Q: My 30 years old friend is suffering from gynaecomastia and feels highly embarrassed due to this. Can this problem be treated with plastic surgery?

A:Your friend seems to have a problem, which is known as gynaecomastia or enlarged male breasts. This problem can be corrected by a simple operation, which takes about 2 hours, and the patient can go home the same day. The operation is usually done under local anaesthesia and the enlarged male breasts are reduced permanently. The enlarged breast gland is removed by a small cut in the areola, which hardly leaves a scar, and the surrounding area is also flattened by doing liposuction. I have done more than 300 cases of gynaecomastia. You can see pre and post-operative photos of gynaecomastia surgery in these websites- www.cosmeticsurgery-india.com and www.plasticsurgery-india.com