Male Breast Reduction

This is a pathology that affects men, in which the mammary glands suffer an abnormal growth, reaching important sizes that affect them. Most of the times it starts at puberty but it can also begin at mature ages.
Most of the times it starts at puberty but it can also begin at mature ages. The main cause is related with hormonal disorders, obesity, medications and some illnesses. The main solution is the surgical one and it is recommended to young ones when the pathology affects his emotional development and his physical activity or in mature people that are also affected by it.

Pre-surgical Evaluation

In the first evaluation with the Plastic Surgeon he will determine weather the component of the pathology is fat, fat and gland or only glandular. The Surgeon will also evaluate if according to the size of the pathology it is necessary to dry up skin, leaving external scars. The patient must inform any illnesses that he suffers; medications that he is taking that can affect clotting, such as corticosteroids, aspirin and its derivates, anti-inflammatory, vitamin E, etc.

Surical Procedure

It is an ambulatory procedure that can be carried out with general anesthesia, epidural or local plus sedation, according to the patient's conditions. Most of the times the procedure is made in combined form with liposuction plus surgical resection of the mammary gland. When their size is not very big then it is made through a scar located in the inferior border of the areola by means of which the Surgeon can extract the fat for liposuction and the glandular tissue. When the component is only fat and the pathology is not very big one can achieve the same results with liposuction, in this case the scar is of approximately 3 millimeters minimum; if the Gynecomastia is important in size it will be removed through a scar around the areola and a vertical one between the areola and the mammary fold.

The procedure lasts approximately from one to two hours, at the end of which the patient will wear a bandage or a vest that it is made especially for the surgery to make compression on the surgical area and to try to avoid bleeding after the surgery.

Post-Surgical

This is not a very painful surgery; the pain resulting from the surgery will be controlled with analgesics and formulated anti-inflammatory drugs. The first three days it is important to apply local cold with compresses or ice, avoiding direct contact with the skin to avoid skin burn. After the fourth day it is recommended to apply local heat with cloths dipped in lukewarm water with magnesium sulfate. The stitches are removed on the tenth day. In this first post-surgical stage, strong exercises should be avoided but the patient can renew their daily activities after the third day. It is recommended to use the vest during three weeks, avoid pools and sunlight during two and a half months.

Time needed to remain in Cali:

5 days.

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Before and after photos gynecomasty