Gynecomastia

Enlarged male breasts or gynecomastia is a condition that is prevalent in recent times due to urbanization and other co morbid ailments making rounds. This ailment can affect any male during different stages in their lives but is considered a diagnosable condition only when it persists over a few months in an adult male. One of the characteristics of enlarged male breasts is to enhance the feminine aspects of the male body by giving fullness to the breasts. This brings about a major impact on the patient as it can affect their social and psychological health. This ailment of feminity can lead the patient to become retracted and shy during gatherings especially if they have to remove their clothing to reveal the features. This is seen mostly in sports locker rooms, swimming pools, and places of worship where it is deemed common for men to remove their shirts. Treatment for enlarged male breasts is most often only surgery which can be expensive for patients from lower socioeconomic back...

Gynecomastia is a prevalent condition in recent times due to urban development among other factors. It is an ailment that mimics a feminine appearance of the chest, contributing to the name enlarged male breasts. Can it impact a patient's mental health status? Quite possibly, yes. Having this feminine characteristic can lead to quite a blow in confidence for many men, young and old who are affected by this condition. Society has conditioned most minds to believe that a female appearance on a male body is contradictory and quite simply unacceptable, leading to a degree of social aversion and bullying by others around the patient. Therefore, patients who have the ailment gynecomastia become aversed to their own appearance, hoping to look more 'manly' or 'macho'. This unquestionably leads to a psychological impact on the patient who may develop other conditions like anxiety, depression, eating disorders, reduced self-esteem, etc. Therefore, treating gynecomastia becom...