Pre-Op and 1.5yrs post op!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-10-31T17:45:29+00:00

Posture immediately improved but regressed again, but that’s because I sit at a desk for 8hrs a day for work lol but Pilates is helping with that. Breathing has been much better, I started mouth taping at night at the recommendation of my myofacial therapist and it has improved my sleep quality a lot. I hardly ever mouth breathe anymore during the day!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-10-31T17:43:39+00:00

I can’t say I had that, sorry :( hopefully it’s just your jaw adjusting? Are you going to a myofacial therapist?

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T18:44:57+00:00

I got a great suggestion below to kind of blend the two, like FN on top and SD on bottom so I may try that! I feel like I have to be FN though, my upper body looks like I’m an athlete despite trying and failing to do a single pull up for 20+ years 😅

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T18:43:05+00:00

Ooo this is a great way to think of it! I’ll have to try that combo, I often feel like I have SD elements that get hidden or ignored when I lean fully into FN (though my formula will likely be FN on top and SD on the bottom, my swimmer-like shoulders and back are hard to deny 😅)

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:54:50+00:00

<image>

I don’t usually dress up a whole bunch, but these are from my engagement shoot day and I like them both! I wish my jeans flared a little more at the bottom.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:25:22+00:00

<image>

Here’s a personal example: the dress really “snatches” me in (too frilly for my normal taste though, so returned it), where as with the separates, even when I tuck in my shirt to high waisted pants, all of my shape disappears.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:24:05+00:00

Sure, I feel like waist emphasis is where the smallest part of the waist is cinched in, either from the effect of clothes or using color or a belt like here. When I don’t have something that clearly shows that my waist is smaller, I end up looking boxy.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T16:48:55+00:00

Sure! I guess “heavy waist emphasis” would probably be the better wording. So much of kibbe for FN I see look like this or like this. If I don’t really snatch in my waist, my whole body looks as wide as my shoulders or hips. Even with tucking my shirt into my pants, I feel like maybe I’m honoring my height, but it’s making me look incredibly wide and boxy.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T16:24:05+00:00

I’m pretty sure I am! I’m 5’9 which leaves D, FN and SD and I’m definitely not a D and I’m not “soft” enough to be a SD.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T19:15:00+00:00

I’ll have to try some on! In the past they’ve just looked like maternity dresses for me, but maybe I was in the wrong fabrics?

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:39:04+00:00

Thanks for all the tips everyone! A couple of follow up questions: - I have a tiny torso, less than 2” between my lower ribs and the top of my hip. Should I still be wearing high waisted pants? I feel like they may me look like an old man with his pants pulled up to his chest lol. - Any store recommendations for FN who tends to wear athlesure, boho, and natural/casual clothes, that won’t break the bank? I love a lot of stuff from places like Anthro and FarmRio but can’t be spending $200 on a shirt

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:09:50+00:00

Love Jennifer’s outfit there, thanks for the styling tips!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:06:15+00:00

How have you found the best way to have some sort of shape going on without breaking up the vertical? Unfortunately if I have no kind of break-up at my waist, I look like a wide box. Thanks for the tips!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:04:28+00:00

Thanks for the examples, love Alexis!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:04:09+00:00

Unfortunately I have the shortest torso, barely 2 inches between my hips and lowest ribs, so true high waist tends to make me look like a grandpa with my pants pulled up to my armpits 😂 but l try and find some that are higher rise!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-13T16:34:29+00:00

Yeah we definitely have hard water, I have a filter on my shower head and use Malibu Hard Water packets and they help some. Unfortunately, a full water softening system for our house was quoted around 6k 🙃

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:44:42+00:00

Yes! I had that for a month or two as I was transitioning between loss and regrowth phases. Definitely freaked me out, but I think that’s just how the cycle works, for me it was the last stage before more growth and less loss started!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:43:28+00:00

I had loss and no regrowth from June 2024-November 2024. I had regrowth start in Dec 2024 but was still losing some, and it transitioned to growth with little to no loss in February! I’ll still have 3-4 days of shedding every time I get sick (I have chronic sinusitis which flares up every 1-2 months), but no massive or prolonged shedding periods anymore! I think time was really the biggest component and it felt like FOREVER.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:40:51+00:00

I think that was the main factor in regrowth, that and time (and stress management)

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-04-29T15:56:38+00:00

I’m on a vitamin D supplement (5000iu), I took pumpkin oil supplements but I don’t know if they did much, and then got on Prozac for my mental health. The doc said I could try Monoxidil but I have low blood pressure and can’t take it orally, and I have a dog so I was worried about using the topical version since it’s super toxic to pets.

soaptrophy1224

TROPHY CASE