✍️ Ideal Male Chest
Before one embarks upon gynecomastia surgery, both the surgeon and the patient should have an idea about what an ideal male chest actually is. This makes sure everyone is clear what a male breast reduction surgery will achieve. Patients must understand not every man can have the “ideal” chest. Various conditions such as aging, excess […]
✍️ Massage after Gynecomastia Surgery
One very important yet understated post-surgical advice is about the massage. Massage is advised starting 3 weeks after the surgery and may need to continue for 6 weeks to 6 months. The duration depends on the grade of gynecomastia. The main factors being the amount of skin laxity and skin tone. The purposes of massage […]
✍️ Psychological Aspects of Gynecomastia
While Gynecomastia is a purely and mostly non-hormonal issue, its psychological issues are varied and well documented. I recently read a few articles that highlighted this often neglected dimension of gynecomastia. Ordaz DL and Thompson JK authored a comprehensive paper titled ‘Gynecomastia and psychological functioning: A review of the literature.’ It was published in Body […]
✍️ Top Surgery for Trans Men
Trans men are those who have been attributed to female sex at birth. But when they mature, they self-identify one’s gender as men. Many trans men look for male breast surgery or as commonly called Top Surgery. With this, they attempt to reduce their feminine chest shape. Although breast/chest appearance is an important secondary sex […]
✍️ Surgical Correction of Gynecomastia
Dr. Sreekar Harinatha speaking about surgical trends of Gynecomastia correction at IMCAS Cosmetic Surgery Conference at Taipei, Taiwan. Contact: +91 7022543542 email: [email protected] This technique of Gynecomastia correction won the best paper award at the prestigious conference!
✍️ What is PseudoGynecomastia?
Though the clinical diagnosis of gynecomastia is straight forward, there are some issues that may make this seemingly simple issue a little tricky. These diagnoses that mimic a certain other disorder are called differential diagnoses. One such common differential diagnosis is pseudo gynecomastia. As the name suggests it refers to ‘false male breast’ meaning fat […]
✍️ Steroids & Gynecomastia
Gynecomastia is a very common entity, especially in Indians. This is usually noticed by the individual himself before he visits a doctor. Sometimes it may be found incidentally on a clinical examination by a doctor performed for other health problems. In most cases, gynecomastia is asymptomatic and painless and hence the individuals do not immediately […]