Binder stuffs!
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trans HEY GUYS! Guess what! I has a binder :3 I is a happy muffin. I ordered it from Underworks. Ordered it last Tuesday (the 14th), and it got in the mail yesterday (Tuesday). I got the extra-small 997 black binder and Have started to get to putting it on by myself. I put it on, and used a couple of techniques that I saw on youtube.At first I just tried to put it on like a shirt. Didn't work. I tried to put it on over my legs. Wouldn't fit over hips. I put my arms through, then my head and had my close friend help me out with putting it on. Was able to put it on, had to adjust my moobs to the side and my friend took a picture of me and I was FLAT. I mean, the way I'm compressed makes me look like I have formidable pectorals.
It's comfortable! Last two days I've been wearing black (it's been about 25-30 degrees Celsius lately), and It's not too hot. People tend to have fears that binders are too hot. Then again, it's usually bigger guys who have to layer. I can simply wear one layer. I haven't been able to pass since I got the binder, though, simply because I decided to wear some of my old girl clothes (desperately need to do laundry). And so, of course, my flubbies sort of hang out. I hope that once I'm back in guy clothes I'll be able to pass waaay better. Right, was mentioning the female clothes. I've lost a lot of wait. I mean, I'm not fat or large or anything, but I've started to lose the femmy fat (soon those flubbies will be gone!) and my thighs are starting to get smaller. I've been quite active lately.
So, yes, if you're wondering, the binder isn't too hot (I have the black version, too). I can breathe! When I use tensor bandage, I couldn't move in certain ways because it would hurt quite a lot. I can move quite freely. I wasn't expecting the binder to feel like, well, mesh. It's interesting.
Hrmm, the only complaints I have with the binder is it rolls. I'm trying to keep my flubbies compressed so I have it going quite low. But once I can hide in looser clothing, I think I'll either cut it under the ribs area or roll it up. And then there's the fact that it's really hard to get on. This morning I was somehow able to manage to get it on. Hrmm, it sort of cuts into the backs of my armspits. I sort of want to cut away at the arm holes a bit. And I think my last complaint is that it sort of compresses my clavicles.
It's comfortable! Last two days I've been wearing black (it's been about 25-30 degrees Celsius lately), and It's not too hot. People tend to have fears that binders are too hot. Then again, it's usually bigger guys who have to layer. I can simply wear one layer. I haven't been able to pass since I got the binder, though, simply because I decided to wear some of my old girl clothes (desperately need to do laundry). And so, of course, my flubbies sort of hang out. I hope that once I'm back in guy clothes I'll be able to pass waaay better. Right, was mentioning the female clothes. I've lost a lot of wait. I mean, I'm not fat or large or anything, but I've started to lose the femmy fat (soon those flubbies will be gone!) and my thighs are starting to get smaller. I've been quite active lately.
So, yes, if you're wondering, the binder isn't too hot (I have the black version, too). I can breathe! When I use tensor bandage, I couldn't move in certain ways because it would hurt quite a lot. I can move quite freely. I wasn't expecting the binder to feel like, well, mesh. It's interesting.
Hrmm, the only complaints I have with the binder is it rolls. I'm trying to keep my flubbies compressed so I have it going quite low. But once I can hide in looser clothing, I think I'll either cut it under the ribs area or roll it up. And then there's the fact that it's really hard to get on. This morning I was somehow able to manage to get it on. Hrmm, it sort of cuts into the backs of my armspits. I sort of want to cut away at the arm holes a bit. And I think my last complaint is that it sort of compresses my clavicles.
Onto miscellaneous things. I'm going to be making my mum get health care for us, and if she doesn't, I will be going to to get it myself and say that I'm an independent minor. And then I'll be able to get a reference letter to Warnake, the only TG Gatekeeper in Edmonton. According to two of my MTF friends told me that he was treating a 15 year old. So hopefully I'll be able to get to talk to him. (One of said friends is getting her surgery next March 13th, she's incredibly happy about it ^^) Anyway, I've found out that I have the range of a Tenor which excites me because it means I'm able to do things by ear (I've been learning music for the past year and a half), and that I can have a deep voice pre-T.
So, I guess this should conclude my post.
