Gynecomastia is a condition which is also known as ‘man boobs’ in which male breast get enlarged due to hormonal imbalance, genetic factor, obesity, medication and other such factors.
It may suffice in rare cases. However, if your diet includes more lipid or fat then it may reappear. In gynecomastia surgery, the surgeon removes tissue that store fat and excess skin. Hence, compared to just liposuction this procedure will result in very good masculine contour of the breast.
Diet and exercises help you to reduce just a little amount of fat, but it is unable to give you expected result. Surgery is the best option for that.
Probably not. No one can guess your surgery by just looking at your breast.
No, surgery is performed under general anaesthesia, and after that pain relieving medicines are given. Hence, the surgery is almost painless.
Surgery takes only about an hour and patient can go home after a day depending on the overall condition.
Surgery offers a permanent cure. The only exception being in some obese people where gynaecomastia was treated by liposuction. If they do not maintain weight fat can come back on a chest.
You can expect flat normal chest after surgery. If you have been going to the gym and not able to achieve pectoral muscle definition you can do so after surgery. Scars are minimal, to begin with and usually fade in a couple of months. If your gynaecomastia is very large (Grade III) then you can expect some additional scars.
One week is the usual time. It can be less or more depending on the nature of your job.
It is a day care surgery so you can leave the hospital 6 hours after surgery. Like any day care surgery, it is mandatory for you to have someone to take your place of stay with you for next 24 hours to reach the hospital in case of any need.
Usually, there is small band-aid like dressing on the nipple area and vests worn over that. Next day after the check-up in the clinic you can have the bath. Subsequently every day after the bath you just need to apply antibiotic ointment and cover the nipple with sterile cotton pads (available in market ) and use compression garment to keep them in place. You will also need to take oral antibiotics and painkillers as advised by the doctor. After first week usually medicines and dressing are not required. Compression garment alone is continued 24 hours a day for next one month.
Stitches are healed in 10 days. There is swelling, bruising and tenderness over the chest which goes down over next couple of weeks. Final results are appreciable after one month with some more improvement over next six months. Scars fade gradually over next one year.
Surgery is followed by swelling of the operated area usually. Compression garment helps in early reduction of swelling. It also helps in skin redraping in larger gynaecomastia. Garment provide the firm but elastic compression. It should be worn 24 hours a day except during bath, for one month. It helps to keep an extra garment for washing.
