Background: Gynecomastia is the most common breast disorder in men. The usual treatment of grade III is surgical excision of the excess skin which may cause embarrassment and dissatisfying results
Objective: To evaluate skin redraping after traditional liposuction in management of grade III gynecomastia Simon`s classification.
Patients and methods: 20 patients with grade III gynecomastia with age group between 18 and 40 years old with mean 28.25 ± 4.18. It was a prospective observational cohort study. 11 cases underwent surgical gland excision through a semicircular infraareolar incision while 9 cases didn't need to. The study was conducted at Alazhar university hospitals
Results: The subjective results for all patients at 3 months assessment point. Four patients were very satisfied, eight satisfied, four neither satisfied nor dissatisfied while three patients dissatisfied. only one was very dissatisfied. The average sternal notch to nipple length pre and 3 months postoperative were respectively 27cm, 22cm. Our overall success rate is easily explained by several factors. The selection of young nonsmoker patient with no comorbid diseases or defective elasticity (varicosities or hernias), and the proper choice of the corset size and fiber as well as wearing it for the whole time of the study (3 months). The semicircular periareolar incision scars are not well defined as it become camouflaged by the color change between normal skin areola
Conclusion: Conventional liposuction alone could be a reliable method to treat grade III gynecomastia in young patient with a good skin quality and helps in avoidance of undesirable scars.