Gynecomastia Support Forum
Gynecomastia Forum Doctors => Ask a Doctor => Topic started by: Baane on April 06, 2013, 04:57:32 AM
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I have posted a topic regarding it before and saying that i got it at the age of 14 and im currently 17 and doctor said that it should go 95% of times in around 3 years , if it was to go how will it go. will the gland size diminish or spread to reduce the puffiness of the nipple ?
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The gland involutes over time if it is going to go away. Another example of this is in women who have babies and breast feed. During the pregnancy and post-partum periods, the breasts are often large and engorged with breast milk. Once breast feeding is over, the breasts shrink in size and the glandular tissue dissipates. This is on a much bigger scale than most patients with gynecomastia, but it demonstrates how the tissue just sort of goes away.
Rick Silverman
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The gland involutes over time if it is going to go away. Another example of this is in women who have babies and breast feed. During the pregnancy and post-partum periods, the breasts are often large and engorged with breast milk. Once breast feeding is over, the breasts shrink in size and the glandular tissue dissipates. This is on a much bigger scale than most patients with gynecomastia, but it demonstrates how the tissue just sort of goes away.
Rick Silverman
Is it a slow process to be completed like for the gland to involute or does it happen quite quickly ?
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It takes place over time. It's not overnight.
RS