Surgicare reports rise in the number of male breast reduction enquiries

Surgicare has released figures that show a rise in the number of men enquiring about breast reduction surgery.

Surgicare, one of the largest cosmetic surgery networks in the UK, has released figures that show that the number of men enquiring about breast reduction surgery (gynaecomastia) has risen dramatically in the past year.

Data released by the cosmetic surgerycompany shows that the number of male breast reduction enquiries made at Surgicare clinics has trebled in January 2009 compared to January 2008.

Surgicare's findings are supported by figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps), which reveal that a total of 323 male breast reduction cosmetic surgery procedures were carried out in 2008, up 44% from 2007.

Surgicare's data implies that British men are becoming increasingly concerned over the state of their chests, with problems ranging from classical cases of gynaecomastia, prompted by a range of causes, to breasts enlarged deposits of fat over the pectoral muscles. It could be assumed that men are simply becoming more obese in the UK and insist on taking a surgical shortcut but many Baaps members insist that this is not the only reason for the rise in breast reduction procedures, with hormonal imbalances, such as pubertal gynaecomastia where excessive breast tissue is developed in adolescent boys, also a widespread cause of the ailment.

Surgicare has also revealed that genetic disorders such as Klinefelter's Syndrome, where the man has an extra 'X' chromosone, also contribute to excessive breast tissue while gynaecomastia can also be a side effect of drugs prescribed for the treatment of prostate cancer.

However, according to cosmetic surgery experts, the key factor in the rise of the male breast reduction operations is the fact that men now feel appearance pressures far more, when, in the past, such issues were commonly suffered by women.

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