A normal man will not have breasts, so if a man has breasts, he may have some disease. For example, gynecomastia is a common breast development disease. Gynecomastia may be a disease in the body. Caused by hormonal imbalance, let’s learn more about gynecomastia in detail.

Endocrine disorder gynecomastia

Men can also have endocrine disorders. What is endocrine disorder gynecomastia?

Endocrine disorder gynecomastia can occur in adolescence and adulthood, but it is more common in middle-aged and elderly people. As the age of puberty advances, pediatric patients around 10 years old are also seen clinically. Endocrine gynecomastia is a benign breast stromal and ductal hyperplasia, and there are cases of spontaneous resolution.

Modern medicine believes that the cause of gynecomastia is still uncertain, and is generally believed to be related to endocrine disorders. Testicular dysplasia or inflammation, damage, and tumors of the testicles can lead to reduced secretion of male hormones. Abnormal liver function can also lead to obstacles in the inactivation of estrogen. Both of them can relatively increase the level of estrogen in the body, leading to the development and abnormal proliferation of breast tissue. In addition, long-term estrogen treatment due to prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer, as well as long-term use of digitalis, reserpine, isoniazid, isoniazid and other drugs, can cause male breast hypertrophy.

Can teenage gynecomastia get better on its own

Some teenage men find that they have breasts, so can teenage gynecomastia get better on its own?

Gynecomastia in adolescents may resolve on its own. Usually if gynecomastia is physiological, there is no need to worry and it can heal on its own. The main effect is achieved by changing your living habits. In the neonatal period, adolescence and the elderly, physiological mammary gland development will gradually recover on its own through changes in hormone levels in the body, and most of them have a tendency to heal themselves.

If adolescent gynecomastia is pathological mammary gland development, it will generally not disappear naturally, and it is often caused by testicular tumors, adrenal tumors, liver cirrhosis and other diseases, which lead to increased estrogen production, resulting in androgen and estrogen. The proportion is imbalanced, resulting in breast hyperplasia. Pathological gynecomastia has a serious impact on daily life and psychology, and usually requires surgery or drug treatment to improve it.

Gynecomastia surgery cost

If gynecomastia is serious, surgery is required. So how much does gynecomastia surgery cost?

The cost of surgery for gynecomastia includes several parts. One is the cost of examination before surgery. One is the cost of anesthesia. There are also surgery fees, medicine fees, and dressing replacement fees. If gynecomastia is unilateral and can be operated under local anesthesia, the pre-surgery examination fee is about 1,500 yuan, the surgery fee is 1,000 yuan, and the postoperative pathological examination and medication costs are about 1,500 yuan. If it is bilateral, the surgical fee will increase by 500 yuan, which means that the cost of unilateral gynecomastia surgery under local anesthesia is about 4,000 yuan, and the cost of bilateral local anesthesia surgery is about 4,500 yuan.

If the development of large gynecomastia requires general anesthesia surgery, the anesthesia cost will increase by 1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan. Generally, surgery for large gynecomastia on both sides requires a long operation time and high cost. Including anesthesia fees, etc., the total cost is about 8,000 yuan.

The difference between gynecomastia and breast hyperplasia

Gynecomastia and breast hyperplasia are somewhat similar. What are the specific differences between gynecomastia and breast hyperplasia?

There is not much difference between male breast development and male breast hyperplasia. However, breast hyperplasia is more serious than breast development. The main cause of male breast hyperplasia is caused by excessive estrogen levels. If the hyperplasia is obvious and malignant transformation is suspected, surgical resection is required.

Currently, surgical treatment can be used for patients with gynecomastia whose lumps are painful and medical treatment is ineffective, or whose breast enlargement significantly affects the appearance. But the nipple should generally be preserved. If the lump is small, or if the breast development is large but there is no sagging skin, a curved incision can be made on the areola to remove the enlarged breast tissue. If the breasts are obviously enlarged and the breast skin is loose and sagging, the areola and surrounding hyperplastic tissue and loose skin can be removed, and the nipple and areola can be reconstructed with pedicled skin flaps.