04-01-2013, 04:25
Good question, I'd like to find some answers to this as well.
Like you, I had eating disorders growing up. On top of that, I developed PCOS at an early age (somewhere between 12 and 15), and that actually caused my breasts to shrink! I also have low stomach acid, so my body doesn't absorb nutrients, and I'm deficient in most vitamins and minerals. So this combination pretty much destroyed any chance of me every fully developing in my teens! Haha! (I was actually developing fairly quickly before my PCOS hit me hard.)
Great link, it really does help to see pictures. I had always thought I just had fatty areolas, until coming on here and learning about the actual Tanner Stages.
My breasts have actually grown from a 32B to a 32E now, and I'm still currently in stage 4.
Of course, during puberty, it can take 1-3 years to progress through a stage, so I expect that I will still have to wait to hit a full stage 5. I HAVE noticed through my NBE that as my breasts grow larger, my areolas are shrinking slightly. I'm hoping that means they're working towards a stage 5. They still get pretty puffy, but it seems to be a somewhat rare occurrence now, and it's still not as bad as it used to be.
I can't wait until the day when my areolas lie flat on my breasts! It's so embarrassing having puffy nipples as a grown woman!
I have considered BO in the past, and if PM doesn't work well for me, I might go ahead and try it. I'll be much more willing to try it if other women are able to back it up in its ability to mature breasts! Although I honestly think that as long as you can set your hormones back into a point where you continue to grow breasts, then you should eventually over time be able to reach stage 5 regardless of what herbs were used. I JUST started using PM, so my current progress was achieved with just FG, SP and RC/Hops. Although maybe PM and BO seem to give faster results in this regard.
Like you, I had eating disorders growing up. On top of that, I developed PCOS at an early age (somewhere between 12 and 15), and that actually caused my breasts to shrink! I also have low stomach acid, so my body doesn't absorb nutrients, and I'm deficient in most vitamins and minerals. So this combination pretty much destroyed any chance of me every fully developing in my teens! Haha! (I was actually developing fairly quickly before my PCOS hit me hard.)
Great link, it really does help to see pictures. I had always thought I just had fatty areolas, until coming on here and learning about the actual Tanner Stages.
My breasts have actually grown from a 32B to a 32E now, and I'm still currently in stage 4.
Of course, during puberty, it can take 1-3 years to progress through a stage, so I expect that I will still have to wait to hit a full stage 5. I HAVE noticed through my NBE that as my breasts grow larger, my areolas are shrinking slightly. I'm hoping that means they're working towards a stage 5. They still get pretty puffy, but it seems to be a somewhat rare occurrence now, and it's still not as bad as it used to be.I can't wait until the day when my areolas lie flat on my breasts! It's so embarrassing having puffy nipples as a grown woman!
I have considered BO in the past, and if PM doesn't work well for me, I might go ahead and try it. I'll be much more willing to try it if other women are able to back it up in its ability to mature breasts! Although I honestly think that as long as you can set your hormones back into a point where you continue to grow breasts, then you should eventually over time be able to reach stage 5 regardless of what herbs were used. I JUST started using PM, so my current progress was achieved with just FG, SP and RC/Hops. Although maybe PM and BO seem to give faster results in this regard.