I wish I knew now all the preventative measures back when, when I was juicing heavily when I was younger. I had to get gyno surgically removed from both pecs about 5 yrs ago & I still hold excess fat at the end of my nipples that doesn't seem like it will ever go away. Luckily it is not as noticeable when I am lean... only in certain poses as you can see above!
I would have mentioned it erlier but I thought you probably knew this, I duno maybe you do...
You could also use letrozole:
Letrozole (Femara) is the chemical name of Novartis´ selective third generationAromatase Inhibitor (AI). This drug was developed to fight breast cancer by inhibiting the aromatization. It is usually used as a part of an aggressive treatment in post-menopausal women, to fight and reverse the spread of breast cancer after other treatments (such as Tamoxifen therapy) has failed. It´s probably the most efficient product on the market for this purpose currently (5) It is very similar in structure and action to it´s predecessor Arimidex.
...Firstly, it has been shown to reduce estrogen levels by 98% or greater...
...Letrozole (Femara) can be used to raise LH and FSH (which are hormones which signal your testes to produce more testosterone)...Letrozole (Femara), of course, can be used for post-cycle-therapy (PCT) to raise test levels...
...In non-cellular systems, Letrozole (Femara) is 2-5 times more potent than anastrozole and exemestane in its inhibition of the aromatase enzyme and activity, and in cellular systems it is 10-20x more potent! It also lasts quite a long time in your body,but takes awhile to get going& Letrozole (Femara) has a whopping 2-4 day (!) ½ life, and you need to take Letrozole (Femara) for 60 days to get a steady blood plasma level...
...Those are impressive numbers, but here´s one of the most interesting things about Letrozole (Femara):
It may reduce/eliminate/reverse existing gynocomastia!
In a study conducted on mice (*no, I know it´s not perfect),
gyno-like-changes in the mammary gland were totally destroyed! Here´s a direct quote from that study:
"Our results also indicate aromatase overexpression-induced changes in mammary glands can be abrogated [
destroyed] with very low concentrations of the aromatase inhibitor, Letrozole (Femara)."(7)
...If, however, you are preparing for a bodybuilding contest, you need to use something which will suck most (if not all) of the estrogen out of your body (water retention). I am speculating that you may be able to use Nolvadex for the majority of a contest prep cycle, to keep yourself relatively healthy, and then switch over to Letrozole for the last 8 weeks...
An effective dose of Letrozole (Femara) is .25-.5mg/day (I use .25mgs/day), but be forewarned, if you go over that amount, it can kill your sex drive.
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Ive heard that Novaldex (Tamoxifen Citrate) also combats Gyno, but reduce it I dont know, but its worth looking into because Letrozol is an Anti-Aromatose, Novaldex is an Anti-Estrogen, so they work from completely different angles. And then theres Arimadex which does a bit of both which is much safer in terms of sides but not as pwerfull in its effects.
But also while youre on Letrozol you should consider Clomid. Clomid is a synthetic Estrogen, which will not produce Gyno, infact Clomid can prevent Gyno from happening in the first place bacause like Novaldex it will bind to the estrogen receptor sites, and that better than estrogen itself to stop the estrogen from binding, but will not produce any gyno. Consider it while on letrozole because having no estrogen in your body will run down your HDL cholesterol, supress your immune system and slow down muscle recovery - but I say its worth it in short term to wipe out that Gyno dude.
