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Trans men might attempt to use duct tape to compress their chest while trans women might use duct tape to tuck. Both are a very bad idea
Ah, makes sense. Thanks.
Not trans so forgive me if I use terms wrong but I believe transmascs use something called a binder on their chest to help with dysphoria. Some who don’t have help/helpful resources aren’t able to get an actual purpose made binder and find ways to make their own. I’m guessing duct tape is one solution used.
On the transfer side, I’m entirely speculating here, but I’d guess it’s used similarly on the genitals to tuck/secure.
Binding your chest with tape is an established thing that can be safe. Safer than a wearable binder even, since it doesn’t compress your entire rib cage. It can also be left on for a few days at a time. But duct tape is just about the least skin safe tape you could use for that.
If this is of interest to anyone, there’s purpose made binding tape. If you find that too expensive, get some of that breathable fabric medical tape from the pharmacy/drugstore.
Thanks for clarifying! All I know about binding is what I read on a post on Reddit years ago discussing it and my memory is not what it was.
I don’t even have a large chest and even medial tape is suuuuuper uncomfortable to me. Couldn’t imagine the sensory horror of duct tape. But for those who don’t have this sensory issue, this fabricy medical tape stuff from the pharmacy/drugstore costs about the same as duct tape, which is much less than actual binding or breast tape*, and it’s skin safe.
*I’m assuming binding tape and breast tape are more or less the same, except the former is advertised to AFAB trans people and the latter to cis women. Both are pretty expensive.
Duct tape will fuse with your skin and rip it off if you leave it on too long. Especially areas with softer skin.
It fuses?
From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me…
