22-12-2018, 10:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 22-12-2018, 03:39 PM by Beverley50.)
Hi all,
This is my first post. I'm Beverley, currently in MTF transition.
I have been contemplating going the HRT route through a new doctor (my old one won't understand, and I'm a bit embarrassed to talk to him about it) but since this will open up a whole variety of issues like psychological evaluations, shrink visits, family involvement etc I have decided that I will try and go the herbal route first. I have done a LOT of reading about the subject and have come across 2 seemingly major proponents, namely fenugreek and saw palmetto, that could be taken together. I have decided to put saw palmetto on the back-burner for now since there are such opposing reports about it's effect, some saying it will have an effect on blocking (to a degree) the production of DHT, improving hair growth, skin tone, and the production of estrogen etc. Other say that it has exactly the opposite effect, that it blocks the production of estrogen. So it is all so confusing that I have put it aside until I can find more meaningful and precise data.
So, I have been taking Fenugreek in pill form three times a day, 1000mg (2 tabs), for a total of 3000mg per day, over a period of 2 months now. And the effect upon my boobs have been wonderful. I have had a little fat around my entire body for many years and I have always been slim, never overweight. I don't have very tight skin (I have been told that larger breast implants will work very well with my skin type) but I have grown into a full a-cup within an 8-week period (I can barely cup each breast with my hand. I have also become aware that the breast tissue (fat) has even spread to areas under my armpits. I notice this every time when I move either arm across my body, and I feel the new bulge press against my upper arm. It is such a pleasurable feminine feeling, something that I only now realize how I've missed it all my life. I have also become aware that my areolas have increased a little in size to around 1 inch, but the major difference has been in their change of color, from pink to a much darker reddish-brown. Very noticeable. And my nipples are so much more sensitive.
And NO, I am NOT imagining this. It is real, as real as this message is. I know my body well and I know what it looked like before. I have read about the dramatic effects of phyto-estrogens upon some people, and not on others, but I am over the moon about my personal experience . . . . so far!
If there is anyone out there with meaningful additional information, please share it with me.
This is my first post. I'm Beverley, currently in MTF transition.
I have been contemplating going the HRT route through a new doctor (my old one won't understand, and I'm a bit embarrassed to talk to him about it) but since this will open up a whole variety of issues like psychological evaluations, shrink visits, family involvement etc I have decided that I will try and go the herbal route first. I have done a LOT of reading about the subject and have come across 2 seemingly major proponents, namely fenugreek and saw palmetto, that could be taken together. I have decided to put saw palmetto on the back-burner for now since there are such opposing reports about it's effect, some saying it will have an effect on blocking (to a degree) the production of DHT, improving hair growth, skin tone, and the production of estrogen etc. Other say that it has exactly the opposite effect, that it blocks the production of estrogen. So it is all so confusing that I have put it aside until I can find more meaningful and precise data.
So, I have been taking Fenugreek in pill form three times a day, 1000mg (2 tabs), for a total of 3000mg per day, over a period of 2 months now. And the effect upon my boobs have been wonderful. I have had a little fat around my entire body for many years and I have always been slim, never overweight. I don't have very tight skin (I have been told that larger breast implants will work very well with my skin type) but I have grown into a full a-cup within an 8-week period (I can barely cup each breast with my hand. I have also become aware that the breast tissue (fat) has even spread to areas under my armpits. I notice this every time when I move either arm across my body, and I feel the new bulge press against my upper arm. It is such a pleasurable feminine feeling, something that I only now realize how I've missed it all my life. I have also become aware that my areolas have increased a little in size to around 1 inch, but the major difference has been in their change of color, from pink to a much darker reddish-brown. Very noticeable. And my nipples are so much more sensitive.
And NO, I am NOT imagining this. It is real, as real as this message is. I know my body well and I know what it looked like before. I have read about the dramatic effects of phyto-estrogens upon some people, and not on others, but I am over the moon about my personal experience . . . . so far!
If there is anyone out there with meaningful additional information, please share it with me.