Hi guys,
I don't even know were to start..so i guess i'll start from the onset.
At the age of 15 i was run over by a car and when i recovered i noticed that my pecs were a bit flabby so i thought i needed to start working out,but no matter how much i worked out it got worse as the years went by until the problem was very noticable and it couldn't be covered up by wearing an extra shirt or wearing a jacket.
I'm 36 now.
I've gone to doctors and they are very nonchalant about it."Yeah it happens and is no big deal..its only cosmetic" or "alot of guys who get this get plastic surgery".
My one question has always been what if its a medical problem wouldn't it come back even with plastic surgery to which i have never gotten a good answer.
To me this is a quality of life issue and not "no big deal".I'm sick and tired of being called a shemale or a he/she and i guess my breaking point came the other day at work..I really hate to say something bad about someone else,especially someone i don't know well,but besides my man boobs i am fit and try to exercise regularly and this guy i work with who looks like he spent his whole life sucking down twinkies had his family at work and made a comment as i walked by"We're not really sure what that "thing" is".
Really?!
I don't know what to do..I would just like to be able to live my life without bother or comment on my physical appearence.
There can be a great deal of
Emotion Living with Gynecomastia, you are not alone. Not all doctors understand or deal with this contour problem the same way.
I caution each of my patients that surgery does not typically stop male breast growth. If there is a problem with growing breasts,
recurrence can happen. Any of
these medical problems and or
these medications can cause gynecomastia. So, if you want to get worried about regrowth, you could get yourself evaluated for each of these conditions to see if they could be a factor.
If you are using something that can stimulate breast regrowth, shreds of gland remain behind with any surgical technique. It is just not practical to remove all elements of gland. The problem is that there are fine fingers of gland that dissect between fingers of fat and can extend quite far into the chest. Take a look at the
Anatomy of Gynecomastia to see what I mean. Even with a radical mastectomy (a disfiguring technique used for some male breast cancer problems), some gland can remain. Surgery also does not prevent weight gain in the chest. Men tend to put weight on the belly and chest regions. I educate each of my patients that this surgery will not prevent further breast growth. It is like changing/fixing a tire with a nail. Fixing/changing the tire will not prevent you from getting a new nail in that tire.
Regrowth of gland from stimulation can occur where shreds of gland remain behind. This can be behind the areola, along the deeper edges or margins of a zone of excision.
I take care of many patients with gynecomastia, as many as 8 in one day alone. With all the gynecomastia surgery I have done, it is
very rare to have regrowth for patients I have sculpted. One patient (who had surgery on only side by another doctor) came to me with pro hormone induced gynecomastia that only came back on the side that had no surgery. His growth was massive on the one side and none on the other. His surgery by that other doctor had left a massive crater - the skin was adherent against the chest wall with normal fat surrounding the ugly deformity. One side looked like the deformity seen
here. The other side was almost a B cup breast so tender that I could barely examine it. As with each patient who presented to me with current breast growth, he was referred for an endocrinology evaluation and stabilization before considering surgery. I do not know if such radical surgery was a factor or not. Even if it did, removing all fat under the skin just gives an unnatural look.
Here is another example of
Gynecomastia Breast Regrowth on my site. Caution this is a graphic picture of the massive gland regrowth removed on the operating table.
This patient is rather unusual. He was a misdiagnosed genetic female who has lived his entire life as a male. His birth certificate says male as does his driver's license. Yes, a terrible mistake labeling him male made from birth and early on not recognizing his
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. His body has been exposed to high levels of androgens and estrogen since within his mother's womb. This results in an a condition better called
Intersex than the older phrase Hermaphroditism.
I prefer to target the gland first with my
Dynamic Technique. This permits me to remove most of the gland and then sculpt the remaining tissue to minimize contour problems.
By concentrating on the gland first I am able to minimize the chance of breast regrowth. It is very rare for my patients to have recurrence. With my techniques and my
Red Flag Evaluation System before surgery, I have only a few patients over the many years I have been doing surgery that I know have regrown. However, gynecomastia surgery does not stop breast regrowth. For patients having breast growth, I have advised for many years that they should get their problem under control before surgery. There are exceptions, such as young men with massive breasts that have not stopped growing. That is why each case needs to be individually evaluated.
Prevention and stabilizing the problem(s) causing gynecomastia, when possible, is much better. We help patients explore such issues during consultations or preliminary remote discussions.
Hope this helps,
Michael Bermant, MD
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