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Acceptance / Re: It’s been a year since joining
« Last post by taxmapper on Yesterday at 09:26:51 AM »
Yup! 


Then like me I doom scroll Amazon for bras. (Only because they work for me.). 

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User Photos / Re: Figured out resizing of Phone pics
« Last post by oldguy on January 28, 2026, 04:52:29 PM »
Nice pic.  You look good in that shirt.  I need to figure out resizing pics on my iPhone.  

After being diagnosed in 2011, I did get a bra fitting in 2014.  I tried on a number of suggestions.  Wire and molded cups.  They all made them look huge.  

I use a spaghetti strap sports uni-bra that works well to look like I have pecks.  I also wear a plaid work shirt over a grey undershirt.  When my shirts are tucked in to my jeans, even that doesn't completely hide the chest.  I am now a 42C, 34" waist.  Since the straps are small and the back has no hooks, I feel comfortable with hugs and such.

For me, it is concealment.  

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Acceptance / Re: It’s been a year since joining
« Last post by OldSlowAndRound on January 28, 2026, 03:58:39 PM »
As I told my sales associate at my boutique, I didn’t know buying bras would be so addictive!  I think I’ll go get another underwire one.
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User Photos / Re: Figured out resizing of Phone pics
« Last post by tryingtoaccept on January 28, 2026, 02:26:10 PM »
The frontal view of the photo  makes them look more like muscular pecks than gyno. 
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Gynecomastia Talk / Re: Smash and grab!
« Last post by taxmapper on January 28, 2026, 01:36:16 PM »
AAANNDNNNNNNDDDDDDD   why I wear padded!    The number of times!!! 
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Acceptance / Re: It’s been a year since joining
« Last post by 42CSurprise! on January 28, 2026, 12:49:08 PM »
Thanks for the update.  For all of us this is a journey, both our relationship with our bodies and our relationship with wearing a brassiere.  I'm now wearing a bralette when I sleep which, much like the brassiere you show us has no wire shaping my breasts.  Though a bit larger, they look much like yours when I'm wearing that piece.  It is when I wear an underwire brassiere without padding that my breasts take the shape that pleases me most.  I'm now wearing one or another of those brassieres every day.  I really like both the look and the feel.

But the part of your post that I most want to address is the fundamental change in the shape of my body.  I weigh much less than I did at my highest weight but I've become much rounder in the middle, butt and thighs.  This has been happening over the last five or six years as my breasts have gotten larger.  We often talk about how diminished testosterone allows estrogen to have its way with our bodies... feminizing us.  Skin is soften, hair is diminishing, mood becomes more calm, penis shrinks and body becomes rounder with fat moving.  I've always had a soft body so the changes are perhaps more pronounced for me than they would for a more lean, muscular body.  Those men probably won't find themselves on this website.  But who we are is simply who we are.  Nothing is to be gained by denying that.  I won't be battling Mother Nature since I know it is a losing proposition.

Glad you're finding acceptance with who you are and enjoying the journey.  I know shopping for brassieres is always a source of pleasure for me, even though I no longer need to buy more.  But perhaps I will.  Who knows?
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Acceptance Garments / Re: What did your doctor recommend?
« Last post by WPW717 on January 28, 2026, 12:00:57 PM »
At 75 y/o I did wear a bra to the new docs appt. There were no ‘looks’ but the nurse offered to do a manual breast exam & teach me BSE. 

I am a ret RN and said thanks but no to the teaching but thought I should let another nurse see if they feel more than my old fingers. Nothing detected.
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Acceptance Garments / Re: Underwire
« Last post by AlfaQ on January 28, 2026, 11:37:57 AM »
In the attached photo you can see that my underwire is correctly positioned so that my breast tissue can fall into the cup and be supported.  If I were to sit the underwire lower  there would be gapping in the lower  cup and possible squashing of upper breast tissue elsewhere.   This is a common mistake to make and easily done with molded cups which effectively disguise this problem.  Breast tissue resting in your bra cup is being supported by the cup. 
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Acceptance Garments / Re: Underwire
« Last post by AlfaQ on January 28, 2026, 10:53:07 AM »
Yeah,  the underwire needs to sit in the crease where your breast meets your chest. Called the IMF. This can take practice to achieve but it ensures that there are no wrinkles in the bottom your cups.  Wrinkles mean that some tissue is not being properly supported and your bra is not providing maximum support. 
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Acceptance Garments / Re: Underwire
« Last post by Justagirl💃 on January 28, 2026, 10:35:23 AM »
An underwire, properly fit, provides much more support than a wire free bra. The trick is getting a fitting to have the proper bra selected for you. 
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