After years of feeling self conscious about my chest, constantly worrying about how my t shirts fit, avoiding certain clothes, and sometimes even changing my posture to hide it, I’m finally doing something for myself.

My gynecomastia surgery is scheduled for this Monday, and honestly, I’m feeling a mix of excitement, nervousness, and relief. It’s something I’ve thought about for a long time, and seeing it finally happen feels surreal.

I’ve lost around 20 kg over the years, worked on my fitness, and tried to improve myself in different ways, but this has always been one of my biggest insecurities. No matter how much progress I made in the gym, it never really went away.

The best part? I’m looking forward to the little things most people probably take for granted such as wearing fitted t shirts without overthinking, going swimming without feeling uncomfortable, walking confidently, and finally feeling comfortable in my own body.

I’m keeping this private from people in my personal life, so I don’t really have anyone to share this excitement with. I guess that’s why I wanted to post here. 😅

To everyone who has already gone through this surgery, I’d love to hear about your experience, recovery, and how you felt mentally afterward.

Monday can’t come soon enough. Here’s to a new chapter! ❤️‍🔥

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Hey everyone, I’m looking into surgery and would appreciate feedback from anyone who’s had a similar procedure, especially if you’re a year or more out.

I’m 44 and weigh about 230 pounds. I’ve had one consultation and have another tomorrow. The first surgeon recommended removing excess skin rather than liposuction alone because they’re concerned my skin won’t have enough elasticity to tighten afterward.

My understanding is that they would remove and reposition the nipples, cut away excess skin, and try to place the scar along the underside of my pecs. I still need to clarify the exact technique at my next consult.

My reasons are both physical and cosmetic. When I jog, the left side of my chest slaps against my body, which gets annoying. When I bend over, my chest hangs down, and it’s something I feel self-conscious about. I’d like to address it, but I’m trying to understand how I’ll feel about the scars afterward.

For anyone who’s had skin removal with a similar incision:
How noticeable are your scars after a year or longer?
Does the scar sit naturally under your pec, or is it visible across your chest?
How did the nipple appearance and sensation turn out?
Are you happy with the trade-off between the scars and your chest shape?
Anything you wish you’d asked before surgery?

If you’re comfortable sharing healed photos, especially at 12–18 months or later, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks for any honest feedback or experiences.

I highly recommended Dr Senderoff. Im over 6th month into recovery and I look fantastic. It was simple, no bs, reasonable price. I paid about 10k, and was quoted 15k by other fancier surgeons with less experience.

Sharing because I had a lot of trouble getting a good snapshot of who was operating in nyc, and I want people to know he’s a great straight forward option

34M - I’m officially 1 week post-op today.

I had a lipoabdominoplasty with diastasis repair, and on my chest I had liposuction/VASER combined with Quantum RF for skin tightening, plus a limited periareolar incision to remove part of the gland.

Overall recovery has been pretty smooth and I haven’t had much pain, but my chest is still quite swollen and honestly I’m not completely happy with how it looks yet. I know it’s way too early to judge the final result, especially with swelling, compression and everything still healing.

The lower part of my chest in particular still looks quite puffy, and the whole area feels numb/tight. My surgeon checked me and said everything looks fine, so I’m trying to be patient and trust the process.

For those who had a similar amount of swelling at 1 week: how much did your chest change between week 1 and the first 1–3 months?

Would be great to hear from people who looked pretty swollen early on but improved significantly later.

I am going to Seoul and decided to schedule the procedure while I’m over there. I’m 42 years old and have had it most of my life thought got confirmation that I’m grade 2 with a mammogram. Excited to finally get it removed and will update here on my experience.

Long story short couple years ago I finally got my doctors to agree to a gynecomastia surgery over a 2-3 year back and forth due to how much it was affecting my day to day life. It was obvious my body had some hormonal problems although they just could not find what was wrong. My financial assistance was going to cover it and I only had to pay $500 out of pocket no insurance. Everything was going great, we planned, pre op I got drawn on and explained everything that was going to get done. Half moon incision below areola, removal of glands then lipo to contour the pecks. I was my fittest, back when I used to also do personal trainer on the side. I go into surgery, wake up, days pass and time to remove my bandages etc. to find out no sutures, no incision, just 4 sutures. Two near my armpits and two around my upper ribs right at the bottom of my pecks. I'm freaking out calling my doctor trying to figure out what's going on and Im essentially told when I was under anesthesia the surgeon thought incision and gland removal was unnecessary even though that's what we planned, agreed on and drawn on 4 separate visits + pre op and just did lipo instead.

Tough recovery mentally and physically after that, I stayed hopeful and positive. After I healed and dealt with some weird nerve zapping problems I'm ended up with this. My right side there's a crater under the nipple, just hollow, nipple is inverted and at times it hurts. There's also no gland underneath. My left side nipple is normal, there's a pretty sizeable gland underneath but no super obvious gyno. I still have not put myself through a body comp. At this point I don't think my right chest is filling up and I have no clue why. The nipple pain sometimes gets worse and with folding/leaning down maneuvers it hurts.

Just looking for some opinions and directions if anybody's dealt with something similar.

Hi, do I have gyno, and if so, what does it look like, and is it noticeable in the gym changing room?

Same as title

Has anyone had great success with any places down south? Everywhere ive enquired, after paying for flights and accommodation it seems like id be better off just doing it in canada than saving $1000

I’ve had pubertal gynecomastia for a while now (i’m 20). I started finasteride a month ago, and after reading about the side effects I started paying attention to my chest. I’ve been hyper-fixating on it. I started messing with them to see if the lump was growing. I just couldn’t tell. Then a month into treatment, I had to take a break, and when I came back, all I could think about was my chest. Then my nipples started burning, and I stopped treatment. I know the best thing to do right now is to see a pcp, but this is just such an embarrassing topic. I want to know if I have very obvious gyno from finasteride. Maybe It’s all in my head. I don’t want to be the only one to see it so brutally honest redditors are a good start. Every picture besides the last two was during the end of treatment when I was most self conscious about it. The second to last was right before treatment. The very last was 1 1/2 years ago. I just don’t know if I should continue treatment again. If anyone has had any similar experience, then some advice would be appreciated. Thank you all 🙏🏻

Ciao a tutti,

Ho 32 anni e ho appena fatto una visita di chirurgia estetica e il dottore mi ha detto che ho una ginecomastia mista.

Vorrei chiedervi:

L’intervento è complicato? Il dottore ha detto che non ci sono fastidi, solo la guaina da tenere.

Dovendo affrontare l’intervento da solo, dato che i miei genitori sono contrari, come posso superare la paura?

Peso 80 kg e non riesco più a sopportare il profilo del mio pettorale. Tuttavia, ho paura di fare l’intervento. Come faccio a combattere questa condizione?

Avete avuto esperienze per questo intervento