Ok Guys, this is a long read so bear with me.

I had searched for so long for anything or topic related to Gynecomastia in Nigeria to no avail before the poster of this thread finally did and after that I followed it up keenly. I would like to salute the courage of the poster and to say he has inspired me to share my story and process with others that might be suffering this same condition.

You have no idea how psychologically paralyzing this condition is, others might not see it as a big deal but trust me it is. It is a huge deal. What other guys take for granted you are unable to do. Simple things like wear your favorite Tshirt, taking off your shirt in public, play soccer with your guys, going swimming becomes scenes of immense torture to your mind. You are intensely self aware when you wear shirts that your nipples are protruding and therefore everyone is staring at you. The biggest damage this condition does to a guy is psychological and the effects cannot be understated. To every guy suffering from Gynecomastia I know your fears and share your pain.

I have had with this condition for about 20years plus now. I first discovered it in secondary school and now I’m a 34year old man with my own family. I tried everything from when I started having puffy nipples to try to hide it, I used the elastic band from my boxer shorts to wrap around my chest. Lol. After that I researched some pills (bad idea) Pills do not work by the way. Please do not even try to use them, total waste of time. I naively thought at a point that It was just some kind of fluid that was under there that if I buy an injection syringe and suck it out I’d be fine. Lol.
I eventually convinced my parents back then that it was indeed a problem for me and we went to see the doctor but he told me not to worry that it would resolve on it’s own. It never did.

For years I was sad, depressed and distraught and eventually I gave up. I became a master at hiding my condition throughout university no one ever saw my chest, I would go to the bathroom with boxer shorts and hang my towel around my neck just so no one would see my gyno. One thing I stumbled on though that gave me temporary reprieve for many years is the black electrical tape. After trying cello tape and plaster I eventually landed on black electrical wiring tapes. It Works guys. This was what helped me through all these years and I was able to mask my puffy nipples and wear shirts that were fitted and gave me some semblance of normalcy to my life however fake it was.

I always knew that one day I would have surgery as that was the only way to fix this. During my NYSC in Abuja I finally found a plastic surgeon that could do it. She did it under local anesthesia and she did take out some gland but unfortunately for me, she didn’t do nearly enough. She just cut me open for nothing because after weeks of waiting to see any difference there was none. I was intensely depressed not to talk of how pissed I was cause I had spent 180k and this was a lot of money back in 2011.

I have lived with it since then with me and my black tape. I had a black tape everywhere, in my car, in my work bag, at home just so I’m not caught slacking. Lol

I came across a plastic surgeon in Lagos recently and I decided to have another go at getting rid of this Gynecomastia once and for all. From the consultation he put my mind at ease and told me he would use a combination of liposuction and gland excision. Anyways long story short I had my surgery done finally on Wednesday and I’m healing nicely. I’m still in my compression garment so I haven’t seen the result yet but I’ve seen a video from the operating table when they were taking the gland out and for the first time since I can remember in all my life my I saw my Nipples FLAT. My Gyno is finally gone guys. FINALLY!!!! After over 20 years. I still don’t fully believe it. It feels unreal. All these years of suffering just Gone in under 2 hours.

I’ll share my pictures and my recovery photos with you guys as I progress along. I hope I’m able to inspire someone with this condition to not give up and stay positive. I know it’s tough but it’ll be ok in the end.

Dey have contacted dose to come for the medicals. Finally the long wait is ova.Gruelling process!

Hey Emmanuel. Called em today, dey haven't contacted any1 yet as d guy is stiLl on leave. Dey said as soon as he's bak we'll get a feedbak. Lemme have ur no so I'll ring u up

Well hormoh, gabman is right. Those called for medicals (grad trainee) are having der induction today, BUT dose dat wer called for "screening" (which was a further interview for an RDM position) r still expecting feedbak, August 1 is resumption for dem. If u fall in d latter den ders still hope.

hormorh: @awhizzle. Were u at the monday's screening? And if yes, did u receive an invite for the panel interview?

Yea, I was at mondays screening and did my panel interview on tuesday

hormorh: Has anybody received any message from PZ after the screening conducted on Monday, 25/6/12.

Those dat wer successful after mondays screening have been sent invites for panel interview for yestaday 26th and today 27th

@Gabman, I see ur point, but it still doesn't explain y sum1 who was invited for medicals wld suddenly b asked to come for anoda interview. And I wld have also thot dat from d panel interview dey shld have been able to select all d pple dey wanted widout subjecting pple to d rigours of anoda interview. Sum1 was suggesting that it could be that we are being considered for a diff dept or unit within d coy. Any merit in dis logic?

@estryzy i also got the text for screening for monday 25th bt i didnt get a medical invite. In fact d pple i kno dat got d screening invite didnt get the medical invite, u r actually the first person ive come across with both invites and its getting me all confused cause i had assumed dat d screening batch was diff from the medical batch. Bt now i dont kno wat to think anymore. Wats PZ up to?

@ panaroma, test was in 3 sections, verbal, numerical and absract reasoning. Abt 20 questions for each apart from abstract , 17 minutes for each