The surgical repair of overdeveloped or enlarged breasts in men is known as gynecomastia surgery, also known as male breast reduction. Gynecomastia surgery decreases the size of men’s breasts while flattening and improving the chest outlines. The weight of excess breast tissue may cause the breasts to sag and strain the areola in severe cases of gynecomastia (the dark skin surrounding the nipple). In certain circumstances, the position and sizes of areola can be improved surgically. Gynecomastia is treated with plastic surgery known as reduction mammoplasty.
What Is Gynecomastia?
Gynecomastia is a condition in which male’s breasts become bigger, overdeveloped or swollen at any stage of the age. This condition can be caused by hormonal changes,and the other reasons are inheritance, obesity, or it also happen due to drug usage. Gynecomastia condition is a toll on mental health and can cause emotional distress, depression and undermine self-esteem. Some men usually avoid physical activities and intimate relationships so that they can overcome the enlargement of their breast or in order to conceal it, thinking these are the reasons. Gynecomastia caused and characterize by:
- Additional localized fat
- Extra glandular tissue development
- Extra breast skin at times
- Unilateral (one breast) or bilateral presence (both breasts)
Gynecomastia is a condition or a disorder in men that causes men’s chest area (breast) tissue to enlarge or expand. For men, it is frequently a source of shame and embarrassment. There are number of men (young or adults) seeking gynecomastia surgery, to completely get over it. This has steadily increased throughout the years. I’m seeing an increasing number of men who wish to improve the appearance of their chests medically.
Hormonal fluctuations throughout puberty can result in the development of male breast tissue. This breast tissue diminishes in some cases after puberty, but in many cases, the breasts stay larger. Puberty, substantial weight gain, anabolic steroid use among bodybuilders, and marijuana use are all common causes of gynecomastia. Other drugs can also induce male breast growth.
How Do I Know If I Have Gynecomastia?
Gynecomastia normally affects both breasts, but some people have asymmetric or unilateral breasts. Breast self-examinations typically reveal a palpable, tender, firm, movable, disc-like mound of tissue that is not as hard as breast cancer and is centrally positioned beneath the nipple-areolar complex.
When palpable masses are unilateral, hard, fixed, and peripheral to the nipple, and are linked with nipple discharge, skin abnormalities, or enlarged lymph nodes, breast cancer should be considered, and a full evaluation, including mammograms and MRI, is indicated.
Surgery to Correct Gynecomastia:
When patients present with gynecomastia, they typically complain of lumps in their breasts, with or without excess fat in the breasts. Liposuction of extra fat, surgical removals of excess glandular breast tissues through an incision at the nipple-areolar complex borders, and/ skin excision is common procedure used to remove breast tissues. It is critical that your surgeon undertake a thorough physical examination of your breasts in order to establish gynecomastia and rule out the possibility of male breast cancer.
Preparing for surgery entails discontinuing drugs that raise the risk of bleeding, quitting smoking, and improving your nutrition to aid in your healing and recovery following surgery. Although most surgeons conduct the procedure under general an esthesia. It is well-suited to being performed under the oral sedation and local anesthetics. Many surgeons employ drains following surgery to limit the possibility of fluid accumulation.
Recovery after Surgery:
Return to exercise and employment is often less than one week in individuals who merely require liposuction to address their enlarged male breasts. It can take two to four weeks for patients who require surgical excision of extra breast tissue to recuperate sufficiently to tolerate ordinary activities. In my practice, my patients can return to work 7-10 days after surgery. They can return to the gym for cardio after 2 weeks and weightlifting after 4 weeks, assuming no complications following surgery.
Gynecomastia Surgery Complications:
Keep that in mind that this surgery is completely safe and it does not have any kind of severe or life-threatening side effects and consequences. Patients who undergo this surgery recover quickly and achieve their normal chest shape in no time. Bruising, hemorrhage, fluid collections, contour irregularities, loss of nipple skin, obvious scars, numbness of the nipples, inverted nipples, loose breast skin, and asymmetries are all common problems. Good outcomes require attentive surgical technique and pre/peri/postoperative treatment.
If you think you have gynecomastia and wish to talk about treatment option, find a board-certified plastic surgeon in your region.
How to Shape Chest after Gynecomastia Surgery?
The following are some workouts for tightening the chest muscles before and after gynecomastia surgery.
Walking and Running:
Incorporating more running and walking into your daily routine is one of the simplest and most straightforward strategies to lose body fat through exercise. This can help you lose weight, especially if done on a regular basis. Running is slightly more effective in lowering your BMI. Because running burns more energy faster, but if you feel more comfortable strolling, it will still be effective.
Rowing Machines:
Working out on a rowing machine is a full-body workout that works your arms and chest. The machine’s tugging motion helps to build a range of muscles in the chest and back. It also improves muscular coordination and joint strength in general.
Swimming:
It is a low-impact cardio exercise. It also requires the use of your arms and chest muscles. Concentrating on using your arms while swimming can help you burn fat and improve the appearance of your chest by emphasizing the amount of work your pectoral muscles are performing.
Bench Press:
This is one of the most popular workouts for developing pectoral muscles. To begin, lie on a weight bench with your hands about two to three feet apart on the bar. Then, compress your shoulder blades, straighten your arms, lift the bar off the rack, and slowly drop it till it just touches your chest. After that, elevate the bar until your arms are straight.
Push-Ups:
Push-ups are a sort of bodyweight exercise that serves to strengthen your chest muscles. You should lie flat on your stomach with your hands on the ground just to the side of your shoulders for pushups. After then, raise your torso off the ground until your arms are straight.
Lifestyle Practices You Must Follow After Gynecomastia Surgery:
Apart from regular exercise, it is also crucial to maintain a healthy lifestyle after gynecomastia surgery.
Consume broccoli, cabbage, kale, turnips, collard greens, and other veggies. These vegetables include polyphenols that promote estrogen metabolism in the body. Include whole grains in your diet to help lower estrogen levels in the body. Flax and sesame seeds are abundant in polyphenols, which reduce estrogen levels in the body. Green tea has a lot of polyphenols, which help prevent chest growth.
Cost of Gynecomastia in Pakistan:
Gynecomastia surgery in Pakistan costs between Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 110,000. For more information on the cost of male breast reduction surgery in Islamabad, please contact us by phone or e-mail.
Summing Up:
Gynecomastia surgery is an effective treatment for male breast reduction. Male Chest Reduction Surgery Cost procedures may change from one location to the next, so you should select the location based on your preferences. Keep in mind all of the important measures listed above after the surgical surgery to achieve the ideal chest shape.
