New to Wearing Bras Daily

[WPW717]

Ah, yes , a Wacoal underwire. It is my favorite at 44D I do become fairly judicious when anticipating a social interaction and will don a pullover sans hardware.
The Wacoal leaves little to speculate about. Even with a good fabric & shirt to camouflage them.

[Dudewithboobs]

Welcome to the wonderful wide whimsical world of being a man who doesn’t just wear a bra but needs a bra lol. It can be an adjustment for sure at first but as you noted after a few days it’s clear going braless is difficult. 

I’m a believer that as we wear a bra, it protects our breasts from the elements. Fabrics, weather, mobility, etc. having our breasts is like having our hands in our pockets. If we put our hands in gloves or pockets for awhile our hands feel softer, relaxed, warm etc and then when taking them out or off, and are immediately acknowledged to the temperature shift or elements as we use them in exposed fashion again. Same with breasts. As we protect them, the more blood flow is brought to them by being in the cups, more warmth provided to them by the bra, more protection from elements to areolas and nipples and more shaped by the bra. Which in turn make our breasts when we take the bra off. Appear more feminine in shape and contour due to being molded for time of wearing, areolas and nipples appear puffier, and so forth. 

Just my theory.  

[AlfaQ]

Agreed, when I remove my bra at bed time my breasts are noticeably more defined and my nipples are larger. I  think there's also some enlargement from fluid retention too. Over time it is hypothesised that tissue migration from swooping and swooping tissue into the cups leads to long term enlargement.  I do think this has happened to me. 

[Parity]

  I have done a fair amount of reading on tissue migration.  It is a thing.  Tissue migrating to the back form poorly fitting bras to not wearing all together.  I have found to keep my breast looking their best, feeling their best, I'm best off wearing a properly fitting  underwire.  I can and do at times go without but as stated much prefer wearing.  And most of mine are 40C, a couple 38D or 40D depending on style or company's variance in styles.

[AlfaQ]

An underwire is definitely better at keeping breast tissue in the cups but you must ensure it sits directly in the breast fold.

[42D-What]

I have been wearing bras daily now for about a month and half.  Basically, only taking it off to shower and sleep.  I can already tell I am not going to be able to go back to being braless. I attached a picture of the minimizer bras I have added into the rotation.  It felt like a big step. Especially showing the wife.  These weren't marketed for guys with gyno, they are female bras.  I took the pads out because they gave me too much projection. My nipples show through a little with T-shirts and they do give me a little more shape than the compression bras.  But they are more comfortable, and I enjoy wearing them more.  I am still sticking with bras like these that have no hooks or adjustments.  I feel confident in them because they do feel invisible under my t-shirts. 

I guess I've quickly reached the same past the point of no return in regards to bra wearing. And this is after 3 weeks?  Anyway not a long time. In growing up I never got into bras in a fetish way or gender bending but I also am not phobic about people who are transgendered. I certainly am a huge fan of women in lingerie I just never imagined myself finding that things like Bras have a practical medical reason to exist or that I would end up being someone who needed one. For those into this for alternative reasons I say different strokes for different folks unless its somehow screwing with me or mine.

Anyway I've the same feelings about pads which project breast tissue more and bras which are clearly super feminine. I just don't desire more attention or wish to fem out.  "Fem out?"  whatever... Of course Bras for men just sounds odd because most men simply have no reason to need them but... Welcome to the exception I guess.

Anyway my first two bras convinced me that sports bras were just a bit too uncomfortable for someone with 42Ds to wear all day long. The second wired minimizer without the foam quickly pads proved to me that a proper bra resolved the back pain I had come to just accept as normal!  Huge plus and made it impossible to just dump the bras into the trash.  As my Gynecomastia went pretty much ignored other then the mamograms that showed I didn't have cancer but for sure had gynecomastia.

Getting dressed its just become my normal and while I do try not to put on or remove my bras in view of my wife (She knows but I don't dry them out in plain view or change in/out of them in front of her which seems to have calmed her down from questioning if I've suddenly decided to transition or get into doing drag.  Snuggling up with her she clearly can feel my bra and its not phasing her a bit now so huge sigh that this is not going to be something weird. 

I guess what I wanted to say is that someone like me with D (or larger) sized breasts and back pain should seriously consider getting properly measured for a bra for back pain and that this is ok and simply "medical" not fashion or kinks or fetish reasons. Hopefully anyone who reads this will let the idea of getting properly fit for a bra and try a couple to judge for themselves if its eliminating (or at least greatly reducing) back pain will give this a shot.