Should I get gyno surgery now or after I am more fit? (photos)

Dear The Very Strongest,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Generally speaking, you want to reach your goal weight before you consider a surgery, otherwise your results will be suboptimal if you continue to lose weight after the surgery. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

If you're planning a significant change in body fat in a short period of time, you should wait to have surgery. Your results will be better and you'll enjoy them longer if you have surgery when your weight is stable.

Thanks for your question and the photos you provided. The worry with additional weight loss is that your skin looses its elasticity as you lose weight and doesn't "bounce back" as easily. So you can consider having gynecomastia reduction surgery now, and you skin will be thicker post op and more likely to retract with additional weight loss. Be sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon.

Gynaecomastia Surgery better be done now., Loosing more weight will produce more loose skin and correcting that would be more difficult later on.

Greeting from Turkey! Thank you for your question and pictures. It seems like you have Grade 1 Gynecomastia, and you can have your surgery either now or later when you reach your body goals. Both will be fine. Hope this helps you well!

Hi, thanks for your question. From your pictures it looks like you are quite fit and you don't need to be even more fit before you have the surgery. That said, if you haven't been diagnosed with gynecomastia yet, I highly recommend that you book an in person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon in order to determine that this is the right surgery for you, as this can only be diagnosed with a physical examination.

Excellent question. It appears from your photos in your photos and history that your Gynecomastia tissue is primarily breast tissue, and for that reason I would go ahead with the surgery now. Your BMI is only 23.6, so it is doubtful that your chest has a lot of fatty tissue. After recovery you can then bulk up, especially your chest muscles and this will only improve your result. Be certain to consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area to greatly increase chances for the best possible result. Good luck.

Hi,
Thanks for your question.Though there is no such mandatory instructions, but it is definitely best to get done with your weight loss if you are currently working towards it, as it will get you best outcomes when your weight is stable. Also, less body fat gets you quite satisfacotry results, so if you are looking to lose more weight, I suggest you to focus on that part as of now and once you feel you have achieved your desired shape/weight that you can maintain from then, it is best time to get gynecomastia treated through surgery. All the best.

In your case you’re not obese so further weight loss is not going to have a significant impact. The time to get cosmetic surgery is when the change desired is enough to justify having surgery. If you want to change and you know you’re going to have it so you may as well do it sooner rather than later.

I appreciate you posting the picture with the arm in different positions. Recognize that the change from moving your arm up and down is the impact that skin has on chest shape. That change will still be there and you may still have some fullness in your chest with your arm in a done position that will improve with your arm in a preposition. Most likely an open excision to remove glandular tissue one is going to be the most important part but typically that is done in conjunction with Liposuction.

I suggest having multiple in person consultations with local board-certified plastic surgeons. Ask providers to show all of their before and after pictures differentiates between which patient had glandular excision and which one didn’t ask specifically if the provider is going to do open excision of breast glandular tissue or not. I don’t believe any form of liposuction can appropriately remove glandular tissue and this includes VASER.

Almost always the best results for gynecomastia surgery needs to include direct excision of glandular tissue

Good luck to you,

Mats Hagstrom MD

Gynecomastia can be breast, breast mixed with fat or fat. If it is the latter it should melt with diet and exercise, if it doesn’t then surgery is certainly indicated. A mammogram might also help differentiate. I would get to my desired lower weight and body fat and then see an expert in the field

Dr Corrbin