April 3, 2009 / 9:23Eliminating Panty Bulge
At some point in time, most crossdressers will be faced with this problem – an unsightly bulge in their panties that they just can’t hide. There are many types of outerwear that eliminate the problem without any effort, but what if you want to wear that sexy mini skirt or those really tight jeans? Well don’t worry, there is a tried and true method of tucking that will eliminate all your panty bulge concerns.
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If you’ve ever tried tucking just your penis between your legs to hide the bulge, you’ve probably been quickly confronted with the issue of what to do with your testes. They’re much bigger than you realized, aren’t they? And there’s really no comfortable place to move them out of the way. Luckily, for most crossdressers there is an amazingly convenient solution – all you have to do is tuck your testicles back where they were before you were born.
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When you were born your testes were hidden safely away inside your abdominal cavity, and at some point they descended into scrotum (which is literally just a pouch of skin that holds the testes – it’s not really attached to them). They descended because sperm cells develop best at a temperature lower than body temperature. But otherwise there is no reason the testes can’t be slipped back up inside the abdomen temporarily. If you do this regularly for long periods of time, the only documented side effect is temporary sterility until your body has a chance to produce a new batch of sperm at a more optimal temperature. Don’t count on this for birth control!
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So you’re ready to try tucking for the first time? Ok, relax, lay down, and spread your legs. This will ensure the opening between your scrotum and abdominal cavity is as wide as possible. As you gain practice, you’ll likely be able to do this without any effort though. Now feel around a little to learn where the opening is. If you press your fingers gently at the base of your scrotum (“under” your penis and a little to the side) you will probably be able to feel the opening into your abdominal cavity. You may even be able to press a finger into it a good ways (obviously it’s covered by skin though, so it’s just an internal hole). You should also be able to pinch the skin of your scrotum above your testes and find what will feel like a little tube. This is your vas deferens, and you can follow that tube up to where it enters your abdomen through the same hole.
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Ok, now that you know where your testicles will be going, press the fingers of one hand against one of your testes and align it with the hole into your abdomen on the same side. Keep your fingers flat so that you are distributing pressure evenly across your entire testis and press it gently through the hole. It will likely deform a little in the process, but pop right back into shape once it’s through. No big deal. Now close that leg towards your body (this will help close off your abdominal hole on that side of your body) and open your other leg to do the other side.
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Once you have tucked your testes safely inside your abdomen, you will probably be able to feel the slight bulges of them above your pubis (the lower bone of your pelvis that crosses just above your penis). Now to keep everything in place, pull your penis tightly back between your legs. With a little luck this will work like a lid of sorts, closing off half of each hole into your abdomen – sufficient to keep your testicles inside.
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Now to hold your penis in place. I really really don’t recommend using tape. It can hurt quite a bit coming off. Duct tape for example sticks to skin astonishingly well after an hour or so and will be quite painful. Instead, just try a tight article of clothing with some spandex in it. One of my personal favorites is a good pair of pantyhose (again, go for a pair with lots of lycra / spandex). Or find some nice tight panties with a wide crotch like boyshorts, or try a gaff – a wide crotched thong made for crossdressers.
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In any event you should be quite comfortable now and have a nice smooth femme panty line. And when it comes time to let the boys back down, just untuck your penis and press gently against your testes where you can feel them bulging above your pubis. They should pop right back out and be good as new 
Tags: gaff, panty bulge, testes, tucking —
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
A quick and dirty trick is to use some cold object, like a bottle of cold water, brought near the scrotum. This makes the testes retract on their own, without pushing. As for tape, wide (2″) masking tape works pretty well. You can tape the scrotum over your penis, leaving the urethra uncovered to urinate. Masking tape stays on, but comes off without problems when you’re done. The adhesive also doesn’t seem to irritate skin.
December 27th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Great addition, thanks! Cold objects do cause the testes to shrink, though not everyone will get them to ascend on their own (you may still have to give them a little push).
