Gynecomastia, treatment

Gynecomastia is a men’s breast enlargement. This problem is associated most often with an imbalance of estrogen and testosterone hormones in the body. The fact is that both women and men synthesize both types of hormones in their bodies; the only difference is their amounts. The athletes who use steroids and muscle pills during training period suffer gynecomastia often. This leads to a hormonal imbalance and a breast tissue hypertrophy as a consequence.

Some men may experience an excessive accumulation of fat tissue in the breast projection. This is so-called "pseudo-gynecomastia". In such cases, sports activities may help.. If conservative methods have poor results, it is advisable to perform a local liposuction.

Surgical treatment of gynecomastia is the complete removal of the glandular tissue. The incision is made on the edge of the areola during the surgery. It is necessary to completely resect the breast tissue and fill in the missing volume with rotated fat graft. Filling the volume is performed so that the nipple would not immerse into the depthward in the future. After that, the skin incisions are sutured. The surgery can be combined with local syringe liposuction, which is performed through the same incision.

The method of anesthesia is elected based on the volume of the gland. In case of significant hypertrophy of the gland, the surgery is being performed under general anesthesia.

The recovery period after such surgeries takes an average of 2 - 3 weeks.. The final scar formation is completed in 4-5 months.