i know that this may be hard to believe, but:

So I get asked all the time how I bind with KT tape– which I do pretty regularly.

I cut the strips in half and as you can see they hardly wrap around my ribs at all, and due to the type of tape it is it’s very safe (only real risk is to your skin/nipples due to the adhesive… And your bloodflow to your nipples can decrease over time).* KT tape is thin, flexible, and is meant to increase bloodflow and be worn by athletes for long stretches.

Taping lasts several days for me (even through swimming and showering)– and in the Texas heat this open chest binding is often preferable to other binders for me.

Keep in mind– this WILL NOT flatten you like a binder will unless you have a VERY SMALL chest. My chest is maybe a AA Cup, and is very muscular so this works well for me, and I’m only showing this because I get so many questions about it. Additionally– 1 roll of KT tape is $10-15 depending where you buy it (you can get it at drug stores, target, Amazon, etc), so 3 rolls will cost you the same as a binder would.

If you’re going to use tape, take it off once it starts to peel, and take it off in the shower or with water. Also you can put tissue over your nipples if you need. ((Please don’t follow my lead if this is not going to work for you, but this is my attempt to make sure people tape safely if they’re going to because I’ve done my research and talked to doctors and trainers for their opinions on taping your chest and I’ve seen people attempting to tape with KT tape and using it like an ace bandage wrapped all the way around their ribs which can be VERY DANGEROUS)). *These risks can cause healing post top surgery to have complications.

This is very important if you’re ever in a situation similar this pretend that you’re dead don’t scream and @#!*%

my dad told us this if someone shoots up our school

SUPER IMPORTANT

BEST TIP

PLEASE REMEMBER THIS

not even a joke we learned this in Police Explorers and put it on your clothing as well but go quickly because you don’t know where the person is.

This is what school children in America are taught. That is so wrong on so many fucking levels and there are still people who believe gun control in any form is a bad thing.

let me reiterate SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUPPOSEDLY FIRST WORLD COUNTRY ARE TAUGHT THE SAME THINGS AS PEOPLE IN ACTIVE WAR ZONES BECAUSE THE THREAT OF BEING KILLED IN A SHOOTING IS SO HIGH.

the bit in caps here is making me rethink my stance on gun control 

shit

I’m reblogging this because as my follower count goes up, the odds of this saving a life do too.

My elementary school had drills telling us what to do in such an emergency. This is exactly what they told us. AND NOW FOR A FACT: IN CALIFORNIA YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER A SHOTGUN!

I live in America, and I was only taught to hide and be quiet. I had to learn this on Tumblr. If one more person says that technology is ruining children, they best shut the hell up because this could be saving lives

^^^^^

You know what I love about this post?

People are sharing about its importance WITHOUT TRYING TO GUILT PEOPLE INTO REBLOGGING.

Great job, everybody!

IM CRYING WTF

@sonic-rider

i still can’t afford top surgery

meirl

Please reblog if you think it's wrong for a 50 year old man to check out a 14 year old

My stepfather thinks it’s okay to sexualize girls my sister’s age and I’m trying to prove a point because he doesn’t seem to think that’s wrong

why does this have only 1000 notes

Wtf no

Unfollow me if you a pedophile or incest shipper right now.

I will destroy him with my bare hands!

Men’s hygiene is JUST as important as women.

Please try not to stink.

Please don’t use AXE.

Please drink water and eat plenty fruits so you can also taste as good as your partner.

Please Exfoliate both your face AND body.

Please Wash, Deep Condition, AND Detangle!

Please try not use hair care products that say “Men” because they use the same fragrance as AXE which is harmful to both your skin and scalp. And IT STINKS.

ITS OKAY TO SMELL LIKE FRUITS. SHEA BUTTER OR FLOWERS. SMELL HAS NO DAMN GENDER.

There are ‘masculine’🙄 natural scents also; Eucalyptus, Sandalwood, Sage, Peppermint, etc.

MOISTURIZE EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY. ESPECIALLY YOUR LIPS.

Point is….take care of yourself…damn.

Toxic/hyper masculinity is so bad men can’t even take care of themselves without it being considered “gay” or frowned upon in some form of fashion smh

Exactly! It should be something we should all encourage and not frown up when we see a man doing a facial or getting a pedicure. It’s perfectly normal to want your outside to reflect the inside.

