Minimiser bra

[42CSurprise!]

I'll join the chorus Jason.  That is a beautiful brassiere that does a great job shaping and presenting your breasts.  I've not ventured in to the high price spread but I can see these folks are offering a first rate product. My go to brassiere does a wonderful job but it doesn't have the style your brassiere has.  Thanks for included the link so we can check it out for ourselves.  That they have larger bands adds to the intrigue.  I wear a 42C brassiere but I have a 44B that does not require an extender so I may give this a try myself...  mmm.

[gyneco_jason]

I'll join the chorus Jason.  That is a beautiful brassiere that does a great job shaping and presenting your breasts.  I've not ventured in to the high price spread but I can see these folks are offering a first rate product. My go to brassiere does a wonderful job but it doesn't have the style your brassiere has.  Thanks for included the link so we can check it out for ourselves.  That they have larger bands adds to the intrigue.  I wear a 42C brassiere but I have a 44B that does not require an extender so I may give this a try myself...  mmm.

Oh thank you so much 🙂

[oldguy]

The Bali bra looks very nice. Here is a pic of the red minimiser bra and another of my regulat bras and you can see the difference I think. The minimiser is a 34D and the nude bra is actually 34DD.  I love the 34DD but my wife doesn't like me wearing it out and about.

AlfaO,

The red bra certainly helps with minimizing.  The color would be an issue.  A quick pic of the bra I generally wear.  I bought a 3 pack, with a white dark grey and pink.  Haven't worn the pink.  That would be a step too far, over the cliff.  I believe there were 3 for $16 on Amazon.  Even with these, It's a challenge.  

[AlfaQ]

That looks like a comfortable bra you are wearing.  Eventually you  may want to move onto something more supportive.  I started my journey with something similar but came to realise that I needed more support and control to be truly comfortable.  My wife understands this too.

[oldguy]

AlfaQ,

At 75, with two new knees, I no longer run.  These seem to work for me for compression, support and providing a look of well developed pecs.  Of course, that fails when they see my arms.  Fortunately, we have a lot of agriculture here.  Guys wear jeans and work shirts year around.  Even when it's over 100 degrees. 

I do occasionally wear regular non-wired bras, but those show significant development.  No hiding them and can't see my feet without bending.  My pullover jog bras, separate the breasts and make them more pronounced, but I wear them when working the yard, as they keep the breasts where they belong. When bending and twisting, the breasts tend to move around in the uni-bra.

Wife is fine with what I am wearing.  I buy 3 packs of exercise bras.  One of the uni-bras was pink.  That's a bridge too far.

[explore_support]

The Bali bra looks very nice. Here is a pic of the red minimiser bra and another of my regulat bras and you can see the difference I think. The minimiser is a 34D and the nude bra is actually 34DD.  I love the 34DD but my wife doesn't like me wearing it out and about.

That is really nice. I like the way the minimiser bra reduces the projection. Does it feel like compressing the busts?

[Johndoe1]

Minimizers redistribute the tissue rather than compress the tissue. I have several minimizer bras and all are comfortable to wear all day while reducing my appearance by a cup size. And that's average for a minimizer. 

[Parity]

If I lay a regular underwire on top of my minimizer I can clearly see the wires are a bit wider.  The wire sits back a bit, not much, but that added with how the cups fabric and shape is different it allows the breast tissue to spread out a bit more without squishing them so to speak.  I do like my minimizers for everyday.  At home I can wear those that give me a bit more projection.  Echoing 42C I am amazed, shocked and delighted in how my breast fill out and feel wearing.

Minimizes up to 1 inch compared to a t-shirt bra.  This is one line of the description in a bra companies site.  A T shirt bra does have some thicker cups where the minimize I have, Wacoal, is unlined.  That in itself will will lessen the bust size as seen with a shirt on.  Do your resurch and try various ones and see what works for you.  

[50/50]

Women have breasts and men have breasts. Some men have big breasts. Men wearing bras is considered weird or taboo even if they have large breasts. A bra is so rooted in traditional gender norms and associated with strictly women’s clothing and femininity it is hard for people to get past that even when bras help some of us men immensely. It’s definitely a double standard. 
Women can wear men’s clothing and that is totally acceptable. But if a man wears women’s clothing because it fits him better or that person just likes it, that’s wrong in peoples eyes.
Double standard!
It would really be nice that us men with boobs could just wear our bras freely and not be worried about people’s reactions or in some instances being attacked physically because some Neanderthal has to play macho man. We could freely wear the bras that we wanted to instead of boob squishing bras to hide them. Always dressing to hide them. Double standards suck!
We have breasts! Our creator put them there but we are supposed to hide them if they get too big. How many times have we all heard someone making fun of man boobs? 
Estrogen makes them grow! So those of us with a hormonal imbalance are required to hide them or get them cut off. Sorry for the rant….it just makes me mad sometimes, especially with the man boob bashing from men and women.

[Dudewithboobs]

Couldn’t agree more! I have tried a few forums for gynecomastia positivity. On Reddit I was mocked relentlessly for showing my development and trying to discuss it positively but because I wasn’t omg where’s the nearest surgeon I was mocked. Even moreso when I wore my bras to show those who may want to to know it isn’t as taboo or weird or ridiculous as one may think. 

On abrathatfits another popular one. Women were sympathetic and caring. But even then many would comment as if I was being a perv fulfilling some kink. 

On quora and other forums it was just men who were clearly fetishizing the idea of feminization and women’s clothing. And it was clear why so many probably scoff at men who do need support or women’s clothing for fit and see them as cross dressers or thrill seekers. It’s just stupid. 

Funny thing is I made the switch to women’s jeans and trousers for fit and comfort and I get compliments all the time on my pants. Usually by women 😂 and even more comedic had lunch with a couple friends this past weekend at a pub and two of my friends complimented my chest thinking it was muscle not realizing my pullover bras keep my chest supported and shaped well. And my wife even complimented my new tank tops that are women’s with a shelf bra in them and said she really likes the fitted look and material. 

All while I was like funny how I get these compliments but if they all knew it was women’s it would go from looking good to wtf and that makes me mad. Cause it’s just comfort and fit. Nothing more. Nothing less. 

My breasts are sore and uncomfortable without support after a day without it. I shouldn’t have to handicap my comfort for someone else’s insecurity of how it makes them feel. I could see if it was being done with intention or in secret etc. but we have breasts like they do. We should have the same options and given the same courtesy in supporting them as they do. 

[Parity]

  I couldn't agree more with you both.  It's a breast thing!  Women have had to navigate looks and unwanted glares forever from those same men we try to hide ours from.  We tone them down to be socially accepted.  Often to our discomfort.  

  I too would just love to wear my most comfortable bra with a shirt of my choice in public with out looks and shame. 
 

[Dudewithboobs]

Agreed. I wear pullovers or tanks with shelf bras exclusively now. Just easier for the day to day. I love my t shirt bras but haven’t worn them in quite some time due to current size and shape given. It would be great to just throw on a t shirt and go to the pub or Home Depot or elsewhere and just not have a person bat an eye at my chest. But alas pullovers give me the best chance for comfort support and discretion without discomfort of a sports bra.