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17 yr old male with lump on my left nipple......I'm getting annoyed?

Hi, For over 5 yrs now I've had a lump on my left nipple, my right is perfectly fine, it's just my left nipple that's affected.....I went to the doc a few yrs back and he said that it can't be male breast cancer and that it's perfectly normal. He said it's all part of going through puberty....However I'll be 18 in less than a month and I've still got that same lump on my left nipple...it's really pissing me off, I have a feeling that If I see another doc again he will say the same thing.... What should I do ? I did some reasearch and found out that this condition is called, gynecomastia....does anyone share similar experience ? Is there any way to get rid of this permanentely, without surgery ?

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1. dude dont listen to them..... tis normal and it is part of puberty and u dont finish puberty till age 21 so itl go till then, i had that and its gone on my right side but not my left and im 17, my m8 got the saem thing but his wen away and another guy i no, has got it and its jsut part of growing up. just deal. and stop scaring yourself by looking up diseases!
2. best thing to do is to stop playing with yourself.
3. you have breast cancer!!
4. go 2 a different doctor and tell him how long you've had it and what u found out doing research
5. maybe its a 3rd nipple :D
6. Sounds like male breast cancer. Or it could be a simple fatty deposit that formed and wont go away without surgical removal. Or it could be a chicken pox scar. See a second doctor because I have never heard of puberty causing weird lumps anywhere other than where they should be :)
7. When i was your age a knoticed scary subdermal lumps in miscellaneous places. Doc said they're normal.I'm 36 still got em no problems yet. As long as you've been to the doc, that's all you can do. As with any condition a second opinion can never hurt.
8. may be cuz of to much sex ,,,, lol :D
9. i hope its not the symptoms of gynecomastia
   gynecomastia or man boobs are affected usually on both sides of chest but sometimes one side of chest is affected more and one side affected less.
   i prefer u to check ur side of chest which u think is fine
   if u feel any type of pain or u fell a ball inside ur nipple then i afraid it is gynecomastia
   i advice u to seek a doctor
   dont touch ur chest allot bcoz sometimes gynecomastia appears due to the imbalance of harmones and it goes automatically but if u press it or touch allot then it will disturb ur chest.
   unfortunately im also suffering gynecomastia if u got any usefull info abt it plz share with me.
   i hope ur gynecomastia will goes automatically
10. You could go to another doc and get a different opinion. Not to get you scared or anything but it could be dangerous. Better check it.
11. your gonna die.....
    j/k its alright just don't take your shirt off......
12. Men can get breat cancer and it is unfortuantely very deadly