14 yo “man breasts”

[Anonymous]

My son has developed these in the last several months. At regular checkup, doctor said it is somewhat normal before puberty begins I. Earnest and also that he is a little heavier than average. We eat healthy food but he is very resistant to exercise. Will go for family walks and throw the football but not likely to do anything by himself. Still working on the exercise piece.

But will his man breasts go away as he goes through puberty?

[Anonymous]

Maybe. Maybe not. My male cousin got a boob reduction in his 20's. Not a heavy guy at all.

[Anonymous]

Oh no! It’s not a good look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has developed these in the last several months. At regular checkup, doctor said it is somewhat normal before puberty begins I. Earnest and also that he is a little heavier than average. We eat healthy food but he is very resistant to exercise. Will go for family walks and throw the football but not likely to do anything by himself. Still working on the exercise piece.

But will his man breasts go away as he goes through puberty?

Sometimes...

Gynecomastia can be the cause. That’s glandular breast tissue not fat. Loosing weight won’t help much.

My brother had to have surgery to remove the breast tissue.

[Anonymous]

My almost 12 year old developed it in the past few months. He is very very thin, and it’s just hard little lumps under his nipples - barely noticeable to anyone but him. I did some reading and it does seem like it should go back to normal eventually.

[Anonymous]

Height and weight? My 14 yr old 5’5 102 lb DS has showed no signs. When did you notice?

[Anonymous]

My son has had just a little something ‘off’ even when he was very thin. He has gained weight since. I expect that later on he’ll need to have he surgery. He is embarrassed about it, but it’s just the way he was born.

[Anonymous]

It can be caused by soy in his diet because it has estrogens. Cut out soy milk, Chinese food, ramen, granola bars and cereals with soy.

[Anonymous]

Is he drinking soy milk? That will cause this to happen.

[Anonymous]

Might or might not. He may become more invested in movement and eating better when his peers notice them, sorry to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has developed these in the last several months. At regular checkup, doctor said it is somewhat normal before puberty begins I. Earnest and also that he is a little heavier than average. We eat healthy food but he is very resistant to exercise. Will go for family walks and throw the football but not likely to do anything by himself. Still working on the exercise piece.

But will his man breasts go away as he goes through puberty?

Sometimes...

Gynecomastia can be the cause. That’s glandular breast tissue not fat. Loosing weight won’t help much.

My brother had to have surgery to remove the breast tissue.

I had those. They were hard lumps. They did not go away. I was very self-conscious of them, and was teased about them in high school and even college, which stunk. Definitely do not be dismissive of how your son is going to feel about them.

The solution was to hide them by bench-pressing enough that I built up big pectoral muscles around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It can be caused by soy in his diet because it has estrogens. Cut out soy milk, Chinese food, ramen, granola bars and cereals with soy.

any and all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has developed these in the last several months. At regular checkup, doctor said it is somewhat normal before puberty begins I. Earnest and also that he is a little heavier than average. We eat healthy food but he is very resistant to exercise. Will go for family walks and throw the football but not likely to do anything by himself. Still working on the exercise piece.

But will his man breasts go away as he goes through puberty?

OP, I empathize with. While my 15 year old son does not have man breast, it made me think back to a few years ago when my son was on a summer swim team. There were a few boys with breast and one in particular was so self conscious, he wore a swim shirt which actually drew attention to his breast because no other swimmers wore swim shirts because it creates drag when they swim heats. You might want to consider corrective surgery if it bothers him and you.

[Anonymous]

It is normal to have lumps under the nipples and puffy nipples during puberty, but man-boobs may be more of a weight problem.

[Anonymous]

Make him exercise. Tell him it's not a choice.