A proper evaluation of male chest fat and gynecomastia

Chest fat can occur in both males and females whereas gynecomastia is typically a male disorder where they grow breasts like women if not as prominently so, there would be enlargement of the breasts with presence of either or both of mammary glands and breast tissue, and this can be pretty visible and often to awkwardly attentions mostly by the sufferer himself.

The causes of gynecomastia are still under study and a widely discussed topic among medical cultures as it is an unbelievably common disorder with a huge number of recorded cases worldwide with a total male breast reduction procedures conducted in 2009 in the UK alone was over 17thousand according to major medical board records.

The patented and most closely understood cause of this disorder is the activity of female hormones in the male body causes the female characteristics in males.

Male and female sex hormones are specific to each, however both the sexes secrete both the hormones but in much less amount as their specified hormones. Estrogen is the female sex hormone while androgens are male hormones. Since this is about males we will keep the topic of women for somewhere else. Now, sometimes males involuntarily secrete higher levels of estrogen which can even exceed the levels of his androgens and this results in them to develop breasts as it could be understood as key characteristics of the female sex hormone. This is the key explanation related to the cause of gynecomastia as patients are diagnosed with higher levels of estrogen in their body.

Further explanation denotes that as most patients are diagnosed with this presumed hormonal disorder in their puberty to adolescence, this can be supposed that as this time line of puberty to adolescence is high time of growth, especially for sexual characteristics, the hormonal levels fluctuate a lot during this period. Thus estrogen exceeds the levels of testosterone and other androgens causing gynecomastia in young boys. But this is hugely witnessed as temporary, and sometimes they can be permanent with persistent symptoms of pain, tenderness, excess enlargement and nipple discharge from the areas, this less in happening but are still prominently witnessed symptoms.

Male breast reduction surgery involves a combination of direct excision of the glandular breasts most likely in the areola, followed by liposuction of the chest. In case of gynecomastia direct excision is performed with the surgeon injecting local or general anaesthetics to the areaolar fold and the skin is dissected or cut open with manual surgical scalpels and scissors. The detected glands are carefully removed and the skin is sutured back. Additional fatty tissues are removed with Liposuction cannula. This is called direct or open dissection of the male breast and takes upto 90mins to complete. Not more than that.

But when it is chest fat removal surgery, then there is certainly no need for open dissection of the skin and just a 3-4 puncture incisions about 1-2mm wide. And the cannula does the rest. Once the removal of the fat, it will be permanent however there might be some swelling post surgery which will be treated with a compression garment to subside sooner than 2weeks of time.

Pubertal and Adolescent Male Breast Reduction

As I have stated earlier, pubertal and adolescent gynecomastia is a common symptom to occur when the hormone levels are invariably and involuntarily fluctuating at this age. This is a temporary symptom and is best given surgery is delayed until full development, around age 18 after that is the symptoms persist longer then consult a physician and do the needful diagnosis. The point is children are always thought twice to do this surgery upon. Also if your child is overweight, often the breasts will diminish with good exercise and running and playing causing and weight loss once in the normal range. However there have been a number of cases where surgeons have operated on adolescent boys who develop gynecomastia and are traumatized by the size of his breasts in severe cases with good results. Yes it is possible they might grow the breasts once again and another procedure may be required for best results. But yes, the surgery can be safe and effective for kids too, but to ensure your child’s safety consult with only the highest ranked and recognized surgeons and cosmetic clinics.