vaser liposuction gynecomastia

dr. william umansky: gynecomastia is conditionwhere men have excessive breast tissue. this condition is very, very common. i think mostmen don’t realize how common it is, and when they first inquire about treatment, theyoften feel like they're alone, and that you know, it's kind of an isolated situation,and i think they're often relieved to find out how common it is. it can be caused byeither excessive fatty tissue in the breast, excessive fibrous tissue which is a denserthicker tissue, or sometimes a combination of both. we do provide a lot of gynecomastiatreatments, and we are able to deal with whatever gynecomastia someone might have.the process is a patient will come in for initial evaluation, and at that time we candetermine what approach is going to work best,

whether it's an approach with liposuctionusing our smart-lipo system which incorporates a laser to help tighten up the skin, or whetherit's going to require a surgical excision where we actually have to cut out some ofthe fibrous tissue, or sometimes a combination of both. once we determine what the patientneeds, then we can move forward in terms of planning the procedure, which is usually apretty straight forward procedure which might have a one to two hour surgical duration.the recovery is usually pretty straight forward. most of the time we will have the patientwear a compression type of garment to minimize the swelling post-operatively, and i findthat most patients are able to get back to their normal activities within a few days.the results are very significant with this

procedure. most men will notice an improvementwithin the first week. usually by a month's time patients feel very comfortable goingwithout their short, which for a lot of men is really the first time that they've beenable to do it in many years. the tremendous improvement in self-esteem and confidenceis really tangible, and this is a procedure that has a very, very high satisfaction rate.