Treatment of gynecomastia

What is gynecomastia?

Gynecomastia is a pathological growth of breasts in men.

Male breasts can grow due to overgrowth of fatty, glandular or connective tissue. It happens when hormonal balance shifts and the production of female sex hormones increases.

This condition can develop at various life stages, from the first month of life to old age.

Symptoms of gynecomastia

• Increased breast volume and saggy breast
• Nipples tenderness and swelling
• Discharge appears when nipple is squeezed
• Rounded lump can be palpated

Types of gynecomastia

False gynecomastia is the growth of breasts in men, caused by fat deposits because of excessive body weight.

Lumps are not palpated, and the breast is soft.

True gynecomastia develops because of overgrowth of glandular or connective breast tissue.

A lump in the breast is felt on palpation.

Treatment of gynecomastia

The purpose of the surgery is the removal of the part with overgrown glandular breast tissue, as well as the correction of the breast shape and size.

Before planning the surgery, the cause of hormonal imbalance must be found and excluded.

Phases of the surgery:

• A plastic surgeon makes an incision along the margin of the nipple areola
• Excessive glandular tissue is removed
• The fat tissues are redistributed to make a denser ”pad” under the nipples that prevents them from sinking in.
• The surgical wound is drained

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