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Hi I'll be following this thread. I also have a hormonal problem (tuberous breasts) and even went so far as breast implant surgery to try to fix it (which failed). It's interesting to me that you said this might be due to your mom being on BC before having you or you having large amounts of stress, because those things are exactly what I suspected for myself. I also ate junk during my formative years (lots of sweets, chips, frozen fries, etc). Last fall it was discovered I had a large complex ovarian cyst, which some think is a further sign of estrogen dominance. This happened after taking only maca btw, so watch out for that. Right now I'm trying vitex, but I want to start NBE so badly. Vitex is supposed to balance your hormones, and it's supposedly better to take it alone and before NBE. I have also found some sources online saying that tuberous breasts may be caused by low progesterone, and vitex raises progesterone. Maybe look into that

Hiya I'll be interested to hear about your vitex experience, since it was something I've been interested in since I started learning about natural PCOS treatments. I actually bought a couple bottles of capsules but I never ended up using them because I heard that you need to take a tincture instead of powder, and they were so cheap anyway. I was allll about progesterone when I started my self-treatment and I think I was right in being so concerned with progesterone because I really think the PC helped me, but even after applying it to my breasts for 4-5 cycles, there was no indication that anything was changing with regards to shape or size. I will keep the PC as part of the routine because it is important, but I think that after this many months, it seems evident that I am not one of those people who can grow with PC alone, either because the PC did not effectively get the androgens low enough or for some other reason. But maybe the way that progesterone-increasing herbs work is very different to how straight-up progesterone supplementation works... that's something I'll have to research.

I'm still not sure that PM is the right thing, but it's time to try it. It can't be more harmful or disruptive than the BC I was prescribed, right? After all, shouldn't mimicking the natural cycle of estrogen help my cycles be more normal? (And that's really just a guess. I don't know as much as I should know about how phytoestrogens work). And speaking of which, my PM spray and caps came today. Right now I'm on day 3 of my cycle (unless I'm just spotting on day 26-28? It's not really 'flowing' if ya know what I mean), so just a few more days until I start!