 Alright my friends, what is going on and welcome back to the channel. Welcome back to another video. Today we're focusing on the topic of Gaino. Gainocamastia, man boobs, bitch tits. You might have even been called cone tits. Or maybe that was just me. Yeah that was pretty harsh guys, back in the day. 12 years old being called cone tits and not knowing what the fuck was going on. That's Gaino for you. That is Gaino coming on through puberty. And look, at the end of the day, I've been through it all. I've been through the worst of the worst as far as bullying goes. I've been through the worst of the worst as far as actually finally getting the surgery and recovering. But what I will say and what I'll always say and what I always say to any person that messages me about my recovery and about how I feel today, right here, right now, about all of that shit that's happened in the past and what I will always say with 110% confidence is that the surgery was worth it. Okay, so just think about that for a second. My recovery would have to be one of the most horrendous recoveries you'll ever see. But it was still worth it. So just remember that. Today I'm here to try something new. I'm here to bring this topic back onto my channel. I receive thousands, I have received thousands. I receive, you know, certainly weekly, if not daily, at least a message or two from someone out there who has come across my videos to do with gyno and, you know, has related enough to want to either send thanks or possibly ask me a question or, you know, at the very least just, yeah, say thank you. Thank you for what I've done. For me, you know, putting my experience, however shit it may have been on YouTube for the world to see and to hopefully help someone else. And that's exactly what it's done. I know this video series has helped out thousands of guys. You know, I am aware of that. And that makes me proud. But it also makes me feel a sense of responsibility to answer questions, to answer the most commonly asked questions that I get from, you know, my YouTube viewers and subscribers. So that's what we're here for today. Today is video number one of a whole list. I wanna try this out. I wanna put this video out as quickly as possible. I wanna see what the response is like. And if you guys wanna see more, or if you do have any specific questions, hit me down in the comment section below. But without further ado, it's time I run through my top five tips to prepare successfully for a gyno surgery. Prepare successfully for a successful gyno surgery. Five tips. But first, a quick word from our exclusive video sponsor, the Ridge Wallet. Sup guys? First and foremost, thank you for clicking on this video. Secondly, this video is brought to you by none other. Then the Ridge. Makers of the world famous and now YouTube famous, at least on my channel, Ridge Wallet. 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So tip number one. Tip number one is something you can do yourself. You don't need anyone else's help. This is gonna be a first, I guess, test. I guess this is the first test that you can give yourself when preparing for the surgery to test your level of commitment, to test your level of motivation around getting the best result possible, okay? So the first tip is to lose weight. The first tip is to get in shape, okay? It's to get your body fat percentage down a few notches. Now I'm not gonna say get into body builder type shape. I'm not even gonna say get into single digit body fat percentage, because there's a few people out there with certain types of genetics that, you know, unless they starve and starve and starve themselves, put them throughout through a whole lot of shit, they will never ever get there. So that's not the goal. The goal is to drop some weight. The goal is to get yourself in the best possible position to go into that surgery and give the surgeon the least amount of possible mistakes that they can make, right? So if we go in there with a nice and lean chest, nicely shaped chest, apart from, obviously, the gyno that we're gonna get cut out, it's gonna make the incisions easier. It's gonna make the ability for the surgeon to actually get a clean cut around the mass of breast tissue. It's gonna mean that when they do cut that breast tissue out, there's not gonna be big pockets of fat everywhere that the surgeon may well cut into, which will then leave a result with possibly indentations, because when they do try and cut this mass out, they're gonna be cutting it away from a layer of fat. The smaller that layer of, the thinner that layer of fat is, the less mistakes the surgeon could possibly make, as far as cutting pockets of that fat out as well as the actual mass that you wanted to get out of there. Does that make sense? The less fat on your body, the less fat around your chest means that what you really wanna cut out of there is more obvious and more pronounced, which means you should, in theory, get a cleaner end result. Now, I'm not gonna say that's completely essential, but like I said, it's gonna give you a more clean result. And not only that, but it's gonna give you a better look. In the early stages of recovery, when you may well be bruised, you may well be swollen. If you've got a whole lot of body fat there as well, it's gonna be extremely hard to actually figure out what on earth is actually going on there as far as the recovery goes. Now, because of the fact that I was relatively lean, I could still remain hopeful throughout those times that I had this massive hematoma that looked, you know, 100 times worse than my gyno ever did, because I did still have that shape around my chest and, you know, as the hematoma would slowly, slowly dissipate, I could see the shape slowly, but surely, you know, coming in around my chest and that's what gave me hope. That's all the hope I had. That's all the hope I could hang on to, was that, you know, at the end of the day, I would have a nice lean, clean result. And I guess in the end, I got it. My second tip to prepare for gyno surgery as effectively as possible would be to pick the right surgeon, okay? And there's one thing that comes to mind when it comes to my surgery, and that is that you get what you pay for. You do get what you pay for. I mean, the average gyno surgery for each side would be, I think, four to five grand for each side. So we're talking, you know, 10 grand total. And if you're not comfortable with spending eight to 10 grand to get the surgery done, then I don't think you should be looking into it. And at the time that I wanted to get it done, I wasn't prepared to spend that much. I don't think I even had