Do you have enlarged male breasts? Gynecomastia surgery (male breast reduction surgery) can help reduce excess fat and tissue in men with enlarged breasts.
Enlarged male breasts in Australia: Prevalence and surgery treatments
As you may have read in the first blog on the topic of enlarged male breasts, many men in Australia have enlarged breast tissues. In cases where medication changes and weight loss have not succeeded in reducing the excess breast fat and tissue, plastic surgery can help.
Here’s an overview of what to consider if you want to have male breast reduction surgery to reduce enlarged breasts due to excess fat and tissue.
Impact of having enlarged male breasts
Approximately 1 in 3 to up to 25% of adult men may have enlarged breast tissues. If you have enlarged male breasts, you may experience the following:
- Breast pain or tenderness due to excess breast fat and tissue
- Persistent skin redness or infection in the breast area due to friction
- Hygiene issues due to moisture build-up in the excess breast skin
- Difficulty performing daily activities due to increased breast size
Non-surgical options
Non-surgical options should be tried first, such as medication and nutritional changes, avoiding substances linked with gynecomastia, undergoing weight loss, and making sure your hormones are in balance.
However, to better assess if you’re a good candidate for male breast reduction surgery, you will need to arrange a personalised consultation with one of Coco Ruby’s plastic surgeons to discuss the following:
- Gynecomastia types and symptoms
- Potential surgery results, as well as surgery risks
- Customisation of your procedure
- Recovery and healing protocols
- Scar reduction treatments
If you’ve read the first part of this blog, you’ll know the common contributors to gynecomastia, and you’ll have read about the non-surgical approaches that might help. You’ll also know that male breast reduction surgery is often the best option when other approaches have failed to yield results.
However, it is important to keep in mind that male breast reduction surgery is NOT a replacement or substitute for healthy living – and your result will depend on what you’re starting with in terms of fitness, skin health, and physique.
Be sure you keep your expectations realistic and recognise that what you start with WILL have an impact on your surgery results.
Criteria for considering male breast reduction surgery
Are you a candidate for Gynecomastia surgery in Melbourne?You may be a good candidate for surgery if:
- You’ve tried non-surgical options but found them unsuccessful. For example, you have tried;
- Changing your medications
- Improving your lifestyle
- Adjusting gym supplements
- Cutting out alcohol or other substances
- And changing a diet that is high in soy milk or other soy products.
- You experienced persistent enlarged male breasts for 12-18 months despite conservative treatments.
- You are otherwise in good health and are a non-smoker.
- You have realistic expectations.
- Your weight is stable and within a healthy weight range.
