Long before there were anabolic steroids, drugs that impacted the hormone system and other known and suspected man boob triggers, men still struggled with gynecomastia. The term dates back to the 2nd century A.D. Galen, a Greek physician and philosopher, first used “gynecomastia” to describe “female-like breasts” he observed in some of his patients. Galen’s … »

Here’s an inquiry we fielded recently from a real guy with gynecomastia. We actually hear this question quite often: Do you remove all the gland during gynecomastia surgery? We always deliver our answer in two parts. The first part is “yes,” we remove all the gland that’s directly under the nipple. That’s the excess breast … »