Grow your OWN Breasts, MEN! :)

[darin]

WOOHOOO

Oils in shampoos, lotions tied to boys' breast growth

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions can temporarily leave boys with enlarged breasts in rare cases, apparently by disrupting their hormonal balance, a preliminary study suggests.

While advising parents to consider the possible risk, several hormone experts emphasized that the problem appears to happen infrequently and clears up when the oils are no longer used. None of those interviewed called for a ban on sales.

The study reported on the condition, gynecomastia, in three boys ages 4, 7 and 10. They all went back to normal when they stopped using skin lotions, hair gel, shampoo