Dr. Anantheswar - HOD,Dept of Plastic & reconstructive surgery MANIPAL Bangalore

[bloregynacomastia]

Well If  thats what You mean by scar tissue....Mine has already healed and the lump keeps reducing by the days..Now its almost NIL.

 ( in my terminology lumpy swelling  under the areola ).

[tony_ss]

Hi bloregynacomastia,hungry.tides,
how are you guys.. I had met B.C.Ashok of Manipal hospital last year and he told me that I had to stay in the hospital for 2 to 3 days in the hospital.
how long you guys were in the hospital after surgery?
how many visits are required after discharge?

-Tony.

[bloregynacomastia]

See,
        Its all depending on your mental outlook and physical capacity. Every doctor will give his opinions and they surely always differ.they say 2-3 days to be on safer side. (And of course make a nice fat bill for you). Lets face it..If I were the hospital management I would think the same how to make money from my services.

I just had an overnights stay at hospital.Even that was too much I feel and unnecessary but the fear of the unknown pinned me down for a day.Also i was being given IV drips antibiotic injections and painkiller IV drips. so i just coudnt free myself of it.

Remember that I went for surgery myself without a Soul even knowing. NO one was with me...I paid the surgery , signed the consent and declaration form, the disclaimer forms in case of my death/ complications after surgery. So much so that when I was doing all the formalities before surgery, the admission counter cashier asked " YAARU PATIENT".. He was shocked to know that I'm the patient gonna get cut and no family or friend escorted/ accompanied me for the surgery. In south India families are over protective and hospitals never or rarely (now that i did it) see patients coming for surgeries without relatives.

In America, Some confident patients leave immediately....but RELAX they wont let you run away so soon + its risky they need to monitor you for sumtime....So You decide if you wanna stay for 2-3 days or overnight stay.....

I personally asked for discharge the next day because of the noise and disturbance of other patients , I cud not get a good nights sleep. I discharged myself carried my drains and walked out of the hospital un-aided all by myself...took Auto and went home.

Im sure none of you have guts of going 2 surgery alone....My Companion was GOD ALONE.

And yes...Its very simple to know if you need G surgery or not:

q1) Are you conscious of your boobs and are worried everytime you wear clothes whether they are visible to others ? If YES... DO SURGERY.

q2) Do you boobs protrude out if you wear a plain light color shirt without undergarments ( baniyan). If yes then  DO SURGERY.


REMEMBER its the duty of parents and psychatrists to discourtage PPL from useless non life threatening surgery.

BUT its psychologically disturbing and none can feel your inner pain or embarrasment except U.

My Mom always said my boobs are normal.... U tell me were they normal?? (check out the pics in first messages of this topic).

And BTW my Mom's a Doctor and she very well knows what Gynecomastia is.

Yet she chose to hide the truth from me and console saying  to try slimming down and
Gymming... Since its not life threatening a motherly instinct of avoiding useless harm to a child kicks in....

You wont die if your boobs remain.... But you will be half dead as your mental energy is distracted bcoz of your boobs.... always thinking how 2 hide it....Not being very social going to parties n stuff and Your career goes for a toss if your very sensitive bout it. Some people with Big gynes go into seriuos depression also... Why all this suffering...?

My Dad never even bothered to notice them..He did notice them but never commented or remarked.He gladly ignored it. REMEMBER these are your BOOBS...UR EMBARRASSMENT...Believe me..Even mothers cant feel the pain n torture unless you tell them that your Really suffering...they try to cover it up...or brush the topic away. ( Not all mothers but most of them)

ITS ALL HOW YOU FEEL....R u confident to get bare chested @ BAGA BEACH- GOA  or a swimming poool the way it is now?

If your comfortable..tHEN FORGET SURGERY...

IF its hurting embarassing  YOU...then You got your answer there maaan. GET RID of those Fuking moobs....THey are not normal FYI, although its not that severe ( i saw the pics). they need to get chopped off..b

All this doesnt really matter much....JUST DO IT

[tony_ss]

 twice i tried to meet anantheswar but he was busy..Did any of u met DR. B.C. Ashok.. but ashok seems to be a cool guy..
 not sure if he is better than Anantheshwar?
-Tony.

[hungry.tides]

not sure if he is better than Anantheshwar?

he operates with Dr Anantheshwar, so dont worry abt that. But i recommend you speak to Dr Anantheshwar once. havent talked with Dr Ashok for more than a few seconds mainly exchanging pleasantries.

cheers

[tony_ss]

guys,
does the skin get attached to your muscles after surgery? how long will it take.. 3 or 4 months after surgery if somebody pinches you there, would u feel any pain ..


hungry.tides,
how does your chest looking now? do u hav e any pics to see?
-Tony.