Masking tape should be perfectly safe for your skin as well. It won’t stick to everyone’s skin type, but it’s certainly worth a try. If it doesn’t stick for you, try washing yourself really well with soap and water, then allowing yourself to dry completely (gets rid of skin oil, lotion, etc that keeps the tape from sticking).
January 20th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Electrical tape works well
January 20th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Hehe, I can’t get electrical tape to stick to itself half the time, let alone my genitals . . . is there a certain brand that you use?
July 8th, 2010 at 6:16 am
A very helpful article made even more helpful by the comments.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Glad you found my panty bulge article useful
So . . . what method do you use?
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:43 pm
I like this site. I am confused but, think I want to be a gurl. I don’t feel gay but I do like the feeling of a guy’s sexuality and need.As long as I can remember, I have liked anal stimulation and want both female and male. Now, my balls want to stay in my abdomen and the more they do, they higher I get. I don’t feel gay but want a man. Is it just lack of hormones? My balls are still up there.and it doesn’t hurt. It feels comfortable and normal. Help?
June 24th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Hey Bill, you’re asking a lot of complicated questions. Gay and straight are not black and white – you can still find guys sexually attractive while preferring girls most of the time (or vice versa, or anywhere in between). As for tucking your balls inside, there’s really nothing wrong with it other than it can potentially temporarily reduce your fertility if you do it for extended periods. If it feels good there’s nothing wrong or really strange about it. I don’t know about lack of hormones – without hormones you wouldn’t have much of any sex drive. Honestly I think most peoples’ gender confusion or uncertainty stems from social roles and experiences rather than any biological cause. Hope that helped a little . . .
June 28th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
[...] Bikini bottoms leave nothing to the imagination, so you’ll want to master the art of the tuck. This is NOT my area of expertise, but “Katie” gives a good rundown on her blog here. [...]
June 28th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Thank you for explaining that. I’m trying to do this.
June 28th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Good luck Mark, let us know how it works out!
June 29th, 2011 at 1:35 am
Hi, i have tried this many times but they wont stay innside, what am i doing wrong?
June 29th, 2011 at 2:51 am
Use “Paper Tape” – You can get this product @ any CVS / Walgreens etc… The tape is strong and very thin – This also helps for pulling your forehead up to make your eyebrows higher. On the forehead a little cover makeup and WhaLa!! Hope you enjoy darlings – XXX Susan
June 29th, 2011 at 4:46 am
I’ve done this many many many times. Poifect instructions for tucking.
Once tucked, I wear a flesh coloured/nude of g-string that’s a size too small; that keeps me perfectly tucked and then I can wear pretty and sexy panties over those.
June 29th, 2011 at 5:31 am
Jane – You have to hold them in with something. I personally find that my penis is wide enough to hold them up when I pull it back and put on a tight pair of panties, but you may need to use tape or something else.
Susan – Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to look for paper tape!
Didi – Glad to hear it works for you
I find that a g-string doesn’t hold everything in place well enough for me, but going a size too small for the panties does help to ensure a nice tight fit.
June 29th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Hi everybody! i,m trying to follow your instructions but i can´t tucking… can you add maybe a draw or like that to show me the way?
i need a step by step…. help me! thanks!!
June 29th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
I’ve been trans for over a year now, but not on hormones yet.
I can tuck really well, but wonder what to do about the bulge the testes make. Mine seem to be kind of large.
Any thoughts?
June 30th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Medical tape. It is made to stick to your skin and come off without ripping off your skin. I use the 2″ 3M Durapore for tucking. The trick is to make sure you are nice and smooth where the tape goes.
June 30th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Mar – I will work on some illustrations, that’s actually a good idea.
Dani – I’m actually not sure of any way to make the remaining bulges smaller. For me they create a bit of a cameltoe look in a tight pair of panties, so I actually like the little bulges.
Danni – Yes, medical tape is a good option, Durapore or Tegaderm are the big ones (I think Tegaderm is actually a bit gentler). You might not find them at the local drug store, but Amazon is a great resource for stuff like that.
