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Why are so many cis males getting breast reduction surgery tho?
Edit I didn't know that many dudes had boobs. Makes sense, thanks :3
Especially when you can get them enlarged! C’mon fellas. Have fun with it.
Seriously though, I get that this could be terribly embarrassing if you have boobs as a man. I feel bad for kids in gym locker rooms getting teased.
Now, imagine how bad it would be if you were a man with breasts and a vagina and woman's name and you were forced to stay that way. Truly sounds like a nightmare.
Sometimes you just need some round things in your face, even if they are your own
Don't have to tell me twice
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecomastia
I've got to get to a damn gym right now
Dude, I saw that picture of Elliot Page after he got his breasts removed. He looked HAPPY. Rejuvenated. I want to get rid of mine to. I've never wanted gender affirming care as much as I do now as a cis gender man, these guys are getting it done. It's clearly making them feel better.
Because the alternative is a brossiere.
I believe the options were the manssiere or the bro.
Brossieres are known to cause medical issues, mostly back, spine, wear and damage.
All dudes have boobs. They have nipples and breast tissue. They can lactate (small amounts) and get breast cancer.
This is because, in mammals, the default sex leans towards more female. An XY-chromosome 'male' foetus that doesn't respond to androgens in the womb will not develop male external genitalia, and will probably be assumed to be female on birth.
Sex is not binary, because biology isn't simple. Gender, which is more complex than that, is not, either.
I believe that male lactation, while possible, is rare.
Rare cam be a deceptive term, with the current population of the human race 'one in a million' is still 8,000 people.
But also, male lactation, other than infants at birth who have a high exposure to their mother's hormones, is always a significant medial concern, so it isn't something that just sometimes happens.
Males are born with breast tissue, hence the fact they can get breast cancer.
One or more hormones (I assume prolactin is involved) are required to activate lactation.
Prolactin and oxytocin, mostly.
yeah you're cis alright
Obviously I meant biologically male, come on. I acknowledge that men can lactate.
no, like, their comment was chock-full of good stuff & that's what you decide to focus on? apologies for the "no u," but like, come on.
What was I supposed to have focused on? Because the person I replied to didn't think what I said was so beyond the pale.
explaining the joke ruins the joke
What joke? What on Earth are you talking about? OP didn't tell a joke. I didn't respond with a joke. You didn't respond to me with a joke.
Those others are all the same, amiright
Hell ya. Grrr and what not
Surgical tech here!
We do these (breast reduction surgeries on men) every now and then. Not super often... I've been in maybe 10 of them? Of the ones I've been in, one was a dude with breast cancer - chopped out the cancer, then chopped down the other moob so they'd heal to be the same size. All of the other ones were gym rats who took steroids and grew some boobs. None were overweight.
I've only been in a handful, so grain of salt, but in my experience weight is NOT a factor.
...and this seems like a good time for a plug: Men can 100% get breast cancer. Not often, but possible. If any of you fellas feel a weird lump in your moobs, DO NOT hesitate to get it checked out!!
This is one of the first comments I have seen on lemmy that truly feels like old school reddit. You applied your professional knowledge to that fairly unkind commenter not only to correct them but also to express something many might not know!
Very cool of you keep it up champ :)
When I was at the Mayo Clinic in March, I met a couple there, the guy had breast cancer 10 years ago and his wife was in remission for appendix cancer.
It's different for everyone, I'm overweight and don't have tiddies at all, but I've seen men who looked like a fairly healthy weight who had noticeable tiddies.