Male breast reduction · All 26 counties
Gynecomastia Surgery in Ireland
What it costs, which operation fits your chest, the recovery, the results and how to choose a surgeon, in plain English.
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How it works
Three steps, and you stay in charge
Answer six questions
See the likely operation, our price range, and whether a GP should see you first. Nothing is sent.
Send it, if you want
Add your first name and mobile and tick the consent box. We pass it to one Irish clinic.
Meet the surgeon
The clinic contacts you to arrange a consultation. You decide, in your own time.
Before surgery
Surgery is the last step, not the first
See a GP first. Gynaecomastia often has a cause that can be treated, such as a medicine, anabolic steroids or a hormone problem, and treating it can shrink the chest without an operation. One side only, a hard lump, pain or anything leaking from a nipple always needs a GP's check.
The condition itself, its causes, what happens in the teenage years and the options without an operation, is covered by our sister guide gynaecomastia.ie. This site is about the operation: what it costs, who does it and how the recovery goes.
- A GP has checked the cause, and nothing needs treating
- It has been there a year or more and hasn't settled
- Your weight is steady
- You're 18 or over, and off anabolic steroids
- Then a surgeon can say which operation fits
Our price guide
What gynecomastia surgery costs
Typical full prices in Ireland, from a smaller case under local anaesthetic to surgery that also removes skin.
| Procedure | Typical cost in Ireland | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Gynaecomastia surgery, all types | €3,000 to €6,900 | The anaesthetic, a clinic theatre or a hospital, how much gland and fat, whether skin is removed |
| Smaller cases under local anaesthetic | €3,000 to €3,300 | Mostly fat or a small disc of gland, done awake in a clinic theatre |
| Gland removal with liposuction, general anaesthetic | €6,500 to €6,900 | A private hospital and an anaesthetist, sometimes a night's stay |
| With skin removal (a large or loose chest) | From about €6,500 | Longer theatre time and scars; the nipple may be moved and made smaller |
| Consultation with the surgeon | €195 to €300 | Sometimes taken off the price if you go ahead |
What's included
- The surgeon's fee and the hospital or clinic fee
- The anaesthetist, or the local anaesthetic
- Your compression vest and dressings
- Wound checks and follow-up visits, and often a lab test of the removed tissue
What pushes it up or down
- Up: a general anaesthetic in hospital, a night's stay, skin removal, a revision of earlier surgery
- Down: a smaller case under local anaesthetic in a clinic theatre
- Not a factor: the county. Prices outside Dublin sit in the same range
Prices in euro for the full procedure. This is our guide, not a quote: the surgeon sets your price after examining you, in writing.
The surgery and guides
Every question, answered straight
Each guide gives the honest risks, who it isn't for, the recovery and what results are realistic.
Liposuction or gland excision
Fat comes out by liposuction; the firm disc behind the nipple has to be cut out. Which you need, the grades and the day itself.
More on the surgery
Recovery, week by week
Home the same day, the vest, one to two weeks off work, and when you can train your chest again.
More on recovery
Before and after
What really changes, what doesn't, where the scars sit, and how to judge a surgeon's own photos.
More on resultsWhere you live
Gynecomastia surgery from every county
Each county page has the nearest places where plastic surgeons see private patients, the drive, and what the trips mean for check-ups. The figure beside each county is the number of men living there, CSO Census 2022.
Leinster
Questions
Questions men ask
How much is gynecomastia surgery in Ireland?
Our price guide puts gynaecomastia surgery at €3,000 to €6,900 in Ireland. Smaller cases under local anaesthetic sit at the lower end, €3,000 to €3,300; gland removal with liposuction under a general anaesthetic in hospital is €6,500 to €6,900; and surgery that also removes skin starts from about €6,500.
Is gynecomastia the same as gynaecomastia?
Yes. Gynecomastia is the American spelling, gynaecomastia the Irish and British one. Both mean enlarged breast tissue in men, and male breast reduction is the operation that treats it.
Does liposuction alone fix gynecomastia?
Only when the fullness is mostly fat. True gynaecomastia is a firm disc of gland behind the nipple, and liposuction can't remove it, so most men need the gland cut out as well.
How long is recovery?
Most men are home the same day, back at a desk job in about one to two weeks, in a compression vest for three to six weeks, and back to chest training after four to six weeks.
Is it covered by the HSE or my health insurance?
Rarely. Public operations are few, and insurers normally treat it as cosmetic unless strict criteria are met and approved in advance.
Will it come back?
The result is usually permanent, because removed gland doesn't grow back. The chest can fill out again if you gain a lot of weight, or if the cause returns: anabolic steroids, some medicines, or a hormone problem.
Who will contact me?
One clinic, not five. We pass your enquiry to one Irish clinic, and they contact you to arrange a consultation with a surgeon. Nothing is booked until you say yes.