Difference Between Male and Female Breast Reduction

John Whitt, M.D. answers: Is breast reduction the same for men and women?

Is a male breast reduction for gynecomastia the same as a female breast reduction (reduction mammaplasty)? How are they different?


John Whitt, MD
4 months ago
By John Whitt, MD - Louisville Plastic Surgeon

Breast reduction procedures are quite different in males and females. In females the procedure almost always involves excision of both tissue and skin. In males there is usually excision of a small button of glandular tissue located beneath the aroela in conjunction with liposuction of surrounding fat. Only in the most extreme cases is any skin excision required in male breast reduction.

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