{"id":15276,"date":"2015-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfernandezblanco.com\/la-ginecomastia-no-siempre-requiere-ginecoplastia\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:42:30","slug":"gynecomastia-does-not-always-require-gynecoplasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drfernandezblanco.com\/en\/gynecomastia-does-not-always-require-gynecoplasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Does gynecomastia always require gynecoplasty?"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]<\/span><\/span>If we ask you to name a country where the body is worshipped\u2026 which one comes to mind first? Are we taking a big risk if we say Brazil? Maybe it wasn\u2019t your first option, but it was surely among your choices. It makes sense, considering that it is the second country in the world (the first is the USA) where the highest number of cosmetic procedures are performed, especially gynecoplasty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That is why we were not surprised to read information stating that every two minutes a man goes into the operating room to undergo cosmetic surgery, according to data provided by the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBPC)<\/a>, specifically by its director, Luiz Henrique Ishida, in statements to the newspaper Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

The figures are striking: in five years, between 2009 and 2014, this type of surgery has quadrupled, increasing from 72,000 to 276,000 procedures per year. In total, in 2014, 712,902 surgical procedures were performed in Brazil, and almost a quarter of them, 22.5%, were carried out on men (compared to 12% in 2009).<\/p>\n

What are Brazilian men looking for?<\/h2>\n

According to data provided by the SBPC, the most requested procedures are gynecoplasty (breast reduction<\/strong>), liposuction, and eyelid surgery. Most patients are between 20 and 50 years old, but there are procedures that are highly desired by adolescents: 80% of gynecoplasties<\/strong> are performed on boys in this age range.<\/p>\n

We want to pause for a moment on that percentage: 80% of those who undergo gynecoplasty<\/a> are adolescents.<\/p>\n

And we do so because we want to remind you that, during adolescence, gynecomastia<\/strong> is a normal condition: it is estimated that approximately 65% of adolescent boys experience it due to hormonal changes, although it usually disappears once puberty ends.<\/p>\n