How Are Lasers Used to Reduce Unwanted Breast Tissue in Male Patients?

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7 answers to How Are Lasers Used to Reduce Unwanted Breast Tissue in Male Patients?

Lasers for Gynecomastia?

Laser lipolysis, ie Smartlipo and all others, will not help your gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is the result of enlarged breast tissue, not just fat. Breast tissue is much more dense (thicker) than fat and will not be able to be completely removed by laser. Lasers might help cause a little skin shrinkage but you have to be careful you don't get burned. Ultrasonic assisted liposuction works great to break down the breast tissue and fat but you will still need the direct removal of residual... more

Ronald Schuster, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Lasers in Male Breast Reduction

When treating male breast development, there are three types of tissue that need to be addressed to achieve a successful outcome: 1-skin, 2-glandular tissue, 3-fatty tissue. The fatty tissue can often be removed using some form of liposuction such as PAL (Power-assisted liposuction) or Vaser (pulsed ultrasonic liposuction). If the fatty tissue makes up most of the extra tissue, then you may be able to achieve a good result with lipo alone. Most liposuction systems will not treat... more

Herluf G. Lund, Jr, MD
Saint Louis Plastic Surgeon

Vaser-assisted liposuction for treating gynecomastia

In my experience in treating gynecomastia, I have found the optimal results are achieved using Vaser-assisted liposuction, often, but not always, in combination with direct excision of localized breast tissue underneath the areola. The excisional procedure is added in those patients who on physical examination are found to have such localized tissue. Vaser is a trade name for a type of device that delivers ultrasonic energy to the tissues to be removed by liposuction thus greatly... more

L. Dwight Baker, MD
Dothan Plastic Surgeon

Lasers Used to Reduce Unwanted Male Breast Tissue ?

The term Male Breasts (gynecomastia, man boobs, moobs, moobies etc) covers a very common entity that ranges from a slight prominence of the breasts to hanging, deflated "old woman's breasts" - on men. The required correction to achieving a flat male chest would depend on the EXTENT of the breast deformity. In MOST cases liposuction with VASER (google the term and check out on youtube) coupled with surgical removal of some of the breast glad under the nipple complex works well... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Lasers have only marketting role for Liposuction with no additional benefit for any liposuction.

Gynecomastia or any other liposuction have zero patient benefit but perhaps some marketting benefit for the plastic surgeon. Whom do you want to benefit? Choose your surgery for the surgeon and not any hyped method. Art of Plastic Surgery is surgeon dependent. Choose a good artist and leave choice of brush to your artist surgeon.

Vasdev Rai, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Lasers In Male Breast Reduction

Some practioners advocate the use of laser-assisted liposuction in the treatment of male breast enlargement or gynecomastia. I prefer to perform almost all gynecomastectomies with a combination or excision and tumescent liposuction which I feeel gives very good results. The reasoning is that almost all cases have an element of glandular tissue which is best removed by excision thru an incision around a portion of the areola. The fatty tissue can then be treated with... more