The Plastic Surgery Clinic

A growing number of males are choosing to get breast-reduction surgery, with a large number of them teenage boys. Of the 20,000 males in this country who underwent the procedure in 2006, almost 14,000 of them were between the ages of 13 and 19. Many of these teens opt to get the surgery because they suffer from gynecomastia–enlarged male breasts–and are made fun of in social situations, such as changing in the school locker room.

Dr. Virender Singhal, chief of plastic surgery at Kansas City, Mo.'s Children's Mercy Hospital, conducts breast-reduction surgery on boys as young as 14. Around 15 percent of boys who are afflicted with gynecomastia do not outgrow the condition, and witness things such as C-cup breasts and inflated nipples. "They get teased mercilessly," Singhal states. "They have problems making friends or playing sports." Psychotherapist Merle Yost, who had gynecomastia and underwent breast-reduction surgery at age 35, has established a Web site–gynecomastia.org–as a resource on the condition, and has written a book called "Demystifying Gynecomastia: Men With Breasts."

Dr. Lista's POV on:

Males With Breasts Turn to Surgery

I am proud that we have made significant contribution in the medical literature to the advancement of surgical techniques for the treatment of male gynecomastia


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