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Gynecomastia Surgery: Realistic Expectations
The whole point of gynecomastia surgery is removing some excess skin, fat and breast tissue to look better with a more trim, taunt, masculine chest. Note, I didn’t say perfect. My patients want to look better for the following reasons: Weight lifters want perfection Teens want to look like other teens 20 and 30-sometings... »
Gynecomastia Surgery Instruments: My Own Design
For many years, virtually all gynecomastia surgeons made a half circle incisions around the patient’s areolas, the dark areas surrounding the nipples. The next step was removing the dense, fibrous male gynecomastia breast tissue with a pair of forceps and then, for removal, making an incision at the bottom of the breast tissue that... »
Gynecomastia Surgery and Teens
You’ve probably heard about teenagers having gynecomastia surgery to reduce their fleshy, female-like breasts. While some pediatricians and even plastic surgeons are against it – thinking the lad may outgrow the condition – the teen patient’s life can be hellish if the condition does not go away. Others say the breasts may grow back... »
Gynecomastia Surgery on the Overweight Man
A frequent defense for gynecomastia is to gain a lot of weight — often, as much as 100 pounds – in order to disguise the shame of having womanly breasts. The thinking seems to be a flabby chest will seem normal if the rest of the body is heavy, too. Teen boys with large... »
Gynecomastia Concealed
One of the primary complaints that gynecomastia patients often mention is the incredible number of hoops they jump through daily to try and conceal their female-like breasts from others. Of course, it’s probably worse in the mind of patient because he imagines everybody is staring only at his chest. For a teen, the first... »
Gynecomastia Surgery Virtual Visits
I frequently see patients from out of town and some from overseas who are interested in gynecomastia plastic surgery. To date, I have conferred with about 500 patients over the phone, through the regular mail and email and completed surgery — all without a hitch. To expedite the process, my patient coordinator Jennifer (Jennifer@drelliotjacobs.com)... »
Gynecomastia and Male Breast Cancer
Every once in a while, a male breast reduction patient comes in, wondering if the enlarged or fatty condition of his breasts have anything to do with male breast cancer. Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, there is publicity everywhere about the need for women to keep current with breast exams and finding... »
Gynecomastia Surgery: What Health Plans Want
With so much news about reforming the U.S. health care system, I could not help but think of the letters I have from various health insurance firms telling what evidence they need to see to approve a teen or man’s male breast reduction surgery. I think you’ll agree it’s a scattershot approach. Here’s one... »
Gynecomastia Surgery and Smoking
Many times, when looking at the list of the things patients must do before plastic surgery, some smokers are dismayed to find they must give up the habit at least three to four weeks before the procedure and continuing on through some weeks after the procedure. Plastic surgeons are not being politically correct. Our... »
Gynecomastia Hurts Lives, Careers
We’ve already discussed how gynecomastia causes extreme embarrassment, social withdrawal and can ruin a person’s self-image, making him feel worthless. Truth be told, there is plenty of pain to go around! On one website supporting a petition asking insurance companies to cover gynecomastia surgery, you can see lives being held back. For instance, Bruce... »