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How does the Gynecomastia surgery help to recover your chest size?

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Gynecomastia or man boobs is a condition where excess fat is accumulated on chest area of men thus causing much embarrassment and negative self image. Around 50 percent of male population in the world is suffering from gynecomastiaupto some extent.

In this condition excess skin or fat would accumulate around a man’s chest and sometime hang downwards thus giving a look of feminine breasts causing much embarrassment.

Gynecomastia or Man boobs usually occur during teenage and puberty when the hormonal growth sets in and the rapid surge and growth of hormones sometimes become imbalanced due to lack of exercise and activity. Teenagers during this phase of growth should channel this rush of energy towards exercise and physical activity so that androgen receptors can successful release more testosterone hormone. Un-utilized these hormones can convert into estrogen which is essential a female hormone and can lead to fat accumulation around unwanted body parts including chest.

Later during adolescence and adult years these female hormones can re-manifest and surge by lifestyle changes like drugs, alcohol, smoking, stress, depression, liver disease, heart and kidney disease, medications, obesity, fast and junk food, excess sugar and salt intake, sedentary lifestyle, steroid use etc.

It is essential to continue clean living and avoid drugs, smoking and alcohol, junk food, excess medications and indulge in strenuous physical activity for at least 3 times a week for proper functioning of your body and optimal hormonal production.

Apart from lifestyle choices gynecomastia can also be caused by numerous medications taken for treatments of various diseases and health conditions like

Anti-Androgens:- used in treatment of conditions like enlarged prostate, prostate cancer.

Anabolic Steroids:- They are used and sometimes recommended by gym instructors to members for building muscle and improving performance. Although their use is illegal but many sports persons are misguided and use it to for stronger muscles and enhanced performance during gym and sporting events.

Aids Medications:- Medicines used for anti-retroviral therapy like Efavirenz given to HIV Patients also cause of gynecomastia.

Anti-Anxiety Medications:- Medicines used to treat anxiety, stress and depression are also known to cause hormonal imbalance and cause man boobs.

Ulcer Medications:- Many ulcer medications like Cimedtinie also cause gynecomastia.

Cancer Treatment, Hear Medications such as digoxin, calcium channel blockers and stomach distress medicines like metocpopramide also cause this condition.

Street Drugs:- Street Drugs and alcohol, use of amphetamines, marijuana and methadone or dolophine also cause this condition.

Hypogonadism:- This is a disease which interferes with production of testosterone in testes, also syndromes like pituitary insufficiency also called gynecomoplastia.

Aging:- Male Hormone testosterone production starts declining after the age of 30 among men thus causing hormonal changes and a testimony to put on weight.

Hyperthyroidism, kidney failure, liver failure:- Insufficient production of hormone thyroxine by thyroid gland, liver problems like cirrhosis, dialysis is another reason.

Malnutrition and Starvation:- When you starve your body and it is deprived of adequate nutrition, it cause a hormonal balance leading to drop in testosterone thus causing gynaecomoastia. Therefore if you do crash dieting or yoyo dieting it could result in man boobs.



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