Even in this age of faux fitness, the once firm male chest declines, taut necks loosen, and a full head of hair wanes. Many middle-age men find themselves with a drooping chest and sagging breasts. However, like the bulging belly of the boss and the wrinkled forehead of the intellect, there is a cosmetic surgery for sagging male chest. Male mastopexy breast lift firms sagging male breast and sculpts the male chest after weight loss.
What Causes a Sagging Male Chest?
Aging affects different human muscles in various ways. As men age, the size and number of muscle fibers in the pectoral muscle lessen, resulting in muscle loss. When muscles leave, fat moves in and makes home in places where the former used to be, masking the muscle weakness. After some time, one becomes droopy and wobbly.
On the other hand, a massive weight loss can result in an unacceptable loss of breast tissue. Loss of tissue can produce severe aesthetic deformities such as chest folds, loss of volume and skin excess. The volume loss may also produce unusual distribution of marshmallow bulkiness in the male chest.
When to Start Planning for Mastopexy Cosmetic Surgery
The prospect of cosmetic surgery contouring begins when one does not like the look of the loose skin, and the excess fat in the chest. Extra skin and loose fat can make the male breast sag to 2.5 and 1.5 cm below the lower edge of the pectoral chest muscles. Worst, excess fat and skin can all contribute to a female like contour of the male breast.
When should one start planning for a breast lift plastic surgery? Sagging breasts give the male chest a distorted look. The weight of sagging male breast can cause back pain, and can alter posture that could lead to skeletal deformities. In addition to the back pain, the excess fat and skin could cause breathing problems, neck strain and other serious health issues. Male drooping breasts can also cause low self-esteem and can lead to social trauma.
What You Need to Know about Breast Lift Surgery for Drooping Chest in Men
Why breast reduction surgery? Breast lift surgery can fix drooping breasts in men. Breast reduction surgery reduces the fat folds with liposuction, and trims the skin in the male chest.
Post-weight loss cosmetic surgery can deal with unsightly folds of skin and fat. Body contouring treatment for the sagging male chest can give the best aesthetic result. Male breast reduction surgery improves chest contours after a massive weight loss. To be able to do that, surgeons remove excess fat and skin.
The cosmetic breast reduction is best for men with a large amount of excess fat just below the area around the nipple. The cosmetic surgeon can make incisions that will reduce the loose skin, stretch marks, and female-like breasts. The breast lift surgery may create bruises, broken skin, and pain or numbness in the area, but no pain, no gain.
What Happens after Breast Reduction Cosmetic Surgery
In general, a breast lift procedure will take about two hours. The surgery side effects last several days and full recovery takes between four to six weeks, or more depending on how fast the body can heal. Furthermore, scarring will only begin to fade a year after surgery.
Does the surgery carry any risks? The breast reduction has the general risks associated with any type of surgery such as blood clots, infection, and swelling. Therefore, it is important to keep the incisions clean and dry.
After the procedure, the breasts appear to be in proportion to the male chest. The breast reduction surgery had removed the strain on the shoulders, back, and neck caused by the loose skin and lax tissues. Because of the removal of the hanging skin, fat, and gland, the male chest appears firmer, smaller, shapelier and better supported. Newer Mastopexy techniques can reshape and restore the chest former fullness and firmness, even in lax tissues. Old or new techniques, it does not matter for as long as it produces good results that can make one feel and look better.
References:
1.Plastic Surgery after Massive Weight Loss, J. Peter Rubin, MD
2.PABreast Reduction by David A. Lickstein, MD, FACS, Nlm.nih.gov
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