A few may remember me

[WPW717]

I think bobb isn’t opening a can of worms. A review of his posts shows that meds appear to be a cause of the gynecomastia growth. Spiro is an antagonist to androgen receptors. So, the T/E ratio is altered. 
My path of hormonal roller coaster I allowed me to experience this ratio flipping rapidly in both directions until the need for a castration. A real harsh hormonal change. Slow slides of this ratio changing can be imperceptible to the individual. He may not feel the effects of the ‘estrogen highway’ as some of us do. 
I’ll take the remark as a casual query as to the culture here. This is just one slice of the cake ( thread) here.  A low posting number is reason to believe he has not had time to become immersed in the milieu. 

[Normalboobs1]

FACT.
All males have estrogen mixing testosterone.
All females have testosterone alongside their (usually predominate) estrogen.
So all males are, to to some extent fem and vice versa.
This explains men with breasts and flat chested women both normal and both stigmatized by the ignorant.

The normal for any given person is highly variable and usually normal...
Males born with predominate estrogen levels will be the ones inheriting breasts at puberty.
Others, including myself, develop breasts with age as testosterone declines leaving estrogen in control or a surge of estrogen which can be normal but certainly warrants exclusion of pathology.

All those males with breasts can either be tortured by not being average or choose enjoy the gift that nature has given them and live at peace with the inheritance that, nascently, has been with them since birth.
The latter course is the path I have chosen. 65 yo when "diagnosed " with normal breast, and now in my 80th year and having always been "one of the girls" rather than "one of the boys" I had a ready made support group for which I have been deeply thankful.
Perhaps it is just me, but I can attest that conversations over coffee in a group of women is far more rewarding than alcohol fuelled ones down the pub over a pool table.
I envy those who have had breasts since their teenage years {though I wouldn't have enjoyed boys school!) but I certainly intend enjoying my fem life  and all it may bring for however many years I have left.

Embrace what life gives you  .... At least, male or female, be thankful that filling a bra does not cost you money

[Justagirl💃]

One of the wonderful aspects of this site is that there is something for everyone. 
If concealment is your game, There's plenty information on this site about layering, prints, and baggy attire. There is a wealth of information in past threads, some of which I contributed. 
If you don't care much about concealment, and focus mostly on comfort and support,  again there is a wealth of information on this site in past threads.
If matching panties is your thing, but under men's attire,  again there is a wealth of information. 
If the estrogen hiway has taken its toll on you and you celebrate your breasts, even find them sensual,  again we have a wealth of information available.  
If you are AMAB, but present as female (intersex or not), again a wealth of information (mostly from Sophie).

Take what you can from the site, and leave the rest. Just enjoy the site. 

[bobb]

i hope you don't think i hold anything against anyone here for what they think or feel because i don't i'm bisexual i hope thats not to much information.

[Justagirl💃]

i hope you don't think i hold anything against anyone here for what they think or feel because i don't i'm bisexual i hope thats not to much information.

Not TMI at all. All cordial conversations are welcome. 

[oldguy]

Thanks to the three of you for your welcome back.
How much I post remains to be seen.

re the "make up thing"
It doesn't have to be "full on" .
Serum and primer alone is usually transparent but boy (or girll!) does it make a difference in softening and smooting the skin and protecting protecting lips.
A Girl friend has been very helpful. Her daily routine takes her around 10 mins  and she advised that anything longer than that for everyday would probably indicate that you were probably straying into Glam evening or Drag look. She presumed that I didnt want to attract too close attention. 

Last week, I had mohs surgery for basal cell carcinoma on my cheek.  I had a 1 1/2" cut.  The incision is healing well, but the side of my face is black and blue from my eye to chin.  Yesterday, I was a pallbearer at a long-time friends funeral. I was planning to wear a large band aid to cover it, but that even made it look worse.  My wife applied some of her makeup to the affected area.  You could still notice the incision, but not nearly as much.  I was surprised how well it hid the bruising.  I figured people would notice the makeup.  If anyone did, no one said anything.

[gotgyne]

i hope you don't think i hold anything against anyone here for what they think or feel because i don't i'm bisexual i hope thats not to much information.

Nothing wrong with bisexuality, since it increases the possibilities to find a sexual partner or even a mate for life.

[42CSurprise!]

i don't care what people wear for clothes i wear a bra and panties. i guess i just don't understand some things like hormones and what they do i know my breast got bigger but the way i feel hasn't changed other than i'm not so sure of myself anymore.

I think many of us have been confused about what is happening to us.  Part of the conversation unfolding here over time has been exploring the role of hormones in human development. We learned as Normalboob states it that we all have a mix of both estrogen and testosterone in our bodies.  In women estrogen predominates.  In men it is testosterone doing the heavy lifting.  Our bodies are getting clear about how all of that will unfold during puberty.  Many among us developed breasts as teens, which means that despite the fact they were male at birth, estrogen was playing a larger part in their lives than in the boys around them who had flat chests.  We've discussed how we all reside on a continuum from male to female.  I didn't have pronounced breasts as a teen but I had a soft body... and that hasn't changed.  There is a bit of roundness in my body as well.  I've come to understand that nature gave me more estrogen than those hard bodied boys and men got.

Making it all more complicated is the fact as we age testosterone diminishes.  It is estimated that beginning around age 50 we lose 1% of our testosterone.  This is one reason why men's bodies often soften as they get older and why men can develop breasts.  It is also true as stated above that some medications affect how hormones function, either diminishing testosterone or elevating estrogen.  It's complicated.

The long and short of it is that if you're developing breasts, estrogen is increasing in your body and testosterone is diminishing.  As the old television ad says, it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  Those on the acceptance side are ending the struggle and doing the best we can to deal with this reality.  As Birdie says, we all respond in our own way.  I personally wish to enjoy the fact I now carry breasts as voluptuous as those I longed for when I was a young man on the lookout for an attractive woman.  Shocking but true!

If you stick around it will all become clearer AND you'll have support for your own journey of both self-acceptance and self-expression... whatever that may be.