For trans women and transfeminine people who are considering or at the very beginning of feminizing hormone therapy, one of the most common points of concern – and uncertainty – is breast development. How soon will it start, how fast will it happen, how long will it take, and how large will they become? “What will my breasts look like?” can be a question that many trans women have pondered for years before we ever take the step of bringing them into being.
It’s also a question that, for a given individual, can’t be reliably predicted or answered definitively ahead of time – the only way to find out is to go through with it and discover this firsthand. As with cis women, the dimensions of breast development can vary substantially among trans women on HRT. And while we may not be able to offer a specific answer for an individual, we can obtain information on the typical scope and range of that development among trans women as a group, and how that may differ from the ranges of development exhibited by cis women. Continue reading