Male Breasts Make Life Harder
Having male breasts is a difficult thing to bear. Namely, this phenomenon usually starts once the person reaches his adolescent period. This anomaly takes place due to hormonal imbalances which seem to take total control over a teenager's body, resulting in the appearance of this problem, among many others. Subsequently, many people will lose their male breasts as soon as their puberty reaches its end. However, some other people have to wait until the end of their 20s or even 30s in order to witness the disappearance of male breasts on their body. This can be an embarrassing state of affairs, especially in school, where children with male breasts are often a subject of peer ridicule. Nevertheless one should not think that there is no cure for this problem. Also, those who plan on changing this unpleasant status quo should not believe that having a surgery performed on your body, removing the excessive breasts, is the only way to deal with this problem. Rather, there are many far less intrusive methods you might try before opting for a gynecomastic procedure.
What Can One Do?
The first thing to do is to pay your doctor a visit. Sure, exposure can be hard and you might not want anyone to see your problem. Still, a doctor can help you and he/she has experience with these things, being capable to help you do away with your male breasts. Upon examining you, he/she may come to several different conclusions and, thereby, several different treatment options.
There are cases where the sole cause of your male breasts is obesity. Then, all you need to do is find a good trainer or a good exercise program which will help you lose the excessive weight and make that skin more tight, removing any signs of your “man boobs” problem. Also, you might need to change your diet significantly, removing fatty food from your menu and focusing on eating healthy in order to gain that ideal weight of yours where male breasts will trouble you no more. Additionally, certain medications may help you deal with these problems, if they are based on hormonal imbalances. Thus, this presents yet another useful alternative.
All in all, you should not jump to conclusions and should, rather, concentrate on trying all the alternative treatments adequate for you before opting for an expensive surgery which may take all the money out of your pockets, be extremely painful and take weeks away from your life, causing you pain and discomfort during the recovery period.
- www.nhs.uk/conditions/cosmetic-treatments/breast-reduction-male/
- healthfinder.gov/api/Outlink/Search/https/www.cancer.gov/types/breast/risk-reducing-surgery-fact-sheet?_label_=Learn+more+about+surgery+to+reduce+breast+cancer+risk
- Photo courtesy of Don LaVange by Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/26667277@N00/4935678401
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