Gyno question - k for help!

[Anthony Starks]

I have mild gyno that has not responded to letro and not being on any AS for over three months. I went to my general prac today and they felt the lumps and are going to refer me to another doc to run more tests. Am I wasting my time since I am 99% sure of what it is already? Any chance my insurance will pay for any of the surgery? What kind of price should I expect for surgery on mild gyno with no other lipo? On a side note, I'm done with AS for good.

 

[odoyal rulez]

I seriously doubt your insurance company will pay for anything cosmetic. I work with a multitude of medical insurance companies daily, and you'd have to have a miracle policy to cover that. Good luck though man.

 

[Anthony Starks]

I seriously doubt your insurance company will pay for anything cosmetic. I work with a multitude of medical insurance companies daily, and you'd have to have a miracle policy to cover that. Good luck though man.

Is there a way to increase the odds - complain of pain or something like that? What the hell do I have insurance for if they won't cover removing painful growths from my body?

 

[Darth Pincho]

Doc i have one question. During the surgery do you extract the complete gland or not? for some bodybuilders who use AS about two times per year the gyne can grow again if the gland are not completely extracted.

What type of surgery do you recomend for bodybuilders wich use AS in order to prevent gyne appears again in the future?

 

[Darth Pincho]

Ok doc i understand well that no method will provide 100% assurance in order to not have regrowth. But if im not wrong gynecomastia in the case of healthy bodybuilders is due to the aromatization of AAS. According to this, the estrogens produced by this aromatization bind to the gland in chest and promotes the growth.

If there is no gland due to a complete extraction in a surgery procedure there is not gonna be any gland growth? I understand that some gland tissue remains along the chest, but not the main gland mass. But im talking to minimize the risks in the future

Another thing, if the bodybuilder drop the bodyfat like in this pictures you have in your website, i mean ripped to the bone, the surgery procedure is easiest to you? you dont have to look hard to see gland and left fat, because there is no fat. And you can effectively remove more gland tissue? is this true or im not right?

http://www.plasticsurgery4u.com/procedure_folder/male_breast/gyno_bodybuilding.html

I need to know if there is an aditional advantage of droping body fat before take the surgery procedure? because that can take 2 months.

Thanks a lot for your patience, help, and time.

 

[Ralph_Wiggum]

Typically getting to a weight you are comfortable with is best before surgery than after. You cannot predict where fat from weight loss comes from or goes on with weight gain. The exception is for extreme bodybuilding and athletes with extremely low body fat. For these patients, I prefer their off season fat as a sculpting tool so I can target more gland. When there is no fat, I may need to leave some gland behind to minimize the chance for a crater deformity.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
Learn More About Gynecomastia and Chest Sculpture

not sure if it helped him, but it answered a question I always had. Thanks.