hello
I have been reading this board for a month, never posted, thanks for all the posts and the info which was very helpful
I had my surg yesterday with Dr Cattani in ny, and it went well, I havent seen what it looks like yet cause I am still bandaged up but caught a glimps after surg, and it looked good, today I swelled up alot and it feels like nothing was done but I have the garment on an will take it off tomorrow only to wash
I have had this prob my whole life and was always told exercise was the way to get rid of it, reading this board made me feel like I wasn't alone and pushed me to finally have this done.
the surg took about 40 min and at times hurt like hell, also when the novicane wore off I thought I would die last night it hurt so much, a few Rx meds and I was fine, today is just soreness
a few questions:
- does this skin reform itself with the help of the garment, I was told to wear it for 2 weeks
- he also took out the gland which looked like alot - does the removal of the gland lower the production of estrogen levels in the body
- how long does it take for swelling to go down, not completely but enough where you arent so sore
- lastly, has anyone had fat on their chest come back after surg? I would imagine so if you used steroids, but I have never used steroids not ever will
Again, thank you to everyone for their honestly and helpful information
Swelling can obscure results. One day is very early after surgery for some techniques.
Posting
Standardized Before and After Pictures can help others better understand your concerns.
How tissues
evolve after surgery depends on the problem treated, surgical technique, skill of the surgeon, after care, scar care, and how a patient heals. I prefer my
Dynamic Technique in which there is minimal bruising and swelling. The biggest change happens on the operating table. That is how I am able to post images the day after surgery. However, further refinement happens over time as sculpted tissues evolves as they soften with scar care, compression, and healing. As with any cut, tissues need to heal and soften.
Comfort after gynecomastia surgery ties in with the degree of tissue damage, swelling, bruising, surgical technique, skill of the surgeon, patient issues and many other factors.
You can see other examples of early results:
in this competition body builder here.
This one sided (unilateral) gynecomastia shows the swelling after surgery
typical swelling after my gynecomastia surgery compaired to the side that had
No Surgery.
Here is another example of early healing after unilateral surgery typically seen with my techniques. Here is another example of
typical minimal swelling and bruising in a 14 year old patient with more images
images of tissue evolution and swelling here..
You can find many more examples on my website of primary gynecomastia tissue evoluation.
I perform many
Revision Gynecomastia Male Chest Sculpture Operations on patients done by other doctors around the world. Each patient has told me how different their tissues were after my
Dynamic Technique compared to their previous surgery. They all have commented how the swelling was much less, comfort better, and their expectation met, even at their first view of the tissues after surgery. You can see typical tissue evolution after
Revision Gynecomastia Surgery here.However, even with these techniques, the tissue continue to evolve over time.
Here is another example of a patient revised after initial surgery done in Australia, early and 2 years after his operation.This is real surgery and tissues do need to heal just like any other cut or injury.
Hope this helps,
Michael Bermant, MD
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