Man Boobs Facts

Dear fellow ‘moobs’ sufferer, if you’re looking for information on how to get rid of man boobs then hopefully you’ll find this website useful. I’ve fought an ongoing battle with ‘moobs’ for over 12 years, and I’m all too familiar with the embarrassment and frustration they can cause.

I decided to create this resource after becoming fed up with all the half-truths and exaggerations about man boobs that gets published on the web. I want to keep this site a hype free zone. That means the aim is to provide clear, no nonsense information about this aggravating condition and also to suggest some simple steps you can take today to help make things better.

Let’s get things rolling with some basic moobs faq!

What are man boobs exactly? And are they really breasts?

The answer to both these questions is that it depends. There are actually three different types of man boob conditions:

• Gynecomastia. This is where the man boob really is a boob. It contains nothing but actual, honest-to-goodness breast tissue. This can be the most difficult type of moob to shift naturally.
• Pseudogynecomastia. This is where the moobs only contain body fat. In many cases this fat can be quite stubborn and difficult to remove, but with the correct diet, exercise and determination the majority of sufferers can get very good results.
• The third and most common form of man boobs is where the moob contains a mixture of breast tissue and fat. The effectiveness of natural treatments for people with this form varies greatly from person to person.

We’ll discuss these different types in much greater depth later on.

What kind of man boobs do I have?

A quick an easy way to determine which form of man boobs you are suffering form is to carry out the following test:

First lie yourself down. Then take one of your moobs between your thumb and forefinger and slide them up towards the nipple. Try and feel for any disc-shaped, firm and rubbery tissue. It will usually be about the same size as your nipple and may be quite tender to the touch. The presence of this kind of mass indicates enlarged breast tissue and gynecomastia. On the other hand, if the only thing you can feel in the moob is a lot of soft, fatty tissue then the likelihood is that you are suffering from pseudogynecomastia.

The presence of both these kind of tissues means that you have the third man boob variety.

Is there a cure for man boobs? How do I get rid of them?

Unfortunately, there is no quick and easy fix for any form of moobs. There’s no guaranteed pharmaceutical cure and there’s nothing which can be done to solve the problem overnight. There are steps you can take which have helped to reduce (and even completely eliminate) man boobs in many cases. BUT (and this is a big but!) the effectiveness of these steps will depend on two things:

• Your determination to succeed

• The type and extent of your man boobs condition.

Not everyone finds it easy to commit to the lifestyle changes we recommend on this site. Doing so will require effort and willpower on your part. Also, the sad truth is sometimes a man’s moobs can’t be got rid of using natural methods. In some chronic cases,  gynecomastia surgery may be the only realistic option. BUT (and this is another big but!) surgery should always be your LAST option.

Later on we’ll talk about some of the ways you can try and reduce your man boobs naturally through diet and exercise. Make sure you fully explore those alternative methods before you even think about going under the knife.

What causes man boobs?

The cause of pseudogynecomastia (chest fat) is often as simple over eating and lack of exercise. Just as some people find that fat tends to collect around their hips or gut, pseudogynecomastia sufferers find that fat collects in large amounts around their pectoral area. However it is thought that if a man suddenly develops a tendency to store fat in this area, and if he then find great difficulty in eliminating it, then this may be the result from a change in the balance of the body’s sex hormones, testosterone and oestrogen.

This kind of change can have an effect on the way in which the body metabolises fat – making it a lot harder to remove through traditional diets and exercise.

Hormonal imbalance is also thought to be a major cause of gynecomastia. Testosterone helps regulate sex drive and contributes towards shaping male characteristics – deep voice, muscle mass, facial hair etc. Oestrogen’s principal function is to shape the female sex characteristics – for example menstruation and, yep you guessed it, breast enlargement.

Both these substances occur naturally in men and women and the theory is that man boobs have a tendency to develop when something upsets the normal ratio between the two,

We’ll look at some possible triggers for this upset on the following page.

Next page: more about gynecomastia