Man Boobs Central

Man boobs is a common term for a disorder called gynecomastia in medical terms. It affects men’s chest that develop and grow to appear just like women’s breast. 10% of the population is affected. Sometimes just half of the chest has a boob and strange as it may seem, this worsens the issue, because lack of symmetry is seen as a problem in the problem. Man boobs can grow very large and have cup B size, shaped just as women’s.

There are mainly 3 causes for man boobs:

The first and most common one is hormone imbalance caused by puberty. Boys produce testosterone while girls produce estrogen. During puberty boys and girls go through hormonal changes and sometime boys produce more estrogen than testosterone. At that point breast start to develop. At the age of 11 to 16 this is a source of embarrassment, at school or in outdoor activities, boys don’t feel comfortable and sometimes are mocked by mates and “friends”. The bad news is that there’s very little (let’s say nothing) you can do to stop gynecomastia at that age and the good news is that, once puberty is over, man boobs will just go away by themselves without doing anything. Hormone balance again and more testosterone is produced, so everything is in its place again.

If man boobs persists after puberty is most of the time associated with overweight or obesity. In this case it’s not appropriate to talk about gynecomastia but it’s just a weight problem. Man boobs are made of fat and often men with boobs have a fat belly too. The solution to this problem is exercise, exercise, exercise. Aerobic exercise “converts” fat into energy. If you can combine exercise with a healthy diet you will see a great reduction of your man boobs. Jogging, step, skiing and walking are all good example of aerobic exercises. Choose the one you like the most to get rid of man boobs.

The third reason why man boobs would appear is take in of drugs. There are some drugs such as cimetidine, spironolactone or finasteride (the latter is a common drug for androgenetic alopecia or loss of hair) that affect the glands that produce testosterone and increase the production of estrogen. Talk to your doctor if you’re taking drugs and notice growing man boobs, it may be as simple as changing medication to lose man boobs.

These are the most common reasons you could grow a woman breast. Understanding what causes gynecomastia or man boobs is the first step on fighting it. In other articles we’ll talk on how to get rid of man boobs but we can do this only if we know the cause.

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