Gynaecomastia Correction

Gynaecomastia Correction can be life-changing and we have perfected techniques to recontour and reshape the male chest while hiding any visible scars. All of the surgeons at The Staiano Clinic are fully trained plastic surgeons who hold or have held permanent NHS Consultant posts.

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Gynaecomastia (or Gyno), excessive breast growth in males, can be due to a number of causes. Hormonal imbalance is a major cause commonly due to the onset of puberty or rarely, a hormone-secreting tumour (eg. pituitary or testicular tumour).

It can be a side-effect of certain medications such as treatments used for prostate cancer or sickle-cell disease. Other drugs may cause gynaecomastia such as marijuana or steroids, but the most common cause is ‘idiopathic’. This means that no cause is found.

Gyno can cause psychological and emotional distress as men can feel unable to take their shirt off in public and often feel uncomfortable wearing T-shirts or any tight top that may show the contour of the chest. Treatment is aimed at removing the excess breast tissue along with the glandular tissue of the breast and in some occasions, the skin will need to be tightened.

You can read our blog post about ‘Why Does Gynaecomastia Surgery Cost So Much?’ here.

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Mild gyno with no skin excess

Male breast reduction for mild gyno with no skin excess

For this patient group, liposuction is an effective treatment. It leaves minimal scarring with only small incisions and will effectively remove the excess breast tissue as long as it is predominantly fatty. Sometimes there is dense breast tissue behind the nipple that cannot be removed with liposuction. In these cases, the tissue needs to be removed through an infra-areolar incision.

This is a half-moon shape incision below the nipple. The scar is planned at the junction between the pigmented areolar skin and the paler skin of the chest wall. By leaving the scar here, it is well hidden and is often difficult to see once the initial redness has faded.

Mild gyno with moderate skin excess

Male breast reduction for mild gyno with moderate skin excess

To reduce breasts with moderate skin excess, again liposuction forms the mainstay of treatment for these cases, usually combined with the small incision below the nipple to remove the dense breast tissue behind the nipple.

A modest amount of skin excess in a young healthy patient with good skin quality (non-smoker) would be expected to shrink and recoil once the underlying tissue was removed. Alternatively, skin can be removed and the breast skin tightened, but this involves more scars.

The scars involved in a modest skin reduction would be all the way around the nipple. Again, this scar is relatively well hidden as it sits at the junction between the areolar and chest skin, but it is often puckered initially. This puckered appearance will settle and flatten after some months.

Severe gyno with skin excess

Male breast reduction for severe gyno with skin excess

Severe gyno with skin excess, can be equivalent to a female breast reduction. In these situations, there is a significant excess of both breast tissue and skin and it is difficult to address this without causing more extensive scarring. The pattern of scars may vary, but the techniques all involve scars that extend on to the chest wall and so will be more visible than the infra-areolar (underneath the nipple) or circumareolar (all the way around the nipple) scars.

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Before & After - Skin Reduction

This shows a gynaecomastia correction with transverse skin excision to treat significant skin excess.

Before & After With Transverse Skin Excision

This is a patient with Grade IV gynaecomastia with skin excess that is removed through a transverse skin excision.

Before & After 6 Months

This patient had a combination of liposuction and excision of bilateral gynaecomastia.

Before & After 10 Months

This shows a 40 year old man with gynaecomastia before and after liposuction.

Before & After 6 Weeks

This 34 year old man is shown 6 weeks following liposuction and excision of bilateral gynaecomastia. He has a slim, athletic build with excess breast tissue, which has been successfully removed to reveal an excellent result in this early postoperative picture.

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