TweetI'm not saying you specifically. I just talking about in general. Can you just be fat and not have it but still look like you do? Does that make sense?

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Originally Posted by tn94z

I'm not saying you specifically. I just talking about in general. Can you just be fat and not have it but still look like you do? Does that make sense?

many people mistake fat for gyno, I have some fat around my nipples and I used to wonder if I had gyno, now I have a small amount in my left nip and trust me you know.

TweetThat is what I am getting at. I have some fat around my tits but I am fat. It kinda looks the same but I think once I get back on my diet and start working out that will go away. Is there any way of telling which is which?

Tweetit is rare for one to just get gyno, so unless you have experienced a change in the way it feels while taking aas or after then I highly doubt that you just have it

TweetCool. I think it is just fat then.

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Originally Posted by tn94z

How do you know if you have this condition or if you are just fat?

Unfortunately, it can be difficult to distinguish just what is causing the problem. Gynecomastia male breasts can be fat, gland, or most commonly a combination of both. Sometimes skin and sagging tissues can be a factor. Pseudo Gynecomastia is supposed to be fat only gynecomastia. The problem with that "classification" is that in almost every case of gynecomastia I have seen there is some component of gland. This gland can be very small, but it is present almost all the time. So do you have Pseudo gynecomastia when there is a 1%, 10%, 50%, or 90% deformity from fat? Reality just does not work that way.

Defining the problem with photographs sometimes can help. However, it is impossible to tell from photographs if the deformity is from fat or gland. The dynamic images, of my standard set of images can show a region that compresses differently. Even clinical examination differentiation can be difficult.

Fat tends to be soft, gland tends to be firm. Fingers of gland often dissect between fingers of fat. Look at this drawing and move your mouse over the arrows. However, gland can be soft and fat firm confusing the picture. Gland tends to be located under the nipple and pinching pressure can sometimes tether to the nipple pulling it in.

Men with excessive fat do tend to have certain contour issues. Check out this link about Sumo Wrestlers. Men tend to carry excessive weight in their chest and stomach.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
Learn More About Gynecomastia and Chest Sculpture

TweetHave the surgery. I did. The best $3,000 I have every spent. I went to a random plastic surgeon. Gynecomastia surgery is a very basic surgery. It does not take an expert. Took 3 weeks before I felt no pain what so ever. Pre op, it felt like a did 100 reps of 145lbs! Hurt like hell. I had to wear a special vest also for 4 weeks, but it could no be seen under my cloths.

TweetMy chest looks nomal now. My pecs were very big underneath due to years of bench pressing to try to burn off the fat...which didnt work. U cannt see any of the scars..I had excision and lipo to countour the area.

TweetIm glad there is a post of this but it sucks for me im 17 and have had it since 14 and i got mine through puberty and are stil there my pecs are are rock hard besides the gland at the bottom off my pecs but I didnt know ne other way to get rid of it.. will the pills actually work for me, or kno ne non-surgical ways i can get rid of it