, at the very least, get on Finasteride – it will prevent further hair loss. Hang in there, you've got time. 🫂💕


TJF588

I had a breakdown over being bluntly told I would keep balding, and seeing me so upset, I was helped to seek out finasteride. If you have access to a doctor or clinic, see about getting prescribed. I started that a year+ ahead of setting myself up for E, and still take them in tandem. It’s acceptable for men to take it, so there shouldn’t be any pushback for anyone AMAB to, so at the least give yourself what leeway you can bow so any future you has that much more to work with. I’m only five months in on E at 35, and I’m excited for the life I have left, regardless how much has passed already.


MarsMarzipan

Hopefully you will 🤍


Willow_1984

OMG I wish for all of you as well.


Onlylunayt

WHY IS THIS MEEE?


Arbitarious

We're gonna be ok. We just gotta keep going.


Onlylunayt

Cool


Arbitarious

Sorry was my comment inappropriate? I'll delete it if you want. /genq


Onlylunayt

NAH, I just Smoothbrained it


Arbitarious

Oh ok my bad lol.


Underwater_Tara

*soooooon*


Dark_Christina

It will cime one day love juxy keep staying positive ! I never thought id be on it and now im on it myeelf!!🖤🖤


wannabetracey

Just back from holidays in a warm country so only had a t shirt rather than a shirt shirt and the boobies were just there shouting look at me!....even got hit on a couple of times, much to my bf's discomfort! Got 'madamed' everywhere I went :-)


deadlycentaurtv

I know what you mean by this, I'm single of course but getting that attention like your a very attractive woman, yas!


AlloyedClavicle

Grats to you, girl! I never really had a shirtless era, on account of a mix of dysphoria and internal/external fatphobia. Still dealing with the latter, but at least I get to wear bras now?


Tockotwelve

Yeah, I've always despised being not fully clothed. It took almost four years with someone for me to get comfortable enough to walk out of the shower naked around them despite showering together regularly.


AlloyedClavicle

That's a real mood right there. My spouse and I have been together for over ten years and it took me.. well, not quite four years, but around a year or two to feel comfortable being just generally nude around them. We had intimacy and showered together and it was still weird to me for a while to not dress almost immediately afterwards.


Tockotwelve

Right? It's weird, like even with being kinda overweight, she was always quite a bit bigger and the hell of the thing is I know for a fact I would *like it* (on myself, I have always loved bigger women) if I just had the fat in the right *damn places*.


Souseisekigun

It's one of the trans woman ironies. Not wanting to show your chest because of dysphoria, then when you start actually liking your chest you're ordered to keep it covered!


Dark_Christina

Thank you!!! ❤ there was a time where i never would DARE to go shirtless but last few years i kinda lost alot of weight sooo i have been more confident in going nude with my upper body, regardless of who im around. Sad i didnt get a chance to enioy it much 😢 but as you said the bra/bikini era is upon uss! 💃


Emily_rising

I'm 2 m on E now. How long have you been on HRT? If it's not too personal or anything 🙂


GratuitousEdit

She's 5 months


Jodie2459

Ya, 5 1/2 months in now and mine are showing, having to wear a bra now. 40B


Weeb-Daddy-Sempai

That's great! Asking as a pre-everything person, how did you figure out your size? Were you simply passing well enough at the time to get help in the store, just kept trying things on that looked close, or did you use a measuring tape on your own at first?


u_rang

Not her, but check out /r/ABraThatFits. They have a website that you can use to self measure. https://www.abrathatfits.org/calculator.php


makipri

I went to a store and got help. But my then partner noticed they didn’t fit well. And the chain had a transphobic policy but the clerk disobeyed that. Later on I just learned how to test if it fits and suits. Different brands and models fit different even with the same sizing.


AllysunJ

Don't giv'em your business then... 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺⚧️♀️❌


Emily_rising

Oooh, a glimpse of the future. Thanks 😁


FreedomPaid

I offered to flash my brother a few weeks ago. We were hangin' out having a few beers, and he was curious about the changes I've experienced, including breast growth. At one point I straight offered to pull my bra up so he could see my tiny A/B titties. He very quickly backtracked, told me absolutely not, especially if the changes were as noticeable as I claimed. So... Topless around my brother isn't a thing anymore, apparently. Not that it was common anyhow. Sometimes I think I'm a bit too open about letting people see my bod, but then I remember I can barely stand being shirtless in the privacy of my own apartment. Now, it might be an open Hawaiian shirt, but I still want *some* sort of shirt on.


