What Is The Gynecomastia Surgery Recovery Time Frame?

Many men suffer from gynecomastia, which is often referred to as “male breasts” or “man boobs”.  There are many reasons why a man would opt to get gynecomastia surgery in order to reduce his male breasts.  

For some it is the embarrassment of living with breasts as a man.  For others, it is an aesthetic thing:  they want to get rid of any semblance of man boobs.  Bodybuilders, for instance, in order to compete at a high level often opt to get gynecomastia surgery in order to have the “perfect pec”.  Ironically, one of the major causes of gynecomastia is the over-use of anabolic steroids over a period of time.

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Whether you have opted for Gynecomastia Surgery is a personal matter and you have more things on your mind right now other than trying to talk (or be talked) out of doing it.

One question often asked is “What will be the amount of time it takes to recover from my gynecomastia operation?”

When doing research for this article on a popular “ask the doctor” website, I found out that the answer to that question isn’t as simple as you might think.  Out of three doctors giving answers to this question on the website, none of them had a common answer.

-“at least two weeks away from even light activity”

-“6 weeks”

-“generally speaking, gynecomastia surgery is fully recoverable in 3 to 4 weeks”.

One thing these doctors did have in common, though was to ensure that each person thinking about having their male breast surgically reduced ask their surgeon these questions in detail as each person will have different circumstances.

As would be expected from any kind of evasive surgery there are common symptoms to expect right away after surgery.  Soreness, swelling and bruising will be present in even the most routine of surgeries.  These symptoms may be confined to the chest and pectoral area, but they may also radiate and expand to the abdomen and front should muscles.  These bruises will darken and redden within the first 3 to 4 days and then start to fade (and feel better) to before completely disappearing in three to four weeks.

Another danger when recovering from gynecomastia surgery is the development of a hematoma.  We’ll go into further details about a hematoma and male boobs in our next blog post.

Thanks for reading!