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Title: Still growing
Post by: taxmapper on December 11, 2021, 12:57:24 AM
When I first popped up on this web site, I was around 47-1/2 inches around the bust. 

Today I measured out 49 inches.   

The weight of my breasts seems to be growing and I feel them even more so now than anytime in the past. 

I actually LOVE it, and am growing prouder of my mounds as each day passes. 

I actually want them to get larger! 

So has anyone kept track of their breast growth, do you love it, hate it? 
indifferent?  

Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Rich meier on December 11, 2021, 02:24:06 PM
congratulations. I like you love having breasts and would love to be bigger, much bigger. i used to keep track but mine have stabilized. i am currently 50 inches across with a 46 band. problem is finding bras that fit. i dont have a problem with sports bras bit looking for ones with adjusters and hooks.the size charts say d , but to me that eould be too big. bought a C , didnt fill it bought a B and still not thinking of an A and most push ups not my size , thinking maybe 44 with an extender. either that or get breast forms. any suggestions. I dont know about you but I dont worry about being noticed or poke thru
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: bikerbob on December 12, 2021, 12:51:36 PM
Rich:  For most of us guys, our bra size depends a great deal on whether it is wire free or underwire.  Most women's breasts sit close together toward the center of their chests while ours are wide spaced.  I personally have as much boob under my arms as on my chest.  A while back, I found a practically new wire free bra with molded cups in a rare 42B size in a thrift store.  Much to my disappointment, I didn't even come close to filling the cups.  However, when I stuff the underarm boob into an underwire bra, I fill a 42C without wrinkling and can even wear one of my wife's 42Ds without looking totally ridiculous.  She can wear wire free and underwire in the same size interchangeably.  I can't.

For every day wear, I usually wear a pullover leisure bra or low impact sports bra.  It doesn't lift and shape the underarm boob like an underwire, but it keeps things from moving around and it is almost impossible to detect under a shirt because it doesn't have hooks or strap adjusters.  I think these are great as a "first bra" because they are easy to hide and they are sized according to chest measurement.  These aren't for everybody and if you are much bigger than a C cup, you probably need to get fitted for a big girl bra.  Incidentally, Rhonda Shear makes a variety of pullovers with underwire cups so you get the advantages of both types.  Again, these aren't for everybody but I am planning to order a couple more in the future, maybe in less manly colors than I am used to and with lace accents.  Yeah, my feminine side is starting to show a bit.

I have resisted wearing underwires for a long time because they make me project more but after 4 years of wearing bras, I sort of don't care any more.  You will get there eventually.  Try an underwire, you may be surprised at how large a cup you fill.
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Rich meier on December 12, 2021, 01:43:22 PM
thank you Felix. the rhonda shears are my go to. I have both the pullovers and the underwire as well as strapless. It sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I have some regular underwire from someone else biut dont fill them. that why I thinking of inserts or a smaller band size. two of my RS are padded real light gives a nice rounded shape without making them bigger. still want to find an underwire  with adjusters to get alittle more lift and like you I dont care who sees and my wife is fine with it. it was much better when I was a 40. my late wife could share bras. but old age and meds have gotten me a little more fluffy
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: SideSet on December 12, 2021, 04:13:40 PM
I enjoy these discussions of styles of bras and what works best for us.  We need support for our breasts just like women do. I agree with Felix that as we wear bras over time, we start to appreciate the shaping and lift our bras give us. 
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: 42CSurprise! on December 13, 2021, 06:12:29 PM
I'll mention taxmapper that cup size is dependent on band length.  A 46C will be MUCH larger than a 42C, for example.  I found a 46B that fits my breasts that are happiest in a 42C brassiere I wear with an extender.  The 46B I bought on E-Bay, a Breezies Smooth Radiance.  Here is a tee shirt version of that brassiere...  I bought three of their unlined, underwire brassieres, not the tee shirt bra.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114101064017?hash=item1a90f41151:g:I4MAAOSwSdleO3~v

