In the box for a message to others with the same concern, they wrote: "I really felt the truth of the advice to get a consultation instead of spending the time agonizing." What a consultation confirms first is your own condition. The surgery date comes after that.
What this person worried about before surgery was the cost and the recovery time. With gynecomastia, if glandular tissue is confirmed through examination and ultrasound, there are cases where it proceeds under national health insurance coverage. Whether it applies and the range you pay differ depending on the condition of the tissue and the surgery, so it is more accurate to confirm it against your own situation at a consultation. The amounts floating around online are other people's conditions.
At the consultation, we ask when it started to bother you, whether there is a lump or pain when you touch it, and whether your chest also shrank when you lost weight. Excess fat and grown glandular tissue can only be told apart by touch, and if necessary we confirm with ultrasound. The two are treated differently. There are also cases where medication being taken or another cause needs to be addressed first, so some people have a consultation and do not go as far as surgery.
When asked about recovery time, we break it down by date: same-day discharge, return to daily life a few days later, then the period of living in the compression garment, and the days you come in for follow-up. This person wrote that their recovery time was quick as well. However, the timing of returning to work depends on what you do. If your work involves lifting heavy things or using your arms a lot, you need to wait longer.
About the surgery, they wrote: "It was completed in a shorter time than I expected." The anesthesia is handled separately by the anesthesiologist, and the director performing the surgery comes in after the anesthesia has taken effect, so there is no stretch during which the patient could keep track of the time. It is usual for it to be already over when you open your eyes.
They wrote that on first coming to the clinic, it was neat and the staff were kind in how they treated them.
As what they wanted to do after surgery, they named playing in the water. They wrote, "I used to enjoy going to the pool, but at some point I started avoiding it," and wrote that they had now started making plans. People who come in with gynecomastia often bring up playing in the water. It is a place where clothes cannot cover you. However, getting into the water comes after the wound has healed and the stitch sites have stabilized. If you have a schedule you need to time it with, just tell us at your appointment.
