MALE BREAST REDUCTION (GYNAECOMASTIA)

Men who have overdeveloped or enlarged breasts as a result of hormonal changes following puberty or following weight gain.
Breasts that are too large in proportion to your body frame.
Men who are embarrassed or self conscious about the large size of their breasts.

General anaesthesia is used and the surgery takes about one to two hours.
Excess breast tissue may be removed by liposuction, surgical excision or often both.
Liposuction involves injecting fluid into the tissue and fat is suctioned out using small cannulas (hollow tubes) through a small incision.
Thick glandular breast tissue may be excised via a small incision at the edge of the areola.
The incisions are sutured with buried dissolvable sutures.
Soft small drains may be used.
A compression garment is worn for two to three weeks.

You can go home the next day or sometimes on the same day.
Most patients experience minimal pain which is mostly gone by the next day and is easily controlled by medications.
Swelling is mild to moderate for two to three days and then disappears over the next three weeks.
There may be some bruising for one to two weeks.
You can resume light activities in the first week and most normal activities by at least three weeks.
Expect to be off work for about one to three weeks depending on the extent of the surgery and your type of work.