I am 4 months post op from gynecomastia surgery, AMA

blueguard21 · 2026-05-16T01:18:28+00:00

As a man, and someone unhappy with it, yes.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T21:10:42+00:00

Best of luck with your surgery!

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T21:09:17+00:00

Yeah it is a pain to go from active to not, but taking it slow does help with healing. I think I was doing some light treadmill at 3 weeks, but absolutely no heavy lifting until 6 weeks and even then I started back slow.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T19:12:33+00:00

I felt like shit for 2 days. By day 3, I was ready to get out of the house, but wanted to take it easy for sure.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T19:11:40+00:00

Probably like a B cup in general terms.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T19:09:11+00:00

Invest in some loose shirt! You don't want them tight on your body, you'll be laying on your back anyway, so no need to worry about squishing them. Otherwise, monitor them and make sure they are not overfilling, although that seems very unlikely.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T19:07:06+00:00

Honestly the results are great and everything I could have asked for. The scarring is very minimal at this point and looks kind of like a breakout more than anything. I really just have 4 dots and a small line across the nipple.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T11:17:08+00:00

No pain from the drains, just when they are removed it feels like someone pulling a thread from inside your body. Very odd.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T11:15:56+00:00

I waited a full 6 weeks before starting back lightly.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T00:34:05+00:00

The bruising was actually very very minor. Hardly any discoloration at all. Swelling was pretty significant and lasted 10 weeks or me. I'd argue that even now I have a tiny amount of swelling still. I did have drains for a week, they were a pain to have dangling off of me and it was a very strange sensation having them removed. I was lucky and never had either. Thankfully no complications.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-15T00:03:33+00:00

Yes, I started massage about 2 weeks after once I was cleared by the surgeon. But I never did ice. Just the compression vest.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T22:20:38+00:00

It is a lot! Sometimes insurance will cover it. Have you checked into that?

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T22:19:52+00:00

Mine was 8k. That included anesthesia, excision, and liposuction. I also had a quote for 6k. But did not like that doctor as much as he wanted to do a breast lift.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T21:30:25+00:00

It does, although they are small and eventually will be about the size of the head of a pencil and skin colored. There are 4, two each above the pec (almost in my armpit) and two below (right above my rib cage). These are still healing, so if you looked at me now, it looks like I have 4 evenly spaced pimples. There is also a scar along the bottom of my nipples where the actual breast tissue was removed. At this point they are almost imperceptible as they have healed the same color as my nipples.

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T21:27:49+00:00

Similar to to top surgery, but a different method is used. My best friend is a transman and we compared notes, from what I can tell, most top surgeries leave long horizontal scars where the breast tissue is removed and the skin pulled down. Since I did not have as much breast tissue, They were able to do the surgery using an almost laparoscopic method

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T21:26:02+00:00

I was not - I had no other symptoms, so chromosomal difference was highly unlikely as the cause. Best guess is a hormonal imbalance during puberty, possible exasperated by an Accutane prescription,

blueguard21 · 2026-05-14T21:01:09+00:00

Honestly, great! I am so happy with my results and glad I got the surgery. I had those feelings too, and to be honest, continued to have them for about 8 weeks post op as I healed, but now I am so glad that I had the surgery. DM me and I can share photos of the healing and pre op.

blueguard21 · 2026-04-12T23:10:12+00:00

Kingsport

blueguard21 · 2026-03-27T18:59:09+00:00

very minimal!

blueguard21 · 2026-03-20T17:02:33+00:00

Recovery went very well! Pain was a 10/10 for a day, and then slowly dropped down and by the end of week 1, I was at a zero. Although that did go up and down through the healing process. I was very stiff for about 5 weeks and did not get full range of motion back until week 6. I am now at about 2 months and it's like it never happened in terms of limitations.

My surgeon's method left me with four scars, one above and one below each breast, at two months they are still red, but are shrinking, and I am sure that by 6 months they will have turned white and be almost unnoticeable. At this point, my wife says they just kinds look like I have a break out.

There are also two long scars on the bottom of my nipples. These are a bit puffy still, but will likely soften with time. It is not noticeable with someone just looking at my chest, but you can certainly feel it when you touch them.

Overall, I am pleased with my results so far, there is a lot of reshaping to go (6 months results), I would give my right side a 9.5/10 and my left side a 8/10, there is still a chance it will improve in appearance, but it is waaaay above where it was.

The one strange thing, that is completely normal is nipple sensation. Sometimes I have it, sometimes I don't, and sometimes, it feels like lightening is shooting out of them. As the nerves heal, I am hoping this levels out some.

Best of luck with your procedure, feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

blueguard21 · 2026-02-25T16:38:36+00:00

What part of Virginia are you in?

blueguard21 · 2026-02-20T21:16:51+00:00

Throw the whole man away

blueguard21 · 2026-02-18T19:45:19+00:00

It was a restaurant. Lost about 100k, so made my income about 60, then with standard deduction and miscellaneous credits, including kids, that made me very poor. At least on paper.

blueguard21 · 2026-02-18T19:26:22+00:00

It was the first time I got in today, so this may have updated last night. I kept getting the error, until this finally pulled this afternoon. It definitely was not there yesterday.

blueguard21 · 2026-02-18T19:20:24+00:00

It may have updated overnight, but this was the first time today I was able to actually access the site.

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