The chief reason gynecomastia occurs in individuals who take anabolic steroids is that there is a relatively large amount of estrogen in the body. The estrogen has the ability to stimulate breast growth. Once a body builder takes anabolic steroids, the breast enlargement will occur in a matter of months. Sometimes the breast growth will occur at the end of 9-12 months of continuous use of steroids. Other substances that can also increase breast growth are alcohol, amphetamines, marijuana, heroin and use of certain pharmaceutical drugs.
Medical disorders that can cause breast enlargement include cancers of the pituitary gland, testes or the failure of the liver and kidney or starvation.
Breast enlargement has no physical complication in males. The breast will never grow to the size seen in females, no matter how long the drugs are used. At most, the breast may grow into the size of a golf ball or slightly larger. The major complication of breast enlargement after use of anabolic steroids in men is psychological. Most men get embarrassed and are shy to take off their shirt.
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