I'm finding that my breasts are happiest in the first brassiere I found, the Lilyette Comfort Keyhole Minimizer with unlined cups; 42 is the largest band and C is the smallest cup size.  When I add an extender and a bra strap holder to keep the straps from falling off my shoulder, everything is in place and my breasts are very happy.  Nothing wrong with using an extender.  The question eternally is whether you feel comfortable in whatever you're wearing.  Good luck sorting it out.  There is nothing wrong with loving the fact we have breasts.  No doubt had I been given a choice as an adolescent, I would want my soft chest gone, but having lived with that condition and then having breasts develop is a different matter.  Honestly, I find my own breasts much more enticing than the breasts of any of the women I was intimate with along the way.  Go figure!
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Guywithgirls on December 13, 2021, 10:13:49 PM
I enjoy these discussions of styles of bras and what works best for us.  We need support for our breasts just like women do. I agree with Felix that as we wear bras over time, we start to appreciate the shaping and lift our bras give us.
I enjoy the shape and support of an underwire. With my breasts being wider spaced apart that a womens, I have noticed some changes that have to be made. I am fitted for a 36C which fits great when my sideboob is scooped and swooped. Throughout the day it spreads back out under the cup though. I am better off taking a 34D and actually bending the wires to straighten the bottom of the cup a bit to widen it. This way, I fully fill the D cup and my breast doesn't pull out of the sides of the cup during my work day. Crazy to think I'm 25 wearing a D cup.... 🥺 kinda like it though... 😅
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Confused old man on December 15, 2021, 12:56:18 PM
I’m still growing also. 41 band, 46 chest...I fill a 40c...not real happy about it, but I just have to go with it. Grin and bear it I guess. Some days it is really hard to wrap my head around all this...oh well..life goes on
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: taxmapper on May 20, 2023, 12:46:14 PM
Well, today I put on a bra and found that once I set everything in pace, they are now fully filling the cups.  No more hollow areas.
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Brdy64 on May 20, 2023, 01:22:13 PM
Well, today I put on a bra and found that once I set everything in pace, they are now fully filling the cups.  No more hollow areas.
Funny how that works, those hormones just grow things. 😉
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Brdy64 on May 20, 2023, 04:37:42 PM
As the SA took my measurements today, I already knew what the results would be. My band is a perfect fit at 50" and my new cup size is a 'DD'.
I wore my oldest bra into Torrid today because it seems to be stretched out the most and fits a bit better than my new ones from last month. Those feel like the girls are in a "choke hold". :o

Not very much at all was available in the store or online. We did find one decent bra and I ordered two of it.
I got some clearance prices on some blouses, and I have a wish list of items. 

I had a great time shopping, and the girls were very helpful.

I did realize that I need to change my ID. I showed the SA my driver's license to verify I am me for my credit card, and the image on it doesn't look at all like me anymore ::). Oh my have things changed! 💃
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Gino on August 15, 2023, 04:14:52 PM
Well, today I put on a bra and found that once I set everything in pace, they are now fully filling the cups.  No more hollow areas.
:-) I remember when I first started wearing a bra and just filling an A cup, then to "almost" fit a 36B. Now they're quite full to getting near overflowing and I'm thinking of possibly upgrading to a 36C.  Thankfully I have my weight under control and my band size is staying constant. 
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: benusa on August 15, 2023, 08:18:37 PM
My regrowth started about 1.5 years ago. I was 34B before trying a bra for the first time. Now wearing 34C. Felt some growth sensations today. It seems they’re not done growing yet either.
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on August 15, 2023, 11:45:36 PM
Me too
I thought I was done in February / March
Not so fast Bob was the response they gave me 6 weeks ago

I feel every few days a popping sensation followed by a feeling of weight gain in them

Dimensions are slowly increasing but fullness is increasing as I am able to see them floating in front of me in the hot tub That allows them to be of a more gravity less shape They look their best then. Sports bras are nearing the end of their usefulness so have ordered some underwire styles
Unknown what the wife will say… she has been ok with the sports bras but I am tired of the golf ball sensation in the armpits
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Busty on August 16, 2023, 07:13:59 AM
WPW717

Has your wife said anything about how big you now are getting ?
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on August 16, 2023, 09:21:27 AM
She has noticed and remarked that the email account says the 2 new bras will arrive later this week

We will see what she says once they arrive and sees they’re not sports bras
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: benusa on August 23, 2023, 11:10:48 PM
How did it go WPW?
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on August 26, 2023, 01:39:02 AM
Busy with out of town visitors

More later this weekend
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on September 05, 2023, 09:50:34 AM
Visitors and harvest are done

The 2 bras arrived and tried, did not fit. Cups were too large, my breasts are wide set and with a wide base. The two bras I had ordered were selected to move the Tail of Spencer tissue out of my armpits. The feel like I am holding golf balls there.

My wife giggled at the cup’s puckering and informed me I am not as big as I thought. Overall I am pleased that she is ok with the idea of something more than a sports bra.

Measuring the chest it comes out to be a D but I suspect the widespread profile a C cup will work better

I tried Torrid’s 360 like Birdie recommended in a D but found that they are a ‘true to size ‘ company

I find the feature of fit ratings to be helpful now , the bras are being returned and unfortunately the C cup is not made in the 44 underbust
Still looking for another brand / type that will move the tissues forward and not show a fat bulge in the posterior aspect of arm and back. Past the point of caring re the wearing in public of a bra that gives a bit of projection.
Still growing slowly as a few shirts now pucker over the top buttons

Can still camouflage that with patterns in fabric. Will have to see what she says when I get a real bra that fits. The sport bras help a lot but they are less effective nowadays

Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: taxmapper on September 05, 2023, 09:57:23 AM
WPW, I have come to learn that a man's body and upper trunk are wider and larger overall. 
Band size is band size. if your 44 then your 44. 
But cup size typically is going to be smaller because the tissue is spread out over a larger area and thus do not project as much as a typical female. 
You may actually have the same volume of tissue that a woman with D's have, but because they are spread out over a larger area, may actually fall into a C or even B. 

