Male Breast Reduction New York

Male breast reduction in New York with expert and provider George Beraka, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon, says there is no need for teens and men in New York to cringe in embarrassment about an overly flabby chest. Because it's a medical condition, surgeons have a procedure -- gynecomastia correction -- to make a man's woman-like chest more flat and more masculine.

Actually, the condition is quite common, says Dr. Beraka who is also an assistant professor of surgery at Cornell and a New York top doctor five years running. About 40 to 60 percent of men have gynecomastia and need male breast reduction in New York.

The correction surgery is intended for men who have firm, elastic skin that will reshape well to the body's new contours and for those who've had an overly fleshy chest longer than six months.

But the operation may not be a good choice for those who:

• Are overweight: Sometimes, the problem can be corrected with exercise, diet and weight loss regimes.


• Drink too much alcohol or smoke marijuana: Alcohol and the components of marijuana, along with anabolic steroids, can actually cause gynecomastia. Surgeons ask those patients to stop using both before surgery is considered.

Among his many other articles, Dr. Beraka once wrote a chapter for a text book on gynecomastia. So many New York patients go to him for correction. Moreover, it takes a very skilled eye to tell if the gynecomastia is mostly breast tissue or mostly fat.

After the operation, patients have no long scars on their chests because Dr. Beraka uses a special type of liposuction with very special equipment. Moreover, virtually all male breast reduction patients can have the procedure under light anesthesia as an outpatient. That shortens your recovery time so you can resume normal activities within a week and return to the gym in about three weeks.

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