Men turn to Surgery to get rid of Male Breasts

AFRIK UPDATE

Health

By Amanda Williams

         Ayo Adeshina , As a young man he had been subjected to taunts about his 'man boobs'.

 

The number of men going under the knife to rid themselves of so called 'man boobs' has doubled in five years. 

Experts have put the rise in the removal of the excess tissue growth - dubbed moobs - to a rise in obesity, an imbalance in male sex hormones, and a more open attitude to cosmetic surgery for men.

For many the condition causes embarrassment and discomfort - particular as in the majority of cases it develops in adolescent boys around the time of puberty 

But figures say that at least 30 per cent of those who have it are older men.

It is often assumed that gynaecomastia is simply linked to obesity - but there are other causes as well.

The condition can be provoked by an imbalance of the sex hormones oestrogen and testosterone, and can also be triggered by certain medication like antidepressants, heart and liver pills. 

It has also been linked to some cancer drugs which cut levels of male hormones, and there is also evidence that anabolic steroids can cause further breast tissue growth.
                           
     

Some experts have also attributed it to rising levels of female hormones in the environment can also play a part.

For Ayo Adesina, the surgery changed his life, having not just changed him physically but psychologically also.

The 29-year-old developed gynaecostima as an eight year old child and became so paranoid about his appearance as he grew up, he decided to pay for the surgery privately at the Riverbanks Clinic. 

As a young man he had been subjected to taunts about his 'man boobs'.

He said: 'I'm very happy indeed with the results. I don't have an Arnold Schwarzenegger body, but I think it's made me even more determined to have the body that I would like and I think I'm on a level playing field with everybody else.'