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Gynecomastia Surgery: What Happens Afterwards?
So many patients ask what happens after a male breast reduction procedure, I prepared a handout listing virtually all the questions that are most frequently asked. (FAQs.) (I also have a handout instructing patients what to do before surgery.) After any cosmetic plastic surgery procedure, the main concerns are: Infections Bleeding Fluid collections The... »
Gynecomastia Surgery: Do You Tell Others?
Read the comments on bulletin boards at gynecomastia.org and you’ll find that teens, younger and older men are often puzzled what to tell others about an upcoming male breast reduction surgery. First: the law of the land governs your right to total medical privacy. That law, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accounting Act) requires everybody... »
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... »