Cosmetic & Plastic Surgeon in Kolkata | Prof. (Dr.) Souvik Adhikari, MCh

Steroid Induced Gynecomastia

Steroid and Medication Induced Gynecomastia: What Every Gym-Goer Should Know

Of all the patients I see for gynecomastia, one group has grown noticeably in recent years: young men, often serious about fitness and bodybuilding, who developed breast tissue enlargement as a direct result of anabolic steroid or performance-enhancing drug use. It’s a conversation that carries its own layer of reluctance, since it usually means acknowledging […]

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Rhinoplasty in Indian and South Asian Noses: Unique Anatomical Considerations

Rhinoplasty is often talked about as if it’s one universal procedure — the same technique applied to every nose, everywhere. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. The nose is one of the most anatomically variable features on the human face, and South Asian noses in particular have a set of structural characteristics

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Gynecomastia Surgery: Addressing the Stigma and the Procedure Itself

Of all the procedures I perform, gynecomastia surgery carries a weight that’s disproportionate to the surgery itself. Medically, it’s a well-understood, technically straightforward procedure. Emotionally, for many of the men who come to see me, it’s something they’ve carried — quietly, sometimes for decades — before ever bringing it up with a doctor. This post

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Cost Comparison: Cosmetic Surgery in Kolkata, India vs. US, UK, and the Middle East

One of the first questions almost every international patient asks me is some version of: “Why is this so much cheaper in India?” It’s a fair question, and it deserves an honest, detailed answer rather than a marketing headline. Cosmetic surgery costs vary enormously across the world — not because the surgery itself is fundamentally

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Male Cosmetic Surgery: A Growing but Underdiscussed Category

For decades, cosmetic surgery was marketed almost exclusively to women. Walk into most clinics, browse most websites, or flip through most brochures, and you’d be forgiven for thinking men simply weren’t part of the conversation. That’s changing — quietly, but quickly. Over the past several years, I’ve seen a steady rise in male patients walking

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