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Q: Male breasts - fat tissue around nipples
asked by: DoctorQuestion on April 15th, 2007
I did not know what section to put this in, so I left it under general. I'm a decently fit 17 year old male. I don't have much body fat because I kickbox and work out, but the little fat I do have left has been bothering me lots. My nipple and belly fat gets really puffy. I'm not skinny enough to be able to see my ab muscles yet (I'm getting pretty close) but that thin layer of fat gets extremley puffy and soft. It sometimes gets to the point where I won't wear a T-shirt because my nipples stick out almost a whole centimeter. I was overweight before I recently decided to get in shape and I've always had soft and puffy fat. I also noticed that I am bloated and constipated quite often, which causes my fat to become really puffy. I keep a good diet, drink lots of water, hold back from ALL junk food, sweets and pop. Please get back to me as soon as possible because this issue has been extremley damaging to my self esteem. Also, my skin gets red and irritared easily. Thanks in advance!


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on May 2nd, 2007
General Q&A Answer A2641
At your age (17) the whole body is growing and adapting to hormonal changes. The breasts can react to hormonal influences, too. Therefore, increased fat tissue around the breasts is probably due to these hormonal influences. Given your age, sex and height it seems that you are not overweight. You may continue exercising to definite your body. It seems likely that muscle hypertrophy, especially of abdominal and thoracic cavity, will compensate for the fat accumulation around the breasts.
Constipation and bloatedness can be resolved with a diet that includes lot of vegetables and fruit.





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