that much. So I was looking for the cheaper option and I got the cheaper option. So all I can say for this tip is to, you know, pick your surgeon wisely, take your time and make sure that you can see some before and after pictures. I saw some, I didn't see many, but like I said, I really didn't have a choice at the time because I found a surgeon that could do it, you know, within my budget, and I decided to say, you know what, fuck it, let's go for it. Now I'm not gonna say I could have prepared for that surgery better, but I certainly could have, you know, taken my post-operation care a little more serious. I, you know, I couldn't, I could never have predicted what would happen to me, but there are reasons why that happened, such as taking my drains out too early, such as not having someone to help me, you know, after the surgery, because all you wanna do is lay down on your back still, take your painkillers, get through those first two or three days, let the bleeding subside, take your drains out, put your vest on, and continue, and continue, and continue. Now I did none of that, I did none of that, I was by myself, so that brings me to my third tip. That's four, that's three. Third tip of the day, to prepare yourself for a successful gyno surgery and recovery would be to get someone to help you. Okay, get someone to help you in those at least two or three days post-surgery. Get someone to drop you off at the hospital, pick you up, take you home. I don't think you're gonna wanna eat much, you're probably not even gonna wanna drink much. The painkillers that they give you are, you know, strong. Thinking back, they made me feel quite nauseous, so all you're really gonna wanna move around for in that first couple of days is to literally take your painkillers, get a glass of water, and to drain your drains, drain your drains. Empty your drains, if you've got them in. So, a big tip, a big, big tip. I'm not gonna say it's essential, but it's certainly gonna help in the long run. Have someone with you at the very least. You might not need their help in the end, but at least have someone there. So, it's a possibility if you do need it. That's tip number three. Tip number four is back with the surgeon again. So, not only do you wanna surgeon that you trust, one that other people trust, one that you've seen, you know, evidence of successful surgeries time and time again, but you also want one that you can talk to because at the end of the day, the last thing you want is to have complications and not feel like you're on that level, that, you know, personable level with your surgeon so you can ring them up freely, openly, honestly, and tell them exactly what you're thinking because that's what I couldn't do. I didn't know my surgeon. So, when it came time, you know, a week, two weeks after the surgery, and I couldn't go in and see him because he was in another part of the country, all I had was the mirror. All I had was me. I was looking at myself. I was thinking, what the fuck is going on? I was a little bit ashamed to be fair. I was feeling a little bit ashamed. I was feeling a little bit sheepish due to the fact that I didn't do my due diligence with the surgeon and due to the fact that I was stuck here, you know, suffering through these symptoms and feeling honestly unable to ring my surgeon because of embarrassment. It was terrible. So, all I can say, all I can hope for is that you feel confident in a word, talking to your surgeon and, you know, if things do go awry, fingers crossed they don't, touch wood, but if they do, all you want to be able to do is feel confident in your surgeon and in their advice post-surgery because I will admit, a big portion of the guys messaging me about this subject on YouTube are guys who are in their early days of recovery. They don't have the support of their surgeon, or they don't feel confident with their surgeon, so they type on YouTube, you know, horror gyno recovery or gyno recovery advice and they find my videos and they find, you know, me going through possibly similar symptoms and a similar situation that they have and then they relate to it and they ask me the questions and I'm like, well, you should probably ask your surgeon. So, this goes back to tip number four, develop a relationship with your surgeon, one that you're comfortable with and ask questions. The final part of that tip is ask questions. There is no silly question, seriously guys, ask questions, write them down before you go in for your first consult. Go to multiple surgeons, have five different consults, same questions, pick the surgeon that you're most confident with. You don't have to pick the first one, you certainly don't. Now, that brings us to tip number five and this is just a general tip. I don't need my notes, I don't need anything. This is an attitude, an overall attitude, okay? Because we have to be realistic. My recovery was terrible. Did it have to be? Probably not. Were there oversights made? Absolutely. But there is one attitude that I would recommend anyone out there, any guy out there, thinking about getting the surgery to adopt and that attitude is to hope for the best because that's what we all do, but expect the worst. Expect the worst and mine wasn't even the worst. So, you know, at the end of the day, attitude is key, okay? And to maintain a positive attitude throughout is key. And, you know, there's no easy way to say that and there's really no easy way to do it either. But I guess what I hope is that videos like this and, you know, videos like the recovery vlog series help with portraying that attitude, that, you know, we all hope for the best but certainly expect the worst. And look, at the end of the day, this goes back to what I said right at the start of this video and that is that, you know, it doesn't matter what happened. It doesn't matter how bad the recovery was. It doesn't matter, you know, it doesn't even matter that it took, it took almost three years for me to have, you know, a result that I was, you know, finally, I'd say 100% happy with. So, three years, three years down the line, but there is one thing that remains and that is the fact that it was all worth it. So, hope for the best guys, expect the worst, but just know that even if you do go through the worst, it's still gonna be worth it. That was my video for today. Those were my five tips to prepare for a successful gyno surgery and recovery. I do have more gyno videos in the pipeline, but if you do have any specific questions, please hit me up in the comment section below. It's been an absolute pleasure. I'm coming to you from Christchurch, New Zealand. And peace out.