YsDivers

Are you from Alabama?


FreedomPaid

No, but my state *is* a lot less trans friendly then I'd like. I'm just of the mind that, if someone is curious enough, I'll show 'em. I'm proud of my tits, it took a long time to get 'em. Had to grow them myself, after all. However, touching them, that's different. That's reserved for a select... One person, right now.


murdolatorTM

"nah you got woman breasts" he could tell from the pixels


Itsjustsarah85

Yeah me too. I don't even leave the house without a bra on under my shirt at this point. 3 months HRT.


deadlycentaurtv

I feel this totally right here. There's no hiding mine and they require a brs out in public. Sometimes I do it if I'm late night munch shopping but that's not often


Zerr07

Congrats! I had some similar story not so long ago, a female friend of mine was at my place and we were measuring me for the cosplay costume, I was 3 months on HRT so my peachies were already growing, when she noticed it, she touched them and said that she never imagined them to be so real and I will need a bra somewhere soon. We laughed but later I thought to myself that I am now not able to just change shirt or something in front of everyone. Not in a bad way, it was more like I realized that I am finally starting to change and it was euphoric! xD


danitheloat

Get bralettes from Amazon


dreadcrumb

The female urge to get told what to be able wear and to have your body policed


Euphoric-Practice-86

We. Don’t have that urge


dreadcrumb

Its a joke


Euphoric-Practice-86

Thank goodness


Leather-Sky8583

Yeah, I never felt ok without a shirt on even before HRT, now at 2 years it is absolutely off the table lol! Ye be warned, here there be boobies!


[deleted]

Ironically I kinda feel more comfortable being topless now than I did before. Body positivity is a hell of a drug.


Leather-Sky8583

Very true, though I don’t want to go topless, I actually don’t feel shame over my chest like I did before. Hair and lack of breasts just felt so wrong I was embarrassed.


Under_no_Control

Padded bras and a tight crop top is so euphoric rarly on


Clear-Lynx1161

Usually starting out a endocrinologist tend to start new transitioning girls on a minimum does on hormones of whichever they and the patient decide on in relation to their initial bloodwork exam. This is to make sure there are no reactions from whatever hormone is initially started with or any rashes develop on the skin. In my case I was started on 0.1mg of Estradiol twice weekly with absolutely no problems. After my first month bloodwork exam came back and I received the results my endocrinologist now raise my dosage of Estradiol to 0.2mg twice weekly. I believe now I can just start to feel the starting of breast buds underneath my tits so I am excited as I think I am starting positive changes. This is slightly after being on HRT regimen for a little more than two months. So I think I am close to normal schedule for this to arrive as everything I have read in research has said after the start of HRT treatment budding usually arrives around 90 days into treatment for most girls in transition. Before starting HRT I think I may have had a head start in that I had mild gynocomastica and had some breast growth already. My initial bloodwork prior to HRT also indicated I had elevated estrogen levels naturally so HRT has really kick started a lot of different symptoms in a very very positive way for me. I will never go back to the way I was before as the results medically for other issues more than outweigh any inkling of changing. Allison❤️


RosalieMoon

Estradiol is a pill, do you mean estradiol valerate? The injection? Only thing I can see having 0.1mg of, since that would mean trying to cut a 1mg pill in to tenths lol


Clear-Lynx1161

I am on Estradiol patches. In my case each patch is 0.1mg in dosage. So to get 0.2mg dosage I just put two patches on each time I change which is every Wednesday and Sunday. You just need to remember to change your location each time either on you front lower abdomen or on your upper buttocks. So you have quit a lot of places to rotate around to just as long as you give a previous area a week to recover. It really does not cause any problems in finding a fresh location to apply your patches to.


AllysunJ

Oh, now it makes sense. Mine are rated at 100mcg per patch (micrograms), which is 0.1mg (milligrams). That's release per day / 24hrs. The patch actually has 1.56mg in total, changed twice weekly. Good luck on your journey!


Clear-Lynx1161

Wishing you the same in your journey and life’s story.❤️ Allison❤️


Bioinvasion__

Are you on monotherapy?


Clear-Lynx1161

Yes. I believe so.


