Gynecomastia Surgery

So far we have looked at natural ways of reducing your man boobs, in this section we are going to examine some of the other options that are available to you should those natural methods fail.

We’ll start with surgery.

Male Breast Reduction Surgery

No form of surgery is ever a cake walk but as procedures go, gynecomastia surgery is a relatively simple one. It doesn’t takes too long (about and hour and a half) and can be performed under local an anaesthetic.

The details of the procedure itself are as follows:

First the surgeon makes a small incision around the lower half of the nipple area, then (depending on which form of gynecomastia you suffer from), removes fat, glandular breast tissue, or both from the man boob. The fatty tissue is removed through liposuction. If necessary – if the man boobs were particularly large, for example – excess skin can be removed as well.

Recovery time

Once you’re bandaged up you should be able to return home after about 5 hours, but you’ll need to wear a compression garment for up to four weeks and swelling may take up to nine months to dissipate completely. Your stitches can be removed after 4 to 7 days.

Bank on being off work for at least one to two weeks depending on the nature of your occupation.

Drawbacks & risks of gynecomastia surgery

The first thing to recognise is that all surgery has its risks, up to and including  death and in that respect gynecomastia surgery is no different.

Permanent scarring, asymmetry of the nipples and irregular contours are other potential consequences.

Apart from the risks to your health main drawback of surgery is the obviously the high financial cost. Prices vary greatly from location to location, but your should expect to pay anywhere from between 3000 and 6000 dollars.

Can gynecomastia come back after surgery?

In the most cases surgery results in a permanent cure, but if your man boobs were initially caused by something specific, such as marijuana or steroid use, then returning to use those substances may cause the condition to reappear. Also if your moobs were principally a result of excess chest fact, then it is perfectly possible to have the operation, put on the fat once again and end up back at square one.

Sadly for some gynecomastia sufferers surgery may offer the only viable hope of a “cure”. However, it is a very serious, expensive step and should always be treated as the very last resort. No matter how bad you think your moobs may be, however fed up you feel, you owe it to yourself (and your wallet!) to exhaust all other options first.

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