Sagging Male Chest Skin Without Gynecomastia? (photo)

I lost two hundred pounds. Although my skin issues are small for that great of a change, my chest was hard hit. I don't believe I have enlarged breast tissue, but my chest skin in general sags down into a flat fold, especially when I am not standing. What are my best options for this? I'm not finished losing weight yet (another 30-40 pounds to go). But once I am, I want to get it corrected asap. How many doctors have experience in this area? It seems like a much rarer issue than gynecomastia.

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Sagging Male Chest Skin Without Gynecomastia

Your issue may be less common than run of the mill gynecomastia, but it is progressively more common in this era of massive weight loss, and most surgeons who are operating on such patients will have experience. I concur that it is wise to wait until you have reached your desired weight, as it is possible that 40 more pounds of loss will leave your with more skin excess than you have now. The procedure of choice will probably involve excision of the excess skin, and a variety... more

Sagging Male Chest Skin Without Gynecomastia?

Congratulations on having lost 200 pounds. That is fantastic. My hat is off to you.Weight loss of this magnitude must have taken a significant amount of time and commitment. The condition that you have is not uncommon after massive weight loss. What has happened is you lost so much weight that all your breast fat has disappeared.This is a subset type of gynecomastia; basically, you have gynecomastia without the fat. Your male skin breast has tried to recoil. However, the elastic fibers in... more

Sagging Chest Skin after Massive Weight Loss in a Male

This is fairly common, and I deal with this issue on a fairly regular basis. You will need to remove the skin inferiorly and then place your areola at a more favorable position. This can be done in about 1 to 1.5 hrs. Find the plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of body contouring procedures each year. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Excess chest skin

You do have signficant excess skin of the chest. You will likely need removal of this skin and movement of your nipple and areola into a higher position. There are various techniques to do this and it is difficult to ascertain the type of surgery you will need without examining you. If you are planning to lose additional weight, I would delay surgery until then. However, you could have a consult now so that you would know more details about the recovery from surgery,... more

GYnecomastia

Congratulations for your weight loss! If you still have 30-40 pounds to go then obviously wait until that point to have surgery. Treatment of your issue will likely require skin excision and elevation of the nipples. Good luck.

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Gynecomastia with removal of excess skin of the chest

Gynecomastia correction after massive weight loss is common for surgeons treating bariatric patiets. It would require removal of the gynecomastia and the excess skin and is best performed after loosing all the weight. There will be significant scars is exchange for skin that spans tightly across the Pectoralis muscle.