The diff. I am at myself is over 6 inches between band and bust, but a b cup is all that I currently need. 
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on September 05, 2023, 10:01:08 AM
TNX
Have come to the same conclusion slowly. I find some difficulty in locating large band small cup items
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Justagirl💃 on September 05, 2023, 10:03:13 AM
Visitors and harvest are done

The 2 bras arrived and tried, did not fit. Cups were too large, my breasts are wide set and with a wide base. The two bras I had ordered were selected to move the Tail of Spencer tissue out of my armpits. The feel like I am holding golf balls there.

My wife giggled at the cup’s puckering and informed me I am not as big as I thought. Overall I am pleased that she is ok with the idea of something more than a sports bra.

Measuring the chest it comes out to be a D but I suspect the widespread profile a C cup will work better

I tried Torrid’s 360 like Birdie recommended in a D but found that they are a ‘true to size ‘ company

I find the feature of fit ratings to be helpful now , the bras are being returned and unfortunately the C cup is not made in the 44 underbust
Still looking for another brand / type that will move the tissues forward and not show a fat bulge in the posterior aspect of arm and back. Past the point of caring re the wearing in public of a bra that gives a bit of projection.
Still growing slowly as a few shirts now pucker over the top buttons

Can still camouflage that with patterns in fabric. Will have to see what she says when I get a real bra that fits. The sport bras help a lot but they are less effective nowadays
A visit to either Torrid or Soma sounds to be in order. The girls will get your properly fitted and your can try on several styles. 😉
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Busty on September 05, 2023, 05:12:26 PM
WPW17, sounds like your wife has accepted your womanly breasts and need to wear a bra like she does.  Just wait until you soon fill those wrinkly cups, and she will giggle for a different reason
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on September 05, 2023, 11:51:29 PM
Got to admit she is one in a million
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: WPW717 on September 07, 2023, 10:31:28 AM
Birdie, Those were Torrid bras I returned.

Have been to the store once, very helpful people.

I am rural small town and 150 + miles from nearest city with several 4000 ft passes to negotiate.

Just need to remember the lesson that male chest allows wide set and wide base to fool one with traditional measuring methods. And that Torrid sizing’ runs true to size ‘ or a bit larger than expected.

The 360 was a nice feel and fit but the 44 band smallest cup was a D, I think a C is what I need, despite the bust being 50 inches ( 6 inch difference) I didn’t come in a C.
Title: Re: Still growing
Post by: Justagirl💃 on September 07, 2023, 10:45:03 AM
Birdie, Those were Torrid bras I returned.

Have been to the store once, very helpful people.

I am rural small town and 150 + miles from nearest city with several 4000 ft passes to negotiate.

Just need to remember the lesson that male chest allows wide set and wide base to fool one with traditional measuring methods. And that Torrid sizing’ runs true to size ‘ or a bit larger than expected.

The 360 was a nice feel and fit but the 44 band smallest cup was a D, I think a C is what I need, despite the bust being 50 inches ( 6 inch difference) I didn’t come in a C.
Torrid is a bit generous in the cups. I'm a DD in the Torrid bras but fit a DDD in some other brands. 😉
Title: Osteoporosis info
Post by: WPW717 on February 09, 2024, 06:54:50 PM
Won’t go in to great detail but I have found out about a little known blood test that can assess the osteoclastic activity in a person. It is C Telopeptide and is run at the Univ. of Washington. It doesn’t count the actual number of cells but quantifies a metabolite. Not adjudicated as inaccurate as another test that has been around. I think it’s important to note as my condition(s) all have an increased risk for this problem. Parathyroid tumor of long duration, Prolactinoma currently on chemo for this and zero sex hormones, no T & E for 18 months. On Medicare DEXA scans can only be done every 2 years. A problem like this can manifest sooner than expected. This test can allay concerns for those at risk of osteoporosis.

Who knew a Prolactinoma can aid in gynecomastia formation. Despite a zero E level! I was Estrogen dominant  for 18 months is where it started then it crashed but the breasts kept growing (Prolactinoma) That is also affecting hair growth. I have lost all leg & back hair , and have gone from needing to shave every other day to just having to shave once every two weeks. The chest hair has thinned out just like the arm hair to a great extent.

If you’re at risk of osteo, get a DEXA scan or a C Telopeptide test done 
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