Demystifying Gynecomastia

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"Like many kids in middle school, Alameda resident Merle Yost had a nickname. But it wasn't one of those nicknames that kids like, the ones that describe a child's prowess such as "Sport" or "Champ" or "Slugger."

No, Yost's nickname described a physical feature he grew into as a young man. His nickname was "Tits."

By junior high, the skinny kid from Missouri had pronounced breasts. Yost began what would be a lifetime struggle with what's medically known as gynecomastia, or casually referred to by many as "man boobs."

"The girls would offer me their bras, and the guys would attack my chest," says Yost, now a 47-year-old licensed marriage and family therapist whose practice is based in Oakland."


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