RISKS AND COMPLICATIONS
All About Gynecomastia:
Male chest reduction is an operation that is very frequently performed by Dr. Teitelbaum. The incidence and severity of complications is very low – but it is never zero. All surgery carries a risk of infection and bleeding. While treatment of gynecomastia is usually permanent, there have been cases in which the gynecomastia returns. Scarring usually fades, but sometimes the scars remain visible. There is always a chance of asymmetry between the two breasts. There is a possibility of contour irregularity, meaning that there is some waviness or irregularity to the skin over the area treated. For instance, if there is a large, firm gynecomastia mass beneath the nipple, there are times when there is a little depression where it was removed. If there is extensive liposuction, especially going out to the sides of the chest, there can be irregularities in the contour of the skin.
Gynecomastia Surgery - Male Breast Reduction
It is undesirable because it makes men reluctant to take their shirt off. Some wear two shirts everyday just to conceal it. Even thin men who work out regularly at the gym and otherwise have put the effort into developing bodies that would look good in tight shirts and sweaters cannot do so. Gynecomastia can make men who are just a few pounds overweight look much heavier than they really are.
In the past, gynecomastia surgery was mostly done on teenage boys sent to plastic surgeons by their pediatrician. Weightlifters that developed gynecomastia from steroid or supplement use learned about surgical options from reading muscle magazines or from trainers at the gym.
But in the past few years, the treatment of gynecomastia has finally become mainstream. It is not just the weightlifters and teenagers with the really bad cases seeking male chest reduction; it is the men in their 20s and 30s with just enough extra tissue in their chest for them not to look as good as they should.
Unlike women who talk to one another about their breast augmentation or liposuction, men do not talk to one another about gynecomastia. They hide it under their clothes, and so even their best friends are often totally unaware. Once fixed with surgery, they go forward with their lives as if they never had it. But thanks to the Internet, men can now privately research words such as, "gynecomastia," "male breast reduction," "males breasts," "man boobs," "male chest reduction," etc., and learn that there is a very effective solution.
There are two methods for treating male chest enlargement: liposuction and excision. In the pre-liposuction era, the only thing to do was to cut out the tissue ("excision"), usually using a small incision around about half the diameter of the areola. This worked great when there was a small and well-demarcated and circumscribed gynecomastia mass under the areola. But it didn't work well when there was fat spread throughout the chest. Liposuction is ideal for the reduction of fat, because fat is soft and is easily removed through the liposuction instrument (much like a straw.) However, firm and glandular gynecomastia tissue cannot be removed by liposuction; it needs to be excised. If you are interested in seeing what this looks like, refer to the section of the Photo Gallery titled, "What Gynecomastia Looks Like."