Sticky situation

[Paula G]

As I am constantly trying to improve my presentation I recently bought some proper breast forms (rather than the chicken fillets r seed I was using before) I also got four hip and bum pads, all silicon. The manufactures of the forms also sell a double sided tape for security, now I have so far found that these forms stay in place pretty well in my bras, but unless I am wearing tights the hip and bum pads do need to be stuck in place.

Using the tape is a wee bit laborious and could end up being pricey, are there any easily available glues that would do the job? would normal double sided tape be OK? do any of you have any experience of these things? they definitely improve my profile and I have quickly got used to the feel of them, I just feel I want the security of them saying in place (Only the second time I used the hip pads one of them came lose and started working it's way down the inside of my tights as I was walking down the High Street ~ very embarrassing.

[Davita]

I don't tape of glue my boobs and I don't have hip or tushy pads. For tushy pads,there is a few panties with built in pads and at least one pair I recall that had removable pads for the hips. Built in means no need for tape or glue and no free range body parts.

Now for the tape. I was looking at getting double stick tape for my tops and whatever else I needed to get held in place. I also noticed it was expensive. Soooooo being the different thinker that I am, I went to my Home Depot and got carpet double stick tape. I'm finding it thinner than the fashion tape, but in most of my applications, it works fine. You buy a nice big roll and cut the pieces you need to size.

And yes, there is glue specifically (or at least sold by) the sellers of the silicone breast forms. One of my TS friends swears by the glue and she says she wears her girls for days at a time. You have to be careful with using just any glue because you don't want it to mess up the girls and certainly you don't want to be hurting your skin.

Back to the hips and tushy pads. Can you sew even a little bit? You could probably sew a bit of a pocket to the inside of a light control shaper for the hip pads. then you could tape, glue or whatever and have that added assurance the pads won't slip down too far if the tape or glue isn't perfect.

Remember, Google is our friend. Also, go to the breast form manufacturer's web site to see if they recommend a glue. They might be able to tell you if the glue would help with tushy and hip forms. Some one else must have asked before you.

[Anthony Simon]

With breast forms, there's always the post-masectomy (?sp) bras. The big M&S stores have them, for example.

I'm of the opinion that people haven't really worked out a decent solution to the area of hip etc. padding for CDs. Probably that's because, as a group, be all tend to be so obsessed with boobs - and much less interested in hips/bum.

Because of the thing about not sleeping in your forms - in case you put your weight on them and they burst (I guess) - I've always had a question about sitting on bum forms. What Davita says about panty-girdles being available with pouches that take hip and bum padding is true. I got one from Doreens Fashions (ca £30).

I haven't really got a solution I much like. I actually just use folded up T-Shirts, held in place with a panty-girdle and then tights on top. I don't know how this would stand up to walking about a lot (like miles) but it seems to work perfectly well at home.

A lot of CDs seem to like big boobs and forget about the bum/hip area ("look how slim I am" seems to be the thought). I always think that's a mistake. It produces the opposite result to a classic female shape that has relatively small boobs and quite wide hips - wider hips are a characteristic female thing. I really go for having wide hips (I need D cup boobs to balance out my shoulders). It just tends to make my image feel right. But the more stuff you've got down there (fake) the more problems you're going to have holding it in place.

[Latanya]

as for double sided tape the best ones i found were the double side strips that are made for men toupee's . u usually can find them at health and beauty stores.

[Paula G]

my reason for not getting the pans with "built in" pads is simply that I like to wear all of those other panties I've bought, especially if part of a set, like wise I prefer to pick my bras from the less utilitarian styles available. Carpet tape sounds a bit drastic, but I'll give it a try, I am also going to have a look in "HobbyCraft" and see if they have anything that might work.

[DonnaT]

I'd worry about damaging the silicone with some tapes/adhesives.

You might try googling "medical adhesive for prosthetics"

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http://www.fxwarehouse.info/mm5/merchan ... e=ProsAide" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Paula G]

May have found my answer, "Elastoplast" spray on plasters. A quick spray, leave for a moment and then position, I am running some trials as we speak, the butt pads seem pretty secure, it may just be a question of how easily they come off when needed. I will keep you all up to date

[Karin]

I'm afraid I haven't anything to offer on this subject as I never tried it, i went the HRT route instead so it's not my thing.

I can't help but wonder though, does gluing this stuff in place hurt? I understand damaging the silicone is an issue, but what about your skin? How do you get it off? Does the glue last days before it loses its grip? It seems quite a science, and I just wondered?

Have a bow for for bravery! heehee

[Carol Esme]

I'm with you Karin. I don't want to loose my sensitive skin and nipples under a load of stick on stuff. For those who do I remember reading a justification by a major supplier of breast forms as to why they only offered old technology butt pads not super silicone stick-ons. It basically boiled down to they couldn't handle being sat on. That's a basic flaw for a butt.

[Karin]

Exactly carol! Things are sensitive enough, the thought of ripping things brings a tear to the eye

Butts that you can't sit on? Buahahaha. Whatever next?

[Paula G]

Well.....My bottom is far too skinny so I need some help, within my budget it looked like I would have to make my own padding, but I found some cheap silicon ones on e-bay. I was worried about sitting on them, but because they are quite small (big enough to give me a bit n confidence, not big enough to get too much attention) and quite firm, much firmer than my breast forms, they seem to be fine with my weight (12 stone or 168 lbs) sitting on them. The worry was that unless I was wearing quite tight tights they wouldn't stay in place.

I seem to have an answer, crafters fast-tack spray on glue holds but doesn't make a permanent bond, so comes off nice and easy, and painlessly when no longer needed. I haven't tried with my forms yet, simply because I haven't had the need, after all I'm not going to go bra-less ~ where's the fun in that.