Whether There Would Be Side Effects Was the Biggest Worry

"I was worried about whether there would be side effects, but they took good care of me throughout the whole process of surgery and recovery, and it wrapped up well without a single side effect."

There is something I want to make clear first. I cannot tell you that gynecomastia surgery has no possibility of side effects. Because it is surgery that removes glandular and fatty tissue, things such as bleeding, hematoma, seroma, left-right difference, scarring, and temporary changes in sensation can occur. Whether they occur and to what degree depend on the amount and distribution of tissue, the body type, and care during recovery.

So what we do is not to promise they will not happen, but to explain in advance the situations that can arise and to set up a follow-up schedule to check early. The period this person described as the whole recovery process corresponds to that schedule. The day the surgery ends is not the day care ends.

Among side effects, some are handled simply if found early and take much more work if you come in late. Hematoma and seroma are like that. So before surgery, I explain what changes to watch for in the days after surgery, what degree of swelling and bruising is within the normal range, and beyond what line you should contact us without waiting for your appointment date.

"I was tense about the surgery, but without any pain, I slept, woke up, and the surgery was over."

Gynecomastia surgery is performed under sedation. In most cases, people describe the pain as not being as great as they had feared. However, you should know that this part differs from patient to patient. After the same surgery, some people clearly feel stiffness and tightness for several days, and others say they had almost no pain. It is accurate to see this person as belonging to the latter.

As their impression when they first came to the clinic, they wrote that all the staff were men, so there was no pressure, and that everyone was kind. Gynecomastia is a condition for which you have to take off your shirt to be examined, and because of this one thing, some people spend years before they come to a clinic. Having all the staff involved in examination, surgery, and recovery be men is meant to lower that barrier.

"Being able to wear any clothes without restriction is a great happiness."

An answer about clothing is the change I hear about most after gynecomastia surgery. However, until the wound heals you need to wear loose clothes over the compression garment, and I will tell you at your examination, after checking your progress, when you can return to the clothes you want.

To others with the same concern, they left the words to start wearing clothes comfortably even one day sooner. This is this person's experience, and whether surgery is needed differs from person to person depending on the amount and degree of tissue. Once that amount and degree are confirmed at the examination, it becomes clear whether surgery is needed or whether it is fine to watch how it develops.