I visited Dr. Blau for gynecomastia surgery. Developing gynecomastia can be an emotional experience; especially for someone like myself who eats extremely healthy and frequents the gym 5 times a week. However, Dr. Blau does hundreds of these surgeries a year and has done thousands of these surgeries throughout his career, so he is definitely the best choice when choosing to have this type of surgery.
For me, he recommended doing the surgery with only a local anesthetic instead of being sedated as other surgeons I had consultations with suggested. Surgery was relatively quick without sedation; It took longer to wait for the local to fully kick in than it did to make the incision and remove the extra tissue. I was even allowed to wear my own clothes and simply take off my shirt for surgery. After surgery, I was then wrapped in a tight ace bandage and if you follow his instructions to take it easy then you can have this removed in as little as 5 days as i did. No garments to wear for 6 weeks as other surgeons insist. However, you can not do any heavy lifting or exercise as you don't to want to do any activity that could cause swelling. It is very nice to be able to not have to wear anything but band-aids covering the incisions (with me they oozed for about two weeks which Dr. Blau said was normal). I was a little sore for about a week following surgery and my chest started to feel normal again after about one month. I think it is very important to keep in mind that even though you may think you are healed enough to do some type of exercise, there is a lot of healing going on under the skin and if you wait at least 4 weeks you will have the best final results. For me I went back to the gym after 3 weeks and did only very light exercise at first then progressed as I felt no pressure anymore in my chest. I didn't do any chest exercises for 6 weeks and am happy now that I waited. Everyone heals at different rates, but go with your instinct.
Six months after the first surgery (I had one side done 3 months after the first) and I am 100% healed. The scar is small and seems to have gotten lighter each month. It is not very noticeable unless looking at it in certain bright lighting.
If you are someone like myself that takes good care of your body and suddenly develops gynecomastia then I would definitely recommend Dr. Blau. He will help you to look back to normal again and feel good about your body again. He does so many of these surgeries that it is extremely routine for him. I do not believe any other surgeon would do a better job.
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