Nyx
09-28-2006, 04:03 PM
An interesting find on wikipedia....:
Progesterone is used in hormone therapy for transsexual women, and some Intersex women - especially when synthetic progestins have been ineffective or caused side-effects - since normal breast tissue cannot develop except in the presence of both progestogen and estrogen. Mammary glandular tissue is otherwise fibrotic, the breast shape conical and the areola immature, Progesterone can correct those even after years of inadequate hormonal treatment. Research usually cited against such value was conducted using Provera, a synthetic progestin. Progesterone also has a role in skin elasticity and bone strength, in respiration, in nerve tissue and in female sexuality, and the presence of progesterone receptors in certain muscle and fat tissue may hint at a role in sexually-dimorphic proportions of those.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone (end of the page).
So according to this, without progesterone, breasts can't achieve their full maturity and thus can't reach their full potential (in terms of size) without progesterone. This might (partly) explain the common statement that "transsexuals are usually a cup less than siblings"... It might be because they simply don't have the right hormone regimen. Of course there is the fact that hormones become less efficient as you age, but I have seen at least one transsexual women who took estrogen and reached an unusually large breast size (D or more).
Personally, I'd be happy with a full B, or a C, but I doubt I can get that without a proper hormone regimen. I will be discussing this with my doctor when the time is appropriate... Hopefully he will accept to prescribe progesterone once I have a stable estrogen/t-blocker regimen.
Progesterone is used in hormone therapy for transsexual women, and some Intersex women - especially when synthetic progestins have been ineffective or caused side-effects - since normal breast tissue cannot develop except in the presence of both progestogen and estrogen. Mammary glandular tissue is otherwise fibrotic, the breast shape conical and the areola immature, Progesterone can correct those even after years of inadequate hormonal treatment. Research usually cited against such value was conducted using Provera, a synthetic progestin. Progesterone also has a role in skin elasticity and bone strength, in respiration, in nerve tissue and in female sexuality, and the presence of progesterone receptors in certain muscle and fat tissue may hint at a role in sexually-dimorphic proportions of those.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone (end of the page).
So according to this, without progesterone, breasts can't achieve their full maturity and thus can't reach their full potential (in terms of size) without progesterone. This might (partly) explain the common statement that "transsexuals are usually a cup less than siblings"... It might be because they simply don't have the right hormone regimen. Of course there is the fact that hormones become less efficient as you age, but I have seen at least one transsexual women who took estrogen and reached an unusually large breast size (D or more).
Personally, I'd be happy with a full B, or a C, but I doubt I can get that without a proper hormone regimen. I will be discussing this with my doctor when the time is appropriate... Hopefully he will accept to prescribe progesterone once I have a stable estrogen/t-blocker regimen.