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yo transbros. Shit they didn& #39;t tell you about binding, and probably either didn& #39;t fucken care or deliberately neglected to tell you: A Thread.
So, first, binding is already dangerous as fuck. Not only can it fuck up your ribcage and force it to bend the wrong way PERMANENTLY if you& #39;re young when you start binding, it can cause lots of chest problems. You won& #39;t be able to expand your lungs the full way.
Just putting it out there idgaf what other people tell you, THERE. IS. NO. "SAFE". WAY. TO. BIND.
Yes, you can be careful about it, but that just minimizes the damage. It doesn& #39;t prevent it. When you bind, you NEED to be able to expand your chest fully.
Yes, you can be careful about it, but that just minimizes the damage. It doesn& #39;t prevent it. When you bind, you NEED to be able to expand your chest fully.
I understand needing to be flat, however, most dudes aren& #39;t completely flat. Dudes will have pecs, you have them too. When you bind, make sure you shove your chest fat sacks up and out toward your armpits. If you smoosh them down, you& #39;ll end up stretching your skin.
stretching the skin of your bresticles causes surgery to be more difficult. You& #39;ll end up with skin flaps, and you& #39;ll need MULTIPLE SURGERIES to fix that shit. You won& #39;t be able to keep your nipples and new ones will have to be grafted.
When binding, NEVER. EVER. use ace bandages. They& #39;ll cut off circulation and are super uneven when applying them. So you& #39;re fucking up your skin and the tissue underneath. Your skin needs to be healthy when prepping for surgery. Ace bandages ruin that.
Now, this doesn& #39;t mean you CAN& #39;T get surgery. This just means instead of one and done, you& #39;ll have to go back a couple times to get the results you want. It costs more money, and is really stressful having to heal up a SECOND time, take that time off of work, etc.
When you DO bind, do it sparingly. There& #39;s loads of different tricks to pass without having to bind. I know they suck, but sports bras help out a lot and don& #39;t fuck you up as bad. Getting a tank top kinda sportsbra works immensely better as it just looks like a regular undershirt
When trying to pass w/o a binder, definitely use jackets with pockets on the chest. They cover up and blur the chest bumps n shit, and you& #39;ll BE ABLE TO FUCKEN BREATHE. Your Jacket too hot? grab 2 of your favorite kind. Cut the sleeves off of one, have the other for cold days.
Button down shirts are a godsend when it comes to passing. Tucking that shit in and wearing a belt blurs your waistline and basically eliminates ANY curves you might have, regardless of how big you are. Up and down/vertical stripes also help slim things out. Plus, you& #39;ll look RAD
But on top of binding, if you bind too tightly, you& #39;ll cause atrophy, which is when your cells die. You& #39;ll end up suffocating your skin and it& #39;ll be rather painful to deal with. You could end up with a rash, or much much worse. Lift up and spread em to under the armpit.
After taking your binder off, take a deep breath and cough a few times. Your lungs end up letting mucus and other shit settle in there from you not able to breathe properly from binding. Put your hands on your head, breathe, and cough. You& #39;ll feel a lot better.
