Male breasts are not a highly discussed industry in plastic surgery, however a New York plastic surgeon is helping men get rid of fatty and unsightly man boobs. Surgeons claim that 50-60% of men have some form of excess breast tissue, however for those suffering from a serious case it can be quite embarrassing. The condition is called gynecomastia and it is the overdevelopment of male breast tissue, which can start at very early ages in men. Many men feel such a condition is highly emasculating or simply unattractive, which is why the popularity of surgery has significantly increased in recent years.
The New York surgeon specializing in the removal of the excess is tissue is Dr. George Lefkovitz. His Manhattan based practice sees tons of patients for the removal procedure.
"I had to do a reduction of his gynecomastia whereby we, I did not just use liposuction, but we also took tissue, breast tissue. Plus his breasts had to be lifted because it was droopy and his areola was enlarged.”
Many men are inflicted with this disease due to previous problems affecting the hormones like cancer of the pituitary gland, testicles or adrenal gland. Whereas other times it simply happens with weight gain or genetically at an early age. Regardless of the reason the issue has become more commonplace and better addressed.