[hungry.tides]

tony,

I m trying uploading my pics, but i m facing some trouble.
As for pain i dont have any, probably when i hit a bump when on my bike i feel a slight, but that doesnt amount to anything.

2days back i went to a club, 20 people in my group. I was bare chest all the time and no body noticed anything about my chest but my tummy brought lot of stares  

Skin attached it self very fast, there is a loss of sensation, and i have read on sites it take a year to get back sensation. I feel mine is coming back much faster. You should understand one thing, the period immediately after surgery is very important, u should not do anything that can cause pain in the areola area. Drains must be properly taken care of.

Try being sensible and dont take undue stress, you should sail thru.

Anymore questions? Shoot!!!

[anothersufferer]

good to know that you guys are having superb fun around...

But, bangaloregynecomastia, moobs_sucks & hungry.tides,

could you guys please upload your bare chested pics up to the date? I will be back in India in next month and hoping to see docs around there and will be going under knife immediately within 1 week.

Request your co-operations in this regards. I have seen 2 weeks post op photos of all of you people but it has been now more then one month since you have posted your photos... so please do that... its a humble request for people like us who are yet to go under knife...

[hungry.tides]

have updated my pics (see my signature), on my path to full recovery. request others to post as well.

Tony, hope you are on your way to get under the knife.
cheers

[tony_ss]

your chest looks great....
thanks a lot for sharing pics..
hope we'll get to see other's pics also
Tony.

[tony_ss]

hi hungry.tides, bloregynacomastia,
I bought this baniyan type vest from medlin.. it is very thick .. am really wondering how could I hide this under shirt... especially  backside the velcro bulges too much.. how you guys were able to hide this? has anybody noticed this?
Tony.

[hungry.tides]

how you guys were able to hide this? has anybody noticed this?

i have told at work abt surgery in lungs, so i can cover this issue by saying doc advised to wear this bandage    guess its one way to keep people from smacking ur chest...u know the guy thing
its visible i agree but its necessary to wear, it helps a lot in healing. i felt very uncomfortable in the earlier days when i bought vest, now its pretty comfy.

ciao

[GynO_DuDe]

Well done with the surgery!!!!

Feels so good being post op!! And you'll only feel EVEN better once your fully healed!

[Onemoresufferer]

Hi Guys - Yet Another sufferer of this stupid gyne 

I just started all these research of operating or other treatments. First i visited, Noble Clinic in Double Road, Bangalore. I met Dr.Vivek Bhat who is doing these kind of treatments using Laser Lipolysis (Rs.20,000). The doctor is saying that i can come, take the treatment and go on the same day.

Then, i consulted doctor called Dr. Thilak in Sagar Apollo, who told me that i have undergo a surgery and that will cost me around Rs.35,000 (general ward).

I am really confused here and not sure which way to proceed. Guys, your valuable suggestions please

[hungry.tides]

Onemoresufferer dont worry, lets solve this problem step by step way.

I am really confused here and not sure which way to proceed. Guys, your valuable suggestions please

Right information would make you understand this mess. browse this site and follow this step-by-step guide:

Steps to get Gyne out of your life:(assuming you know u have gyne and are older than 18 years)
1)  Visit endocrinologit, get your hormones checked
2) If hormones levels are normal, go to a plastic surgeon (in fact you would be refered to one)
3) be sure you are going to a Plastic Surgeon and not some quack.
4) Ask for before after pics
5) ask surgeon, if Lipo or Lipo + excision will be done, If you have glandular Gyne, u need Excision too.
6) go shopping for few more surgeons if you feel the surgeon isnt good or is costly
7) Ask about post surgery recovery procedure
8 ) a normal budget in India for a well known plastic surgeon would be 30 - 40 k(not that people who quote less are any less good), these figures are by what i have come to know, please enquire if any other stings attached?
9) plan surgery with a week off from work/college. you should resume normal life after 1 week post op, going about life helps in recovery.

>>>if the hormone results are out of normal ranges, still surgey can be done in most of the cases as if gland is removed there is no target tissue, get opinion of a good endocrinologist (i suggest Dr KJ Shetty of manipal, airport road)

biggest mistake one can do is do these steps with huge time gap, you loose piece of mind apart from time....
i would put this whole procedure of steps 1 to 9 to 1.5 months (assuming hormones are okay, and you have only weekends to go hunting for surgeon)

take appointments a day in advance, have a questionaire ready for all the surgeons.

hope this post was helpful, any more questions, shoot

Get that gyne out of you life...

- hungry.tides