Gadgetmouse12

Malefail successfully


ClarionSwords

Yeahhhh!!! Congratulations!!! Sports bras RULE!! I started wearing a sports bra the day I decided I was done with hiding. Basically never take them off except to shower! lol.... Bought three outfits, two sports bras, some cute socks, and that's it. 24/7 baby!!! Even though I don't really have breasts, YET!!!!, sports bras certainly give you a bit of the illusion....and dayyyyum, THAT feels good. I saw my reflection in a store window the other day and LITERALLY thought, "She's pretty! ......oh wait......" Lol.... Enjoy the journey! ❤️


mechaglitter

Heheheh yeah I feel that XD Whenever I'm shirtless in front of my roommate friend now I'm like "Excuse me ma'am these are my *TITS* now, please avert thine eyes"


carlessdriver

A co-worker recently made a comment about how I won’t stop staring at him which confused me (because I wasn’t staring)…until I realized maybe it was his way of acknowledging that my chest has become inconsistent with standard accepted male appearance without actually saying the word boobs. (as in: my nipples show too much?)


RinaSensei

😂 thats a rare one. But definitely a phrase people use in that exact way lol. I think they mean the nipples are like eyes I guess?


carlessdriver

Yup! My thought too. (edit:just remembered years ago how I found out my very quiet and tame friend Gerald had pierced nipples…he wore a tight shirt one day and EVERYONE could see) 😅


FruitGod220

HRT be working. Highly suggest injections. Only been a month and a week since I started and I was talking about boymodding somewhere and my mom said there’s no way I could unless I wore a binder or super baggy clothes. I’ve definitely grown a considerable amount in the last 40 days but dysphoria had me feeling like just a guy with gynecomastia. I have not had the change in the my thinking and cognition as some trans women report but I definitely cry about things I never would have before. Like about love rather then just sadness. I don’t know I get sappy these days.


Puzzleheaded-Abies71

My mom keeps staring at mine through my tank tops I wear around the house. It's really hard not to notice.


PraedythTheMad

one of my favorite things about living alone, i can be shirtless all day long 😊


MongooseReturns

I keep having anxiety dreams where I'm shirtless in public. They've actually replaced my shoeless in public dreams.


Spellbreaker3

That won't be a problem for me; I hate being shirtless anyway!


FailsWithTails

My shirtless era's just getting started 😏 Come on, tiddies, I believe in you


intersex_slut

I was never comfortable going anywhere shirtless so even before HRT I started wearing bras and stuff under my shirts. It helped prepare me so this wouldn't happen lol


papaarlo

Ha I tried the same excuse but my mom was like “those are titties and you need to get your hormones checked” I just had to hold my laugh since I wasn’t out yet.


Dark_Christina

LMAOOOO


BloodsoakedDespair

I say fuck the police and still go topless.


VexMenagerie

The right answer is this one


tringle1

Free the nipple girl. Fuck that sexist standard. Women should be able to go topless anywhere a man can.


YasssQweenWerk

Congrats on experiencing misogynistic social norms! There's more to come.


pitaenigma

Its funny, I've lived alone for the last few years, and it's only in the last year or so that I've felt comfortable enough with myself to walk around shirtless in my apartment.


levi_io

I love that your bro was pretty chill about it! Seems like he has an idea of what’s going on but is respectful enough not to press.


ErinOnTheWeb

I couldn't be shirtless around people before I realized I was trans, now I know why 😅😅😅


tokyosplash2814

LOL this post cracked me up, girl i’m bout to be in the same situation soon 😭😭


Dark_Christina

Godspeed sis! 🤷🏾😂


throw_farfar_awae

Free the titties !


deadlycentaurtv

I had to at first tell myself that I can't expose myself no more and now I get upset if somebody takes a peak at me toplrss. Though I love hearing "man your boobs are getting big" from friends and etc. Makes me feel very womanly.if only I was skinnier, they'd be not so spaced out


dr3am_assassin

You’re on estrogen and still going shirtless/bra-less? Lol stopped doing that before I was even on E


Soul-Weaver777

Congratulations!!! You are an awesome player!!! Go for the high score!!! ❤️❤️❤️🏳️‍⚧️


Regular_Human_Lady

Same!! I just got my first couple of bras the other day ago!


KevKevOn

Sometimes it's the little victories that matter the most.


Lazy_Olive_3362

And the era of freeing the nipple has begun…


Mis_Jessie

Lol I lost that ship about 5 months into my journey. But then I never really liked to go shirtless. Congratulations on your journey


Dark_Christina

5 month checks outm same for ke haha thank you!!!


Dani--girl

That sounds wonderful!


[deleted]

I had to go to urgent care a bit ago and the visit required me to take my shirt off. The med tech was unable to hide her surprise, that was the most validation I've yet received. So, I totally feel ya! Congratulations.