Boys, Breasts and Acne: Unexpected Breast Enhancement from Natural Skin Care Products
Clifford Bloch, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center's School of Medicine diagnosed the three otherwise healthy Caucasian boys, ages four, seven and 10 years, with gynecomastia. Prepubertal gynecomastia is a rare condition resulting in enlarged breast tissue in boys prior to puberty, and typically the cause remains unidentified.
All three young men had used skin care products containing lavender fragrances and tea tree oil. Once the patients stopped using the suspected products, the breast enlargements stopped or decreased.
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) confirmed Dr. Bloch's observations when they discovered a link between the use of products containing lavender and tea tree oils, and gynecomastia. The NIEHS study appeared in a February edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Presently, this oil and breast enlargement phenomenon applies to young males with unexplainable enlarged breasts who are regularly using products containing these essential oils. The oils did not alter the levels of the usual forms of circulating estrogens and androgens in the boys. Estrogens bring out the feminine traits like breasts and a menstrual cycle, while androgens evoke masculine traits like facial hair and a baritone voice. It is unknown whether the oils have similar endocrine disrupting effects in pre-pubertal girls, adolescents or adults.
Derek Henley, PhD, the lead NIEHS author on the study said, views the male breast enlargement as temporary and added, "We do not anticipate any long term effects on hormonal levels."
To curtail similar reports of gynecomastia, Ken Korach, PhD, chief, Laboratory Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology at NIEHS and author on the study, recommended that, "doctors who may be seeing patients with gynecomastia to ask their patients about the products they are using. Patients with pre-pubertal gynecomastia may want to consider reducing the use of products that contain these oils,"
Young men can come into contact with tea tree and lavender oils when using nature-based acne treatments. While the validity of the effectiveness of these oils remains contested, studies have suggested the medicinal usefulness of essential oils.
For example, a study issued in the British Journal of Dermatology demonstrated that tea tree can reduce the size of inflamed lesions. Similarly a blend of lavender oil exhibited effects of improving mood, making people feel more relaxed, and performing the math computation faster as reported in the International Journal of Neuroscience.
Estrogens obtained from essential oils can be stored in the body's fat tissues which may allow the estrogenic effects to linger for a few months after contact with the oil has ended. So for now, young men need not fear permanent breast enlargement from their hygienic regime.
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