What Every Steroid User Should Know About Gynecomastia

Gynecomastia is often called "bitch tits" or "gyno" and it is actually development of female breast tissue in men. This is an irreversible side effect that can be treated on an early stage if you notice the symptoms in time. It might sound strange that a man can develop female breasts if using anabolic androgen steroids. The reason is that the hormone testosterone can in some cases convert female sex hormone estrogen. This process is called aromatization, a natural way for your body trying to keep a normal balance of your sex hormones. Note that some steroids convert easier to estrogen then others, and some steroids don't convert at all. It also different from person to person how sensitive you are. If you often have symptoms of gynecomastia you should take this into consideration when you choose steroids for your stack. Another solution is to take small amounts of estrogen blockers during the cycle, but this will also decrease the gains you make.

The good news is, gynecomastia is easy to avoid, just follow the two golden rules:

Golden rule number one: Always have Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) at home when using steroids, or at the very least some Clomiphene (Clomid). These drugs are cheap and all suppliers should sell it, no excuses.

Golden rule number two: Learn to recognise the early symptoms so that you can treat it on an early stage. If gynecomastia is treated in time no development will occur!

Prevention: There is an effective way to prevent gynecomastia that few know about. Zinc will increase the receptor sites for testosterone and the drugs will bind to them instead of going to the liver to aromatize. Multi-element analyses have shown that bodybuilders often lack sufficient amounts of zinc. Simple multivitamin tablets are not enough, go get pure zinc tablets, and eat 50mg each morning and evening when you take steroids.

The symptoms: Your breasts, especially your nipples become sensitive, only the t-shirt moving against your nipples can cause some minor pain. Some swelling might also occur or a small lump under the nipple.

Treatment: The drugs you should use to gynecomastia is called Tamoxifen and Clomiphene, why we recommend you to use Tamoxifen instead of Clomiphene and other fact you can find under drug profiles at my website www.steroidsexpress.com .

As soon as possible use 20-30mg of Tamoxifen or 100mg of Clomiphene daily for instant effect. This actually won't lover the levels of estrogen in your body, but it will block the estrogen receptors. For best results you can also lower the effect of estrogen by stacking this treatment with Proviron 50mg. This drug will actually lower the levels of estrogen. But since the effect from Proviron take longer time you cannot use this drug to treat gynocomastia alone. The treatment should be carried out a few days only until the symptoms are no longer there. Lowering the levels of estrogen will have a negative impact on your gains, that's why the treatment should not be longer then necessarily. And of course if the symptoms come back the treatment should start all over again instantly.

Not to do: Don't stop quit the steroids right away. Since your own testosterone production is out of balance quitting the cycle could backfire. When your body starts to lack testosterone and your testicles are not back on track yet it simply makes more estrogen to keep the overall level of sex hormones high.

Too late: If you are already a victim of gynecomastia then your condition is not dangerous to your health, but most likely to your self-esteem. The condition is irreversible but can be corrected with surgery. If carried out correctly only a small scar around the nipple will remain. Often the insurance company does not cover this kind of surgery.