Gynecomastia Surgery is the Fastest Growing of All Plastic Surgery Procedures - By: Dave Stringham

Unlike women who talk to one another about their breast augmentation or liposuction, men do not talk to one another about gynecomastia. They treat it as a closely guarded secret, and tend to hide their gynecomastia under clothing until they get it fixed. And once it is fixed, they go forward with their life as if they never had it, closing that chapter and putting it behind themselves forever.

In the past, men did not know where to turn or who to ask to get something done. Thanks to the Internet, men can now learn that there is a solution to this constant source of consternation and embarrassment.

The male chest has muscle, fat, and even little buds of breast tissue. In fact, if one were to squeeze a newborn baby's nipples, even a boy, a couple of drops of milk can come out due to stimulation of the tissue by its mother's hormones. So both men and women have this breast tissue, only in women the surge in estrogen during puberty causes it to grow into a full-fledged breast (but when it doesn't, some women consider having a breast augmentation.) In addition to the buds of breast tissue, a man obviously also has some fat in his chest, and if that fat grows disproportionately to the rest of his body, it can also contribute to gynecomastia.

The raging levels of testosterone during puberty are always accompanied by an increase in the level of estrogen in every male. That is because testosterone production is not a perfect process; when the body makes a large amount of testosterone, some estrogen is also made. Likewise, even the most feminine women also produce testosterone. Testosterone is also converted into estrogen by fatty tissues, thereby increasing the growth of the breast buds on top of the additional chest fat seen in overweight young men.

It is said that over 80% of boys develop some degree of gynecomastia during puberty. That means that it is actually more normal to get it than not to get it. Usually it subsides as men enter their twenties, but for at least a quarter of them, some degree of gynecomastia persists. It can persist in any man, even the thin, healthy, and fit, but it is more common in boys and men who are or who have been overweight. Anabolic steroid use in weightlifters can also increase gynecomastia, as can heavy marijuana use. There is also a long list of prescription drugs that can cause gynecomastia.

That being said, the majority of gynecomastia patients have no identifiable cause. The bottom line is that it is so common that it is really a variation of normal and should not be a cause of embarrassment.

About the Author

Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about cosmetic surgery in Los Angeles, California and plastic surgery procedures such as liposuction, abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia, and facelift.

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