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now-i-can-fly asked: (I don't know how to answer to my own post, do I just reblog it again or what?D: So I'll answer here) Ok, so I didn't made me clear enough, I did mean it as in using an ace bandage, those aren't made for THAT purpose. Professionals are good (of course not if you buy it three sizes too small, if you know what I mean) And many women wear the wrong size bras, which can be unhealthy..

Yeah, you just reblog the post you want to answer.

My understanding is that most people who bind don’t use “binder” to mean “ace bandage”, they use it to mean “device designed for chest binding”. So… yeah, might want to keep that in mind in future.

Ace bandages are indeed dangerous, but y’know, I can’t bring myself to judge those who use them to curb dysphoria too harshly. It strikes me as a little bit like judging people who self-harm because it’s their best available coping mechanism — they’re not actually doing anything morally wrong, and you help them by mitigating the factors creating the need for a coping mechanism and/or by making better coping mechanisms available, not by shaking an admonishing finger in their face. (This includes, e.g., people like me who scratch rashes because there’s no effective lotion immediately available and IT IIIITCHES, as well as the more classic example of people who cut because there’s an enormous amount of social and/or emotional pressure on them that they’re not otherwise equipped to deal with.)

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now-i-can-fly:

I always read on the internet, that wearing a breast binder is dangerous, and I understand why. It can course breathing troubles, probably also blood troubles and actually bend your ribs. But on the other hand, people have always destroyed their body. Not to look like a special gender, but to look pretty. Women wearing high heels. Men and women wearing corsets in order to look thin. Even wearing the wrong bra is unhealthy. As I see it, breast binders has a higher purpose. It’s not to look pretty, it’s to look like the one you truly are.

Still, destroying your body is never a good idea or healthy. 

Also randomly butting in — wearing a properly fitting binder (so, not an ace bandage, and not one that’s actually designed for someone with a smaller chest than you) is perfectly safe so long as you don’t do it for more than 8-12 hours at a time. I don’t appreciate the insinuation that I’m “destroying my body” with a device I spent a *lot* of money on, specifically so I can safely make it a little more comfortable to be out in public where gender attribution happens.

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