Male Breast Reduction Recovery

After surgery the patients are asked to take a week off from work.  After that, it is best to refrain from exercise for 1 month.

Gynecomastia, or Male Breast Reduction, is a surgical procedure that removes excess male breast tissue and fat. Patients wear a compression vest for approximately 2-3 weeks posts surgery in order to allow proper healing and reduction of swelling. For two weeks it is also recommended to refrain from any heavy-duty lifting or strenuous exercise. The recovery is not particularly painful – more like the feeling after a hard workout when your muscles are sore from intense pectoralis challenge.

The good news is that in the majority of patients, recovery is extremely quick and virtually painless. I prefer to use the Lateral Pull Through technique which I tink also help reduce the recovery. patients who have a quiet, desk-type job can easily hve their surgery done on Friday and return to work on Monday. They must however keep a "low profile" and chill out for a week. They can resume exercise after two weeks and chest weights after three. No drains. You need to wear a compression vest beneath your clothes for three weeks. Final results are generally seen after three months.

There are numerous procedures described for gynaecomastia with a whole host of different scars involving liposuction, surgical excision or a combination of the two.  The recovery period depends a little on what you are having done.  You should be able to expect the scars to have healed within two weeks, but are likely to be a little bruised and swollen still at that point.  Most people are advised to wear a compression garment of some description for a few weeks, would be exercising again within 4 weeks, but probably won't feel quite back to normal for more like 6 weeks.  Gynaecomastia surgery is easy to get wrong so take your time, do your research and choose someone you trust.  Good luck!

The typical gynecomastia recovery is about a week (for most activities).  Patients can go out and about and can go out to dinner the day after surgery.  They rarely require pain pills for more than a day or two at most.  Most of my patients are back at work 2-3 days after their surgery, depending on their type of work.   I recommend no physical lifting of 10 lbs of weight or more for two weeks.  I allow patients to go back to the gym and lift weights and full cardio typically 2 weeks after surgery (with a compression vest).   The recovery can be a bit longer if skin excision is required.