Truman Customer Story Column Surgery date: 2026-04-14
What He Most Wants to Do After Surgery
"To walk around freely this summer
in a thin short-sleeve shirt"
"Can I do this while staying in school?"
Gynecomastia often begins around puberty. So the first question that young patients balancing their studies ask in my consultation room tends to sound the same.
“Can I recover while still going to school?” It is the practical worry of whether this can be finished without putting life on hold.
Today, borrowing the story of one patient who came to us carrying that very concern, I would like to write a few words for those standing in the same place.
His Biggest Worry: Keeping Up with Daily Life
What he worried about most was “whether it could work alongside school” — and how long the pain would last.
Having been through it, he said the post-surgical pain was “bearable” — meaning it was fully manageable with the prescribed painkillers. A recovery that doesn't require clearing your whole life off the calendar is entirely possible.
Walking Into the Clinic Nervous, That First Time
Asked how he felt when he first came to the clinic, he answered honestly: “nervous.”
Deciding on your first-ever surgery and walking through that door is not easy for anyone. That tension is a perfectly natural feeling. Making that very first moment comfortable is what we care about most.
"The Sooner, the Better"
When we asked for a word to others facing the same concern, his answer was clear: “Do it as soon as you can.”
The longer you wait, the more your posture stoops and the more hunching becomes a habit. The younger you are, the better your skin elasticity, the faster your recovery — and the more years of everyday life you get back.
"To walk around freely this summer
in a thin short-sleeve shirt"
The ordinary everyday life his peers enjoy without a second thought can be, for someone, a wish long deferred. Straightening those hunched shoulders and reclaiming the season you have put off — Trueman Daegu will be with you for that beginning.
