Treatments For Gynecomastia - What Are Your Options?

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Gynecomastia (commonly called man boobs) is a non-lethal, but embarrassing condition. Poorly understood, and highly damage to one’s self esteem, male breasts is highly common in men between ages of 15 to 24.

Despite its extreme occurrence, the medical world has still not produced a good cure for male breasts. Yet, there has been a lot of hope offered by alternative treatment options for gynecomastia. Of course, the key to treating gynecomastia is to understand the condition and the causes behind it.

Causes of Gynecomastia

Gynecomastia is often associated with a fatty diet. The primary factor, however behind man boobs involves more than just a fat-laden diet. While too much fat content can often result in ‘fat bags’, there are many healthy men that still have increasing fat deposits around their nipples making it look like they have gynecomastia.

In almost every case, the primary factor resulting in in male breasts is actually a lack of proper hormone levels. This hormonal imbalance is primarily found in men with poor eating and exercise habits. Therefore, while it may superficially appear that excess fat is the problem, this is actually not correct.

Man Boob Symptoms

As the terms man boobs and males breasts signify gynecomastia is defined as the condition where a man with no clear diseases that would cause something like man boobs develops fat deposits under the breasts, especially in the nipple area, giving the appearance of having breasts.

Though many times the male breasts are developed in proportion to fat deposits on the belly and other parts of the body, with many men, they are bigger than is normal, which can be a reason for widespread derision and discomposure.

Overcoming Gynecomastia

Many treatment options for gynecomastia have been offered, most of which are ineffective and even counter-effective:

1. A Surgical Procedure - This option is used by many men who have very little hope left. Permissible amounts of fat are surgically removed after surgically opening the breasts. While this may have an immediate effect, this does not really treat the condition fully. Additionally, the danger of permanent scar tissue developing underneath (which means permanent man boobs) shows this to be a poor option. It costs a lot, and carries all the risks usually associated with any surgery.

2. Prescription Drugs and Medication - Though these are often prescribed, their effectiveness is yet to be proven. The high costs and possible side effects make this a less-than-ideal option for most.

3. Condition Maskers - This category houses anything that can’t treat male breasts, but is just used to make it appear that the man boobs don’t exist anymore. A good example of a masker is the gynecomastia vest, which works in a manner very similar to a corssette. However, this only works as long as you don’t need to take the shirt off (beaches and swimming pools), and this doesn’t treat the problem.

4. Exercises to get rid of man boobs - While effective, the downsides of exercises for man boobs are that they may take a long time, and need a diligent following. In addition, this will not directly be able to treat the issues stemming from hormonal imbalance and cannot directly help since it only builds more muscle over time.

The best treatment option is to make use of a treatment system that organizes the dietary needs, the exercises and the supplements in a plan that effectively helps overcome gynecomastia.

The obesity problem now spreading across the world like wildfire…

It seems obesity once seen as a Western problem is now starting to effect the Far East as Malaysia’s Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai returned from the World Health Conference. The Malaysian Health Minister said that almost half of Malaysians were vulnerable to obesity problems and also that the age of those effected by these problems was dropping dramatically which was cause for concern.

His statement was nothing unusual but cited that lack of exercise and over eating were the main causes of the problem which was growing in Malaysia a country at the center of South East Asia an area not previously thought of as a problem area of the world for obesity and obesity related illness.

Having been a keen visitor to Malaysia and seen that the massive growth in Western food outlets and how it has slowly replaced in popularity the traditional healthy fresh cooked food stalls I can but wonder what fate will hold for younger Malaysians and other nations traditionally healthy eaters as they become ‘ westernised in their eating habits’

I can recall how in capital Kuala Lumpur the lines of eager diners waiting at the largest KFC I have ever seen (Fried Chicken is especially popular with the growing young Muslim population)

It seems that ceasing to be a third world country is one of the most likely indicators of future obesity as apart from one notable exception Japan obesity amongst the developed world both in the West and now it seems at least some of the East is seriously out of control.

Whilst still most of Africa and some parts of Asia struggle with food shortages and the ever rising cost of food the more affluent struggle with problems of over eating and obesity related illness.

Maybe there is a message there some where?

When the World Health Organisation are saying that non communicable disease (ie you can’t catch it) is the biggest concern for the next decade maybe it’s time for us all to sit up and take action.

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Childhood obesity are we taking this problem seriously?

Childhood obesity is either a major problem or is already under control according to which report you read according to a recent report in Scotland one in five boys and one in ten girls in Scotland are obese.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg this same report also states that by 2020 the figure is anticipated to have increased to 50% or more which is likely to put a massive strain on health services in the future.

Medical experts blame the sedentary and almost couch potato like existence of children today who get little exercise in the home environment and most only exercise at school.

Video games and computers are seen to be major cause of the lack of exercise are seen to be major cause of the problem computer games such as WII fit have been introduced to appeal to familes looking to stay healthy be realistically a video game cannot replace regular exercise and sports .

It should not by any means be ignored that food industry are also responsible for targetting youngsters with their offerings and efforts by celebrities and government inititives to encourgage children to eat more healthily have met with strong oppostion both by children and parents.

Mcdonalds, Burger King, KFC and Pizza Hut all want a slice of the lucrative parents with children market and have resorted to various marketing methods to achieve this (some maybe less than the caring image they like to portray).

Although these companies have introduced healthy alternative options these are still rarely choosen by younger diners and parents are also doing little to reduce the trend.

However according to a report from Chicago it is claimed that for the first time in 25 years obesity levels have levelled out.

“That is a first encouraging finding in what has been unremittingly bad news,” said Dr. David Ludwig, director of an obesity clinic at Children’s Hospital Boston. “But it’s too soon to know if this really means we’re beginning to make meaningful inroads into this epidemic. It may simply be a statistical fluke.”

In 2003-04 and 2005-06, roughly 32 percent of children were overweight but not obese, 16 percent were obese and 11 percent were extremely obese, according to a study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those levels held steady after rising without interruption since 1980.

Also Dr. Reginald Washington, a children’s heart specialist in Denver and member of an American Academy of Pediatrics obesity committee, said “the country should be congratulated” if the rates have in fact peaked.

“There are a lot of people trying to do good things to try to stem the tide,” Washington said. Some schools are providing better meals and increasing physical education, and Americans in general “are more aware of the importance of fruits and vegetables,” he said.

On the other hand, he noted that he recently treated an obese young patient “who in three days did not have a single piece of fresh fruit.

“We still have a long ways to go,” he said. I think that maybe that could be somewhat of an understatement how about you?

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