Male Breast Reduction Sacramento Gynecomastia
Choosing Male Breast Reduction Surgery
Many men suffer the embarrassment and discomfort of visible breasts, a condition known as gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is a common condition that results in the over-development of the male breasts. Forty to sixty percent of men experience gynecomastia to varying degrees in one or both breasts. Formerly obese men often feel worse about their chest than they did before they lost weight as their once overdeveloped breasts turn into embarrassing, droopy flaps of skin. Male breast reduction surgery at Kaufman & Clark Plastic Surgery may be the solution.
Whether your chest has leftover skin following massive weight loss or you simply suffer from feminine-looking breasts, you can change all that with help from Kaufman & Clark Plastic Surgery. Request a private consultation with one of the board certified Sacramento plastic surgeons today.
Candidates for Gynecomastia Plastic Surgery
Male breast reduction surgery can help men who feel self-conscious about this condition. The procedure decreases breast size by removing fat, glandular tissue, and, in extreme cases, excess skin. The results are a flatter, firmer, more masculine chest.
Surgery to correct gynecomastia can be performed on men of any age if they are physically and psychologically healthy, though men with elastic skin experience the best results from surgery.
Talk to Your Plastic Surgeon
If excessive glandular tissue is the cause of breast over-development, your plastic surgeon will usually choose to remove the tissue through excision. Depending on your goals and current physique, some liposuction of the chest area may be performed. The incision will usually be made in the under arm area or on the edge of the areola so that scarring will be inconspicuous. Major reductions that require significant removal of tissue and skin often require larger incisions, and may result in more conspicuous scars.
If breast over-development is caused by excessive fatty tissue, liposuction of the breast area will most likely give you the best result. This requires a small incision for the cannula, a narrow tube used to break up and suction fat cells from the area.
Male breast reduction will generally be performed under conscious sedation or general anesthesia and will take from one to two hours to complete.
Recovery
Patients can return to full activity a month following surgery, but they should be able to return to work within one or two weeks.
For more procedural information on gynecomastia in Folsom, Rosevile and the greater Sacramento area, contact the board certified plastic surgeons at Kaufman & Clark Plastic Surgery today.
