New Breast Fashion: The Male Bra!
Gynecomastia, Male Breast Reduction, Plastic Surgery Comments (2)
The fad seems to have started in Japan but there is now one garment found in both the male and female closet: The bra!
Wikipedia says the male bra, or the “bro” as some wags have named it, is only used by men who are potential gynecomastia surgery patients.
But most of the wearers seen in videos — like this male Japanese bra wearer on YouTube — really have nothing to put into the virtually flat cups of made-in-Japan male bras.
Other wags have suggested calling the garment, a “Manssiere.”
It really started with a T.V. sitcom from the 1980s and ’90s, Seinfeld. One character had a very fleshy chest so the lead character, Kramer, came up with the male bra concept as a comedy routine.
That may have been the first mention of men’s large, fleshy breasts, which is still something of a taboo subject. Medically, the condition is known as gynecomastia.
Many, many teens and young men are embarrassed to the point of tears due to female-like chests. Locker rooms, beaches, swimming pools, shirts-and-skins basketball teams and public showers are a literal nightmare for these guys.
But a way around the embarrassment is through gynecomastia surgery. Working through a small incision in the nipple area, surgeons:
- Remove excess breast tissue
- Use liposuction to remove fat deposits
- Prescribe a chest compression garment for two weeks
Elliott Jacobs, M.D., a board-certified New York City plastic surgeon has always advocated breast reduction surgery for teen boys with fleshy breasts.
Although conventional surgery wisdom says to wait — because the lad may outgrow the condition — Dr. Jacobs (who himself has gynecomastia) says the teen years are so precious, they should not be given over to the constant ridicule that goes hand-in-hand with gynecomastia.
Dr. Jacobs has never forgotten the pain of high school when he returned to his gym locker and found a woman’s bra waiting for him.
View some gynecomastia before and after pictures of men who had their large breasts surgically changed into a more flat and masculine chest
Would you let your 15-year-old son have the surgery?
admin @ February 16, 2009
I am have these problem since a teenager. I am now 40 yrs of age and in Japan, Ibaraki. Where can I get help here.
“According to the International Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, 70 of their plastic surgeon members are in Japan.
To read the entire list of surgeons, please go to: http://www.isaps.org/surgeonresults.php?searchForm=ssearch&id_country=35&orderby=surname&fromsearch=false
Be sure and interview at least three surgeons, make sure the surgeon is board certified in plastic surgery and carefully look at his or her before and after pictures of previous gynecosmastia patients. Try and find a surgeon who does that surgery at least once a week.”