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I Am a Male of 28. Can my Breast Enlarge Like Female Breast Having 36 Size.If So, Can I Able for Lactation? (photo)

Healthy, 5.6" height, weight 68 kg.

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Breast enlargement in a male from the perspective of transgenderism

Hormones can lead to male breast development but lactation is rare. Depending on your goals you may be best served with a cosmetic breast augmentation using implants. Gender reassignment is, of course, a significant undertaking. I have been working with the transgender community for more than 20 years and I urge you to find a physician who has a lot of experience int his arena before signing up for surgery or taking hormones without proper follow-up.
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Male chest enlargement/ gynecomastia

Hello 'penty', thanks for your question. Male chest enlargement, ie. gynecomastia, usually does not lead to lactation because the hypertrophy is mainly of the fatty breast tissue, and males do not have the same degree of lactational ductal development as women do. However, there have been rare reported cases of male lactation in the medical literature. Male chest enlargement can result from a number of things, the most common of which is benign pubertal gynecomastia from... more

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