My husband has moobs!

Q MY HUSBAND is 51 and has started to develop ‘moobs’, which makes him very selfconscious. Are there any nonsurgical treatments available?

A Male breasts, or ‘moobs’ ( otherwise known as gynecomastia), are caused by an imbalance of testosterone and oestrogen.

Typically, men produce much higher levels of testosterone, which prevents breast tissue from growing. However, an increase in oestrogen can be triggered by natural hormone changes in later life, medical conditions and as a side-effect of some medication.

It needs medical evaluation, but surgery can correct over-large male breasts. This may require an overnight hospital stay.

When the problem is simply an excess of fat, a good alternative is cryolipolysis, a fat- freezing treatment. The most well-known FDa-cleared option is CoolSculpting, a non-invasive procedure that targets the fat cells beneath the skin’s surface to destroy them.

The treated fat cells die naturally and, over time, are eliminated from your body. There is no downtime and fees start at £1,600.