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Results of MAYCLINIK patients after gynecomastia surgery, photographed once the swelling had settled.
Results vary from person to person. Photos are shared with patient consent.
1.5–2 hours
Operation time
longer with skin removal
Same day or 1 night
Hospital stay
About 7 days
Total stay in Istanbul
After 7–10 days
Back to desk work
After 4–6 weeks
Gym & chest training
3–6 months
Final result
Gynecomastia is enlarged breast tissue in men. It is very common: some degree of it affects a large share of men at some point in their lives, often starting in puberty and never fully going away. Men who come to us for gynecomastia surgery in Turkey usually say the same thing: they avoid tight T-shirts, the gym changing room and the beach.
There are two kinds, and most men have a mix. True gynecomastia is firm gland tissue behind the nipple, which does not shrink with diet or exercise. Pseudogynecomastia is mainly fat, which liposuction removes well. Your surgeon feels the tissue at the consultation to tell which you have.
Surgery removes the excess fat and gland through small incisions, and if the skin has stretched, for example after major weight loss, tightens it. The result is a flatter, firmer chest that looks right in clothes and without them.
Most men need a combination: liposuction for the fat and a small incision for the gland.
Fat is removed through two or three tiny incisions of a few millimetres. It works when the chest is mainly fat with little firm gland.
Best for: Pseudogynecomastia: a soft chest made up mainly of fat
Presentable after: About 5–7 days
Liposuction smooths the chest and the firm gland behind the nipple is removed through a small incision at the lower edge of the areola.
Best for: A mix of fat and firm, rubbery tissue behind the nipple
Presentable after: About 7–10 days
When the skin has stretched, excess skin is removed and the nipple may be moved higher. The scars are longer but the chest is flat.
Best for: Large gynecomastia or loose skin after major weight loss
Presentable after: About 2 weeks
The amount of gland and the quality of your skin decide the technique.
Removes
Scars
Typical case
Presentable after
Typical values. Your surgeon recommends a technique after examining you.
Most patients are between 18 and 50. The important thing is that the tissue has been there for a while and the cause has been checked.
Your operation takes place in a JCI-accredited partner hospital; the rest of your stay is spent recovering in a 5-star hotel, both included in your package.
JCI-accredited partner hospital
Modern operating theatres, private rooms and intensive-care backup, with specialist nursing care after your operation.
5-star hotel & VIP transfers
Comfortable recovery close to the hospital. Private transfers take you to every appointment and your coordinator checks in with you every day.
You know who will operate on you before you book, and you meet them on video first.
Four commitments that cover your care from the first video call to long after you fly home.
Before surgery
Surgeons are not interchangeable. Each of ours performs certain operations far more often than others, so you are matched to the one whose routine work is your operation. You meet on video before you travel, and the plan is agreed there, not on arrival.
MAYContourIn Istanbul
From the moment you land to the moment you fly home, one team is responsible for you: airport transfers, your hotel stay, hospital admission, a doctor and nurse who visit you at the hotel, and a check on how you are every day, in your own language.
MAYCare+Back home
The hardest part of recovery happens after you get home. For twelve months your aftercare nurse stays with you, reviewing how you are healing, telling you what is normal and what is not, and answering questions through our London and Stuttgart offices.
MAYCheckIf anything changes
Healing is not always a straight line, and a final result can take up to a year to settle. MAYCover is how we handle it, with your surgeon, if something does need revisiting. Ask your coordinator what it covers, before you book, rather than after.
MAYCoverYour price depends on the technique and on whether skin needs to be removed or liposuction of other areas is added. You receive a fixed, written quote after your consultation, before you book anything.
A typical plan for gynecomastia surgery. Your coordinator adjusts it to your flights and your surgeon’s plan.
Day 1
VIP transfer to your hotel, then a face-to-face consultation, examination and blood tests.
Day 2
Your operation. Depending on the plan, you return to your hotel that evening or stay one night.
Day 3
Dressing check with your surgeon, drains removed if used and your compression vest adjusted.
Days 4–6
Swelling and bruising ease. Short walks are encouraged, but no lifting and no gym training yet.
Day 7
Your surgeon checks the result and the wounds before you fly home, still wearing the vest.
Most men find recovery easier than they expected. The compression vest is what you notice most.
Days 1–3
The chest feels tight and bruised. Pain is usually mild and controlled with tablets.
Week 1
Light daily tasks and short walks. Most men return to desk work after 7–10 days.
Weeks 2–4
Keep wearing the vest. Walking and light lower-body training are usually fine.
Weeks 4–6
Gradual return to full training. Chest exercises usually after about 6 weeks.
Months 3–6
The last swelling goes down and the chest contour settles.
Gynecomastia surgery is a common, low-risk operation. These are the risks your surgeon will go through with you.
Fluid (seroma) or blood can collect under the skin. The compression vest helps prevent it, and it can usually be drained easily.
Small dents or a slightly sunken nipple can occur if too much or too little is removed. Careful technique keeps the chest smooth.
The nipples or chest skin can feel numb or more sensitive for some months.
Small differences between the sides are normal while swelling settles.
Rare once the gland is removed, but weight gain, steroids or some medicines can cause new tissue.
Plan about 7 days. Your surgeon checks the result and the wounds before you fly home.
If the tissue appeared recently or on one side only, have the cause checked by a doctor first. Keep your weight stable, stop anabolic steroids and stop nicotine for 4 weeks before surgery, but never stop prescribed medication without asking your doctor. Send us your photos and a list of your medicines so your surgeon can plan with you, and pack loose shirts that button at the front to wear over the compression vest. Your surgeon will tell you if anything else applies to you.
Fat on the chest can reduce with weight loss, but firm gland tissue does not. If the tissue behind your nipple stays after losing weight, surgery is the only reliable way to remove it.
Usually tiny liposuction points and a small scar along the lower edge of the areola, where the skin colour changes. It is very hard to see once healed. Skin removal leaves longer scars.
Most men feel soreness and tightness for a few days rather than strong pain. It is controlled with ordinary painkillers.
Removed gland tissue does not grow back. Weight gain, anabolic steroids and some medicines can cause new tissue, so a stable weight and avoiding steroids help keep the result.
Walking straight away and light lower-body training after 2–3 weeks. Full training after 4–6 weeks, and chest exercises when your surgeon agrees, usually after 6 weeks.
Usually 4–6 weeks, day and night at first. It reduces swelling and helps the skin settle onto the new contour.
It is rare after the gland has been removed. It can return with weight gain, steroid use or hormone changes.
From about 18, once puberty is over and the chest has been stable for some time. There is no upper age limit for healthy men.
It can be, if your provider is licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Health, your surgeon is named and qualified, you are operated on in an accredited hospital and you stay long enough before flying. MAYCLINIK holds licence AK-0086.
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