Alright, my turn to vent. I've been reading your stories here for about a year and they've really helped me through many a lonely and miserable night. Gynecomastia has really messed up my life...and on so many levels. I'm 23 now and I would say that the problem first popped up in about fifth or sixth grade. Like so many of you I assumed since I was a little overweight, once I lost the weight the boobs would shrink to a normal size. But after losing about fifty pounds (I was 210, now 160 and 5'10'') the man boobs remain. I wouldn't say I have as bad a case as some of you guys but it's still pretty bad, especially when my nipples are "warmed up.'' If the areoli would just stay constricted like they are when I first wake up I think I could live with them, but as soon as I get out of the shower the puffy girl nips come back just like they have every day for the past decade.
It really bothers me to think about how much gynecomastia has affected my personality. I used to think of myself as somewhat of a social person but the gyne has slowly eaten away at my self esteem. I didn't do sh*t in college and now I feel like I've lost the very best years of my life. All because I was too much of a bitch to open up my mouth and say what was really bothering me to my parents. Well no more. I'm graduating (supposedly) in a month and I want to tell my parents now so that when I do graduate I can go to the doctor, get referred to a PS and get on with my life that I've been missing. I don't even care about the money. What's one more loan on top of the many I already have out? I just can live with it anymore. I'm on a mild dose of antidepressants because I'm so sad all the time, but now I'm thinking (no, I know) that most or all of my mental problems have come from having gynecomastia. People may think it's no big deal, (like my parents most assurably will when I finally come clean), but it is a big f**kin deal! I can't get a girlfriend because I'm so insecure, my family and friends must by now think I'm gay, and I can't even go swimming! Damn gynecomastia sucks!!! Expect more posts to come as I've finally decided to start my quest to get this fixed. Any words to help bust my ass into telling my parents what's wrong with me are greatly appreciated. I've been meaning to do it for months.