{"id":2950,"date":"2016-04-14T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2024-03-12T18:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:22:21","slug":"affects-gynecomastia-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drkotis.com\/blog\/affects-gynecomastia-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Affects of Gynecomastia for Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer months approach rather quickly it easy to pop into your local gym and buy a monthly membership and hope that by July 1 you will be ready for that beach body that you dream of.\u00a0 Although diet and exercise can help tremendously it can also cause a lot of frustration and anxiety in those that have issue that cannot be fixed by more exercise and healthier eating habits.\u00a0 Some men are plagued with an enlargement of their breasts because the breast itself has too much fat and breast tissue in the breast glands.\u00a0 In reality 56% of older men and 37% of younger men suffer from this condition.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How Gynecomastia affects Men<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/men\/gynecomastia-surgery-chicago\/\">Gynecomastia<\/a> affects males because is targets their self esteem and self confidence.\u00a0 This is turn makes male embarrassed and ashamed of their body.\u00a0 This war on self esteem and embarrassment of one\u2019s chest can be won.\u00a0 <a href=\"\/about\/meet-dr-kotis\/\">Dr. John A. Kotis<\/a> is <u>a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon<\/u> that prides himself on the procedure that he has conducted over and over again and has helped hundreds of men regain their confidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Procedure<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Dr. John A. Kotis<\/u> uses his expertise to properly assess each patient and their needs.\u00a0 Dr. Kotis approach depends on the degree of stretching and sagginess in the breast tissue.\u00a0 Those that just have excess fat and glandular tissue but have breast tissue will likely require Liposuction only.\u00a0 Those that have excess fat and glandular tissue but have very stretchy and saggy skin will require tissue excision.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Degrees of Severity of Male Gynecomastia<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade 1<\/strong> is low severity and is basically a small amount of fatty tissue that is located around the areola<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade 2<\/strong> is medium to high severity and is basically a larger amount of fatty tissue that extends to area around the areola to the outer portion of the chest without a distinct look of a breast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade 3<\/strong> is obvious and high in severity and is basically an even larger amount of fatty tissue that extends to the area around the areola to the outer portion of the chest with the minor look of a female breast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade 4<\/strong> is very high in severity.\u00a0 In this case the breast has enlarged and looks like a female breast.<\/p>\n<p>Although gynecomastia is not a health issue or life threatening it is <a href=\"\/\">Plastic Surgery<\/a> and any surgery should be taken seriously as a valid condition that some men face and cannot correct through diet and exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. John A Kotis at <strong>(847) 250 0350<\/strong> for your complimentary consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer months approach rather quickly it easy to pop into your local gym and buy a monthly membership and hope that by July 1 you will be ready for that beach body that you dream of.\u00a0 Although diet and exercise can help tremendously it can also cause a lot of frustration and anxiety &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkotis.com\/blog\/affects-gynecomastia-men\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Affects of Gynecomastia for Men<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Affects of Gynecomastia for Men - Dr. John A. 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