Liposuction surgery is for everyone both male and female. However, there are some significant differences between female and male liposuction patients. The treatment areas, goals, and cell structure makes liposuction for men generally more expensive. Women in general will request liposuction for any part of their body while men have very specific areas of treatment.
Since men can generally build muscles more easily in areas like the arms and legs, this helps the definition of those areas so that liposuction is not necessary. The focus is usually on parts of the body where fat is hard to lose through exercise and dieting such as the face, parts of the back, stomach and flank or love handles. It is also a very popular procedure to liposuction the chest region for some men who suffer from gynecomastia.
Gynecomastia Liposuction
Gynecomastia is a condition where a man’s breasts are larger than usual and can cause the individual to develop low self-esteem especially at a young age. Gynecomastia can be the result of a hormonal imbalance resulting in excessive growth of glandular tissue, or it can be simply the excess accumulation of fatty tissue. In the later case, gynecomastia liposuction can remove the fat deposits and effective reduce the size of a man’s chest. However, in the case of glandular growth there are other treatments and medication available. Any physician, including a plastic surgeon, can make the diagnosis between the two.
Male Liposuction Cost
Male liposuction surgery will tend to cost more than similar procedures or women because of several factors. The first is that men in general are larger than women. This means the size of the treatment area will tend to be larger. Also, fat cells in male bodies tend to be more fibrous making them harder to destroy and remove. It takes more work to remove the same amount of fat from one area of a male patient than it would from a female patient. The larger area and tougher fat cells means more time and effort is required of the plastic surgeon which increases the price.
The average cost of a liposuction procedure for men tends to be higher because the areas of the body where men request treatment are also the places where the more fibrous fat cells are found. So not only do men have more fibrous cells overall but areas like the chest, back and stomach are among the toughest.
Plastic surgeries used to be associated with women but in modern society it is commonly acceptable for a man to be concerned with his physical appearance as well. The increase in male liposuction patients is proof of this.
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