Male Breast Reduction

wonderbeard101
wonderbeard101 Posts: 75 Member
in Motivation and Support
Here's something that I've been kind of mentally struggling with, and I was hoping you guys could help me shed a new perspective on it:

About a year and a half ago, I was diagnosed with hypogonadism-- my body wasn't producing enough testosterone and was converting most of what it was making to estrogen. Though we don't know for sure, I would guess that it's been a persistent problem since puberty. There were a lot of symptoms, which all got progressively worse over the years, but one of them was breast tissue growth. I first noticed this in my teen years.

Now, I used to be overweight, which I have no doubt contributed to both the hormonal imbalance as well as the gynecomastia. However, in the past 5 years I've stepped my fitness and health way up. I've been put on TRT, which has helped incredibly in just about every aspect of my life... But I'm still left with these two chunks of tissue that are, from what I can tell, a fairly extreme case of gyno.

I've spoken with my general doctor, and there are no ways of reducing male breast tissue outside of surgery. TRT will only stop the growth from continuing. One of my goals this year is to lean out and compete in a lower weight class for my sport, but as I get leaner, it only makes my moobs stand out more-- A piece of flab that will stay with me even down to sub-10% body fat.

However, whenever I think about getting cosmetic surgery, I guess I feel a bit ashamed. I have no issues with cosmetic surgery, and haven't thought twice about it when some of my friends have had things done. I guess I'd never really thought about it much. Even now, I'm not close to being able to financially afford something like this, but I can't get it out of my head.

What do you guys think-- Am I looking at all this the wrong way? Is this something that would be more socially acceptable to just live with?

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  • toughmudderMN
    toughmudderMN Posts: 129 Member
    When you think about your ideal image of yourself what do you see?

    If i had the same issue I would get the surgery.

    Bonus, you could use the surgery as additional motivation to reach your goal.
  • nccarolb
    nccarolb Posts: 858 Member
    I'm interested to see the replies to this. My 17-year-old son has had excess breast tissue since he was around 8 or 9. At first I attributed it to weight gain and the onset of puberty, but they're still with him now and, at 6'3", I surely hope he is through growing!
  • felonebeats
    felonebeats Posts: 433
    Personally I'd get surgery but quite a few bodybuilders compete with gyno eg Kai Greene
  • vibhorka
    vibhorka Posts: 21 Member
    Hello,

    The truth of the matter really is that in this world you will have people on both sides, as in if you CHOOSE to do it or live with it you will be get different opinions on what you should have done. I can assure, if you are looking for validation from people you will get criticism along with it.

    I think it comes down to what makes you happy. Life is short as it is, and if you want it, you can do it safely, understand the risk of surgery, and can afford it. You should go for it.

    Good luck with whatever you decide.
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    Are you ashamed that your not so called " perfect". Are you influenced about plastic surgery by your friends and others? Are you going to feel better about yourself after plastic surgery? Or will you inspire others to love themselves as they are. So many questions you have to ask yourself. No one can make you feel the way you want. Only you can do that. :D

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