Brave new world, my fellow dudes. Personally, the one thing about this post I dislike is the utter lack of recommendations for products to grab. So, lemme add a place-  Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve. https://www.chagrinvalleysoapandsalve.com/ They’ve got all sorts of goodies- biggest and best one? Shave balms. I’ve got sensitive-as-hell skin and a coarse fucking beard- their stuff is the only product I’ve encountered that leaves me with ZERO razor burn. I highly recommend. 

Reblog if you think MAPs are disgusting, like if you don’t.

I will weed you fuckers out

Accidently like!

hey so my name is jake!! i’m a blasian trans gay dude and a while back i was diagnosed with hashimoto’s thyroiditis (an autoimmune disease that makes my body attack my thyroid for presumably no reason). so on december 15th, i had the surgery to get rid of my left thyroid lobe. during surgery, they found that my left lobe had 3-5 cancerous tumors and they removed my whole thyroid instead of just half. (the pics above are all the proof i have atm due to the fact that we haven’t gotten the paperwork back from the hospital)

so, long story short i still have cancer in my system, which is why i need to go through radiation therapy for it. due to the fact that my medicine (levothyroxine) can promote cancerous cells to spread & duplicate faster whencombined with the radiation therapy (don’t ask me how i don’t know) my surgeon told me that i should stay off of my medication so that my cancer doesn’t spread to my lymph nodes… and the lymph node cancer 5-year survival rate is only about 25%… which is really fucking scary

but the thing is: i can only survive 21 days without a thyroid and the horomones the thyroid gives, and my surgery happened 5 days ago.

i really cannot afford therapy, we can barely afford food rn. the surgery & numerous doctors visits that got me here took $13k+ from us, and radiation therapy will take at least another thousand from us and we really can’t do that. so unless i raise at least another 2k in the next few weeks, i’ll either die or be forced to deal with more cancer in my system which will inevitably kill me.

tl;dr: i have 16 days to raise $2k+ for post-cancer radiation therapy or i might actually die.

paypal: https://www.paypal.me/T4ROT

cashapp: $jibbletz

thank you for reading & stay safe everybody!

ok this bitch only needs $2k to fucking SURVIVE and you pieces of shit raised $15k in two days for a fake tv show. And all he gets is people saying on his post that they can’t. I don’t wanna see any more stupid ass “I’d donate if I COULD!” comments. That’s not helping anyone. That’s not saving his life. Reblog the fucking post. More than one damn time. And GIVE him monsy or shut up. Time to make the right thing go viral

Sometimes gay ships are incredibly straight if you know what I mean

Like those ships where its two male characters who have zero chemistry and barely spoke in canon but every single person ships them so you cant say anything bad abt it even though you know people really only ship them because they’re the two most conventionally attractive male characters to force together so female fans can quench their thirst for yaoi

*stares violently at the wwe fandom*

Ive gotta say this takes the cake for the most unexpected comment on this post

CSD Pride Parade//Stuttgart 2018🏳️‍🌈

I’m here. Ily.

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I actually did research for this for a school project. It’s true that every 40 seconds, someone kills themselves. It is also important to note that for every suicide, there is aprox 20 attempted suicides, and that most suicides occur between the ages 15-29. This means that in a year, 800 000 people kill themselves and 16 000 000 people try, a majority of which are teenagers and young adults.

Why are we not working harder to prevent this?

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Phil Lester

Only Phil Lester has no end 😤😤😤 Like and Reblog if you want your own Phil Lester.

Reblog this if you are a small blog (under 10k followers)

Let’s follow each other and gain more followers

Legit I have 30 followers 😂

wHAT??? you deserve a lot more

372…. That seems huge to me, so…..

I have 228 and I have no idea where they came from

190 and like half of that is porn blogs

I have almost 1.5k so… I’ll just step out of this fun party before I get murdered…

Almost 1.2k, so… apparently I’m a small blog?

568?? WTF? where did all of these people come from I WAS AT 530 THIS MORNING WHAT

literally 26…

229.

I love that the parameters of this are “under 10k” is small like do you know how much I’d freak if I had 10k followers?

If I somehow got to 10k I’d probably fall over.

I would have SO many questions if I ever got to this number. 😂

Almost at 4k

5k