title: [Male breast contouring after massive weight loss].
abstract: Morbid obesity is an increasing problem of our present affluent society. Simultaneously with a duplication of the number of obese patients in the course of the 20th century, a significant and continual increase can be recognized in patients introducing, after massive weight loss, to plastic surgeons due to improvements in bariatric surgery can be recognized simultaneously. The male breast, a body-region that symbolizes manhood and strength and often remaining as a deflated skin-envelope, is one of the most disturbing body regions, causing extreme lack of confidence in post-weight-loss patients. In this context there are alternative procedures which can be applied locally or in combination with other body-contouring procedures in flanking regions.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische Chirurgie, Dreifaltigkeitskrankenhaus Wesseling. alexander.stoff@t-online.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoff
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reichenberger
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery; D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D008297:Male; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*