(26-06-2019, 03:47 PM)Vinia Wrote: (21-06-2019, 07:50 AM)paulaF Wrote: Hello all. My name is Paula. I have lived femme most of my life now, mostly away from prying eyes, and present as male for work .
I am fixing to hit 60, or it will hit me, and I have decided now to take the step into transition. In the past it was I had the funds but not the access to help, or I had the access but not the funds. I now have most of what I need both direction, so here I go. I have researched both chemical and natural hormone therapy and the side effects of the chemicals scares the panties right off of me. I know that herbal/natural method is slower, but you know what they say about slow and steady.....
Wish me luck in this awesome journey. And hello to everyone.
Paula
Hi & welcome Paula!
I am new here too, but it seems like a pretty wonderful place.
If i may ask a question, i would like to know how the breast shape turns out to be if you are an older male and your nipples have already sunken down and outside a bit. Being over 40 myself and thinking about to start with PM i am very curious.
Slow and steady is always a good thing to start with Anyway: good luck to you on your journey! Hope it all turns out the way you want it.
Cheers!
Hello Vinia and thank you for the welcome,
The shape of my 'breasts' before I went through chemo was in the range of what we call 'man boobs' to start then through exercise and my early attempts with herbal supplements and massage, I was beginning to achieve a more normal breast appearance, small tho they were, but I liked how it was progressing. Then came two rounds of chemotherapy, which really battered my body and caused a lot of changes, mostly short term and ultimately correctable.
My nipples did migrate somewhat from a good midline toward the outside and down, but I attribute that to loss of fat tissue in the breast itself as I lost weight. I actually went from right around 200 lbs ( I am tall BTW, 6'1") down to almost 165 lbs at my lightest throughut the whole chemo process. My waist went from 38" down to almost 32". Though some would consider that to be very healthy size and weight, it happened so rapidly that my doctors were concerned about my future health.
Since my last surgery, my weight and waist have returned to almost what I was before, but my breasts refused to return on their own also. So I have started PM usage along with massage and suction plus Fennugreek, and am already seeing improvement in 'the girls'. The modest growth I have achieved so far is correcting the shape of each breast and the centering of my nipples again. Isometric pectoral exercises are also helping with muscular lift and tone, but don't overdo it there, use of even modest weight in some of those exercises could give you square man boobs I think. I only do the simple,easy ones that count more with reps than mass.
I hope this helps, let me know.
Paula