u/defectra

weight has fluctuated from 92lbs (was on drugs) in September 2022 to 165 (when I was released from prison 6/5/25) to 140 pounds now. I had a decent amount of breast tissue a couple years ago, but I’ve been sticking to my routine of chest exercises—cable flies and incline dumbbell press—for the last 18 months or so. chest is usually covered with Transtape, so I didn’t really look closely until last night and it seems like there’s hard anything there anymore???

I’m getting a large sum of money pretty soon, and I’ve been debating on the top surgery thing but it’s so hard to imagine spending $10,000 when my chest is so small

most of the time, I just feel like I look like a stud with a beard. I’m not sure if that feeling will ever go away. I view myself as how I looked before starting testosterone. this is kind of an off-guard picture and my hair was not spiked up, but I actually look like a man. I don’t think she realized how much this improved my confidence

I always thought that I wouldn’t see much of a change because I started hormones so late in life (due to fentanyl addiction), but that was not the case. I did a triple-take after I took the bottom photo. I texted it to my partner and said “do I really look like this?” It’s just unreal. Can’t put it into words.