June 30th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
hi Dani, you wrote that you can tuck very well, can you explain your techique to me? after a while i´ve found those holes but i guess they´re so tight…have any way to enlarge them? i mean, you insert your finger there to make it bigger? how can i do that? thanks…
June 30th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Thank you!!! administrator, i relly want to eliminate that bulge…
June 30th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Mar – It’s possible your testes are simply too big to fit anymore . . . unfortunately there isn’t really any way to enlarge the opening into your abdominal cavity – it’s surrounded by pelvic bone, and the only real purpose for the hole is to allow your testes to descend shortly after birth. Trying different leg positions may help to move your muscles out of the way if that’s part of the problem – you might try standing and bending forward at the waist a bit. You can also try shrinking your testes a bit by ejaculating (I know, that kind of takes the fun out of it, right?) or soaking them in ice water for a bit.
Hope that helps a little!
June 30th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
thank you! i´ll try your recipes…
July 1st, 2011 at 4:40 pm
OMG!! i was in agony jus reading this!!!! you are braver than i to attempt this….i think i will jus have to live with my bulge
July 1st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Becky – It’s a little scary the first time, but it can actually be rather pleasant as long as you’re gentle about it
July 2nd, 2011 at 2:00 am
does this hurt at all?
July 2nd, 2011 at 8:15 am
Jessy – No, it doesn’t hurt. There should be a small amount of pressure when they go in or come back out, but no worse than gently pulling or sucking on them if you’ve ever had that experience. If it hurts, then I wouldn’t recommend continuing, but for most people it’s not uncomfortable at all.
July 6th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Hi girls! Please, Admin. tell us about the first time you tuck and how you do it… big kiss and thanks for support us!
July 6th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
I have tried it twice and am not really feeling the openings. I will trying soaking in cold water and try again
July 6th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I would love to see a illustration or video how this is done. I have a bikini party on July 23 and I am freaking out about having a buldge there
July 9th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Hi!Great post and info. I have been tucking since i was around 12 y/o trying to make my panties fit and look more fem. I found it very easy for me to do as I was lucky to have been born with only one testi and the other was stuck inside me, my folks made me get an operation at around 11 to try to fix it but it really didnt work well so it pops right up inside my tummy all the time. I then found the best way to tuck my clitty back, which is pretty small, was to give it a little half twist too when i push it back. This also exposes the sensitive glands and nerve endings under the head so it rubs on my satiny panty crotch and also feels really nice when someone rubs me there or i do it. When I was a lot younger and much thinner I could wear the tiniest g-string and my crotch was very feminine looking with a slight pubic bump making a pretty convincing front. It still does even though i am a little thicker than I want to be right now but i am hitting 50, shhhh dont tell. Anyway it does take practice and getting used to at first, but having only one ball to deal with makes it a lot easier and more comfortable. Even still I can wear a pretty small tight bikini bottom or panty and look pretty smooth and fem in the crotch. WHen i was a young teen I used to use a pair of control top pantyhose cutting them into a thong shape and where them under my panties to hold everything nice and tight, I now sometimes use a tight spandex flesh toned thong for longer wear under my panties and usually cut a small slit in crotch towards the back part to let just the head of my “clitty” poke through a little so it rubs on my pretty panties and also holds my clitty back tightly in place, sometimes i even tie my clitty back in the crotch with a thin ribbon, this gives a very teasing effect too feeling very fem and naughty. I can cum totally when tucked back and with lots of teasing the orgasms are pretty mind blowing!
July 10th, 2011 at 12:03 am
Admin. You mentioned tegaderm for ticking, but there seems to be different sizes. What size is suitable?
July 10th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Thanks for sharing all that info Nikki!
Josie – I would look for tape that’s about the width of your penis, maybe a little narrower. I would guess around 1/2 inch (12mm) would be a convenient size for most people.
July 16th, 2011 at 2:00 am
dang it. I get turned on everytime I try to touch myself to do this. I guess it takes practice…
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:49 pm
I too would like an illustration or something on this.
Is there a moment when they just sorta.. pop in there? I keep expecting to feel a sort of.. I’m not sure, like they just sort of sloop in there. I’ve been trying for a bit now, I think I know where this hole is but I’m not sure, When I push my testes into it it just gets flatter and flatter until it escapes back into the scrotum. So I’m not sure if it’s just not going in or I’m not at the right spot. I can get my finger underneath the skin by hooking my finger around this indent and pulling away from the penis.
Also my testes seem to be more.. peanut like than spheres. Sort of like a sphere and an oval conjoined. Will they not fit?
It probably doesn’t help that I get squeamish at them being touched so I probably am not pushing as hard as I should, but I worry what could happen. Is there any danger at all if you do this wrong?
I apologize for all the questions. ><
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Amber – I’m working on an illustration or video, it’s just not easy to show how it works
I think you’ve got the idea right, you put a little pressure against them, and they eventually slip in. There’s a pretty good sized gland on top of the testes which could give yours a peanut shape, just make sure you’ve got everything oriented so the smaller dimension is going through the hole, not the wider dimension.
The possible risks are a) you could damage your teste by pushing hard, but I’m pretty sure you’d stop yourself before you got that far; b)you could cause a torsion by twisting things around in there too much, but this would require literally tying things in knots so also unlikely; c) you could get your testes stuck, but also highly unlikely if you got it in there in the first place.
July 23rd, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Thank you! I think I got it to work. They went up past the base of the penis a bit and sort of are making somewhat vertical protrusions in the skin up there.
I didn’t feel a particular moment when they slipped in, and it was much easier than I thought, so I think that’s what my problem was. I just didn’t realize I was doing it because they also came out very easily.
I saw a tip somewhere saying pulling the now empty scrotum backwards would prevent them from having anywhere to go and this succeeded for me in keeping them up. My crotch isn’t smooth due to the protrusion of them, but it’s much flatter now, just with two little protrusions and a dip between them.
Thank you again for this! I hope that I did it right.
July 25th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Hi, Thanks for this blig.
I’ve been tucking now for about a year, and for me, they slide in very easily. I find a thight panty or boyshorts keep all in place nicely…for me.
Hugs to all.
Steph
July 29th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Welkies Josie, sorry I have been away a bit, been busy working on some new tg fiction for fictionmania. I forgot about something I have used too and seen others. There are some large rectangular bandages too that work really well for covering and holding everything in place flat but if your going to do anything that is going to make things, ehemm, grow, you would probably need to take it off, I have often wished that someone would make a chastity for tucking, I have seen a couple of close attempts but they still dont get it right. Maybe I need to start drawing again and have one made. I have seen some interesting designs for a tucking restraint device on Second Life that could work if they were real. Since I was a kid I used to wish I could magically turn into a girl, but still be able to switch back sometimes. I used to think how cool it would be to have both genitalia but have no external testis and have a small delicate penis above a fully functioning vagina, that way if someone said go fuck your self I could. (giggles) That was before I got older and found out that there are actually some true hermaphrodites. About 15 years ago I saw a video with two herms that were very pretty and wished i could have been one. I guess in some ways I am one sort of be cause of how I was born with one testis and it was stuck inside of me. The one important thing I have found about tucking is practice! Also getting know your body down there, staying shaved helps too. But one has to know how the parts fit together down there and how they behave and how you can control them to hide them if you want.
Knowing the curve your penis has when it gets erect helps too and using that to help with the tucking process. Like I said in my other post I give mine a half twist when i tuck it back, this allows its natural curve to follow my crotches contours when it gets stiffer helping it to stay back between my thighs even if it gets hard.
I actually have a few stories on fictionmania that deal with the issue to, look for sissy nikki thong in the author search. I have a new series called Goldie-sissy and the three pervs that is about Visual Kei I am working on now.
hugs to all
nikki
August 3rd, 2011 at 3:56 pm
For tape try 3M Transparent duct tape (2″ wide). The adhesive is not as strong and irritating as the gray kind and comes off fairly easily. It has worked for me for many years. It is difficult to see once it is in place and is flexible so moves with your body much better than masking tape and not very expensive. One roll lasts a very long time.
August 3rd, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Thanks for the tip Cheryl, I didn’t realize the clear stuff was less aggressive than the grey duct tape!
August 7th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Thanks for the awesome blog and amazing comments. Like some of the others, I have large, peanut shaped testes and use 2″ clear tape to hold the remnants back. Lol I also have to an ice cube or ice water before tucking. I was wondering if anyone else experiences slight discomfort when coughing or using the ladies room while tucked? I was also curious as to how others place the tape to hold everything back? Thanks again for the superb blog and all the wonderful comments by everyone else. Hugs & kisses to all.
August 26th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
[...] gotten tons of questions lately on my original Eliminating Panty Bulge post asking for more information about tucking. It seems there are a lot of fellow crossdressers [...]
August 26th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Hey everyone, I finally added an instructional video for tucking
You can find it at http://thecrossdresser.org/2011/08/how-to-tuck-instructional-video/
September 5th, 2011 at 9:15 am
Excellentvideoandfeedthankyou,managedtoeliminatethedreadedbulgeforthefirsttimetodaywithtucking,feltgoodtoo,nowinsteadofahorriblebulgeihaveafeminineanddiscretecameltoe,Iamsohappy,havetakenpicsifanyonewouldliketosee:)
September 5th, 2011 at 9:16 am
Sorry.for.the.lack.of.spaces.in.the.last.post.seems.certain.my.blackberry.doesn’t.like.this.form
September 5th, 2011 at 11:36 am
lol, no problem James – I had no idea bb’s didn’t work well with WP comment forms, hmm . . .
Anyway, glad you found the post useful. I do also have a video you might find useful: http://thecrossdresser.org/2011/08/how-to-tuck-instructional-video/ and I just posted a pic of me all tucked on deviantArt: http://thecrossdresser.deviantart.com/#/d48y259
November 25th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
ok so how do u get ur balls back out i am afraid to try this out because i dont want it stuck up there ??? please help soon
November 26th, 2011 at 10:04 am
Hey Riley. Just press lightly on your abdomen above where your testes have ascended to and work them down. It’s usually easier to get them back out than it is to get them in in the first place. Spreading your legs will also help – often they will actually just fall back down by themselves that way.
March 20th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
hey i have the trouble of tucking and then being active. I am almost always tucked and dont usually have a problem especially when i double up on panties (it tends to get the smaller less problematic bulge of the penis out of the picture) BUT whenever im active no matter how I tuck one, and always just one, testicle pops out, it is very uncomfortable when this happens, as well quite jarring to see. Tapes bother my skin and dont move with me, and gaffs cut into my skin. What are some other options to mend the situation?
March 21st, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Hey Jenny. The only thing I can think of short of using tape would be trying something like an ace bandage or bondage tape (it’s not sticky, and it doesn’t stretch so keeps things more secure). I’d wrap it diagonally between your legs so it creates a sort of figure-8. One end of the tape coming forward from your crotch and across your upper left thigh while the other end goes back through your crotch up your butt and over your right hip. If you keep wrapping in that pattern it should make a figure-8 that criss-crosses right in line with your testes.
Try that out and let me know how it works!
April 30th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I tried my first time ever tucking lastnight. I taped the testicles in and taped the penis back but I used a small medical pad between the tape and penis. I found a womens bikini bottom (quite small for me) and I put it on backwards. I pulled the back up into my crotch. I think it was a little tight but after periodically adjusting it felt really good. I did have a much bigger bulge in front than I anticipated. I went to bed and periodically woke up to feel it. Hopefully I can get this art down so I can wear a real string bikini. I’ll just keep wearing the top, bikini bottom and baggy shorts.
May 1st, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Hey Amanda, glad to hear your first experience went pretty well
Good luck, and let us know if you learn any new tricks!