Tired of MicroManipples

[VickiTheGamer]

Is there any way to get away from having the micro man nipples short of suction or surgery?
Hormones are helping the breasts grow, but I still have my male micro nipples. I know a number of GG that have wonderfully large ones, yet I think mine will always just be so small.

[JohnH]

I guess my question is how long have you been on M2F HRT? It does take a very long time for breasts to develop. I have been on HRT for about 3 years and only now my nipples are of a decent size.

John

[MonicaJean]

It does indeed take a long time. Since starting P mine have grown larger.

[RADER]

Most girls have small nipples until they reach 20 something.
My wife told me her nipples where small until she had her first
child. Then the nipples seam to explode overnight.
Rader

[Kaitlyn Michele]

You will have to accept many many things and one of them is this.

I believe its possible to surgically enhance them.

[Ann Louise]

I sought out a very reputable tattoo artist in Seattle who has a good reputation for the cover up of scars due to post-surgical work, like mastectomies and abdominal scars. She mixed up three or four different shades of "flesh" tones that match female nipples, and tattooed my nipples to a nice-sized female size and shape. It hurt like hell, and cost $350 (mixing the shades of ink to be genuinely flesh-like is tricky), but after an initial period of experiencing a somewhat darker color than I had hoped for, they have faded to a lovely gradient of flesh tone, from lighter out at the periphery, to exactly the same shade as my old nipples were at the center. It took one visit to her shop, and about two hours. They look lovely now, and I can use a swimming pool locker room, etc., with nary a glance at them by others. I would suggest that anyone who wants to go this route get their BA first, as your implants stretch your skin in a non-uniform way, and you want a nice, natural, almost round appearance. Good luck and bring your pain pills. ^_^

[I Am Paula]

Thank you Ann Louise- Hormones did their job everywhere but the boobs. Surgery fixed that. My surgeon suggested tattoos, cause the implants stretched my nipples, but they're still little boy nips. I just had never met, nor spoken to anybody who has had it done.

P.s.- Any cancer center will recommend a tattoo artist who does this.

[Frances]

Why would you want to change them? Motivation is always super relevant. I knew someone who wanted the same thing, but in order to substantiate false stories about her past to other women.

Transition is a patience game. They may get more to your liking later on, or you will come to accept them as they are.

[Ann Louise]

Why would you want to change them? Motivation is always super relevant. I knew someone who wanted the same thing, but in order to substantiate false stories about her past to other women.

Transition is a patience game. They may get more to your liking later on, or you will come to accept them as they are.

My motives for changing my body, every part of my body, are oriented towards having the body that I always felt that I should have had, but did not. There are no "false stories" in my life, and I trust that you were not insinuating that there are. Certainly no more than any other trans girl who wants to live a quiet, non-descript life. Patience? How does waiting for 44 years sound for patience? ^_^

[Frances]

I was answering the OP. I did not even read your post. I transitioned at 42 and had SRS at 44.

[Ann Louise]

PS: be sure to take your pain meds Before your appointment! ^_^

[Krisi]

I believe the tattoo procedure is fairly common. You would want to find someone recommended by a doctor or plastic surgeon, not the guy who does motorcycle or gang tattoos.

I know a woman who had her eyeliner tattooed on.

[Kaitlyn Michele]

I never thought of a tattoo..that makes alot of sense...

I just sat for a 6 hour piece of a highly detailed guitar on my forearm...it hurt but not too badly at all and i actually felt quite zen about the whole thing...never thought of it as a way to try to make nipples tho...

as an aside...when it was over i felt a massive rush ...i felt like i could fly to the moon it was pretty amazing...did you feel that? anything over 3 hours is a long time to go through that!

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to frances point, i think the idea is that this is not constructive thinking..

"i just started HRT"
"i need to fix my micronipples"

life is long and transition is long, it cant be better said...transition is a patience game..

... surely there are more important things in this life changing process to deal with today...maybe its a bit too judgemental but i'd say forget the nipples and take care of the real stuff, let the chips fall and then as(if) you progress you'll find out if your nipples are something you still care about..

[Angela Campbell]

My girlfriend is a permanent makeup artist, this is the way to go. A tattoo parlor is not the place. I would advise to wait until you have been on hormones at least 3 years or so before making a decision on this as until then you don't know what you will get from the hormones.

The nipples Take a long time to develop.

I have had my eyebrows done. It is kind of like a tattoo but a permanent makeup artist uses pigments rather than ink, and is better trained at matching skin tones.
Yah it hurts.

[docrobbysherry]

I'm curious why u object to using suction, Vicki? I tried to expand my breasts using suction devices about 15 years ago. About 15 minutes twice a day.

After 10 months I stopped because I acheived no breast growth. However, my nipples did expand. And, they still haven't shrunk back again.

[Megan G]

I'm curious why u object to using suction, Vicki?.

Prob because she is on HRT and with the duct work that is forming in there it's a good way to hurt them. I am not a doctor by any means but not a chance I would put one on mine... They are sore enough!

I agree with the others, give it some time and worry about other issues with the transition. Later down the road if your still not happy do it then.

Megan

[Nigella]

This is Vicki's transition, and although I would agree with others here about waiting, this may be her breaking point, we all have them. At this point in time I am happy with my transition, no FFS, no BA, no voice therapy, but who knows if any of these may become an issue for me later and bite.

This may also be her way of coping with the stress of transition, by focusing on something, to some of us, which is trivial, but is non the less something that can define women.

[Ann Louise]

I never thought of a tattoo..that makes alot of sense...

I just sat for a 6 hour piece of a highly detailed guitar on my forearm...it hurt but not too badly at all and i actually felt quite zen about the whole thing...never thought of it as a way to try to make nipples tho...

as an aside...when it was over i felt a massive rush ...i felt like i could fly to the moon it was pretty amazing...did you feel that? anything over 3 hours is a long time to go through that!

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I have had really nice ink artwork on my upper arms for quite a while Kaitlyn (and OP), and little did I know at the time they were of highly feminine design. I seem to have been the only one who didn't realize it at the time (go figure), as most of the guys in the "tattoo parlor" [sic] surely thought I was of quite questionable sexual configuration. Getting my breasts finished (and that's how I view it, a nice finishing touch) was not a euphoric rush, but I have gained a ongoing satisfaction whenever I step in front a mirror. As I mentioned, the ink faded so nicely now, thanks to my quite talented artist, that my aureoli are completely indistinguishable from a natal girl my age (I'm 61), and it's quite a relief in that the change itself has receded into the background and I take them, and the remainder of my "new" body, for granted now.

Vicki, if you conduct a careful search on the net (try using Google Scholar, and "transsexual breast development" search terms, for example), you might uncover that breast development under HRT is very spotty process and unique for each of us. I consulted with my endocrinologist before I had my breast augmentation and subsequent aureoli tattoo work done, and he advised me that in my particular case it was unlikely that I would gain much breast development under HRT, and negligible nipple development, irregardless of how long I waited. He therefore thought that the tattooed aureoli were a unique but worthy idea if I wanted to match a natal woman more closely.

All the best, Ann

[VickiTheGamer]

Well, before coming into the Forum, I actually talked to my doctor about what changes I could expect down the line. I already know it will take time and I am ok with that, but it's just... well, it sometimes feels nice when your doctor tells you stuff too. "Your breasts will grow, your skin will get smoother, etc.". We had not covered the Nipple topic though so I asked. I was told "well Vicki, at your age, most likely your nipples would stay quite small. I don't know if you will even develop breasts. Your starting quite late in life". He suggested tattooing as well. It was rather disappointing actually but I didn't let him know that.

I heard some women get larger from the hormonal changes when getting pregnant, others from breast feeding. One close friend of mine said she was sure that it was the breast pumps to get the milk that gave her the size she now has. So I thought I would ask to see what others had for their experiences. Having my doctor tell me what he did was just hard to take. So....you know, I wanted to see what ideas I might look into in time.

As for me, I feel there are a few things that leave me feeling more male than I like. A penis of course, too much body hair, and these tiny nipples. All big reminders of the male. When I see tiny nipples now on others, men in particular, it reminds me that I too have male nipples. Then I start to get those horrible thoughts that start with, "who am I fooling....".

Chatting here, asking these kinds of questions though helps me keep faith that things WILL change and most likely in a very wonderful positive direction. Just gotta be patient. :D