I'll give you folks a little low hanging fruit today because that's the kind of guy I am and I know you're not below going right after it. In summation, a bunch of teenage boys are having breast reduction surgery. Money quote:
“At 11, I started developing breasts,” Yost said. “I was tortured in school. Boys gave me titty-twisters. Girls offered me their bras. I had a coach who kept deliberately putting me on the ‘skins’ team.”
I'm gonna guess that doesn't conjure up a lot of sympathy in you soulless bastards so have at it. Inspiration after the jump...
Here's a plastic surgeon's site full of before and after pictures of male breast reduction. Teenage boys, grown men, bodybuilders vexed by "puffy nipples"—they're all there. I once spent an hour browsing through pictures like this. Enjoy!
Posted by: Orange, a.k.a. Mrs. Sokol (or Schmoopie) | August 02, 2007 at 11:49 AM
Umm. Rather than going through some extensive, painful surgery, did any of these men consider...weight loss? I'm just saying, if you lose your gut, the man-boobs usually follow.
But that's just one broad's opinion.
Posted by: Coley | August 02, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Can you change the title of this to "The Pussification Continues"?
Much cheaper and easier than surgery? Pushups. Not so easy when you're an adult with a job, family, aches, pains or a burgeoning golf career, but pretty goddamned easy when you're 11.
Posted by: Assman | August 02, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Coley, while you are right that in many cases weight loss would take care of the problem, the article was talking about boys with a disorder that screws up their hormones, causing them to have enlarged breasts. These guys can't help it...As opposed to someone like me who came by his moobs honestly, through years of hard work and overeating.
Posted by: Craig | August 02, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Schmoopie (yeah I'm going with schmoopie), I'm absolutely ecstatic that I caught a firewall on the way to that site. I had to try but I'm somewhat relieved it didn't work.
Posted by: Art Vandelay | August 02, 2007 at 01:31 PM
A self-inflicted preemptive strike, Vandelay? Interesting strategy.
Posted by: Jack Klompus | August 02, 2007 at 04:15 PM
It worked. You got nothing!
Posted by: Art Vandelay | August 02, 2007 at 05:05 PM
Art, just Google gynecomastia surgery and maybe you can find a nice set of before-and-afters that get past your firewall.
Posted by: Orange, a.k.a. Mrs. Sokol (or Schmoopie) | August 02, 2007 at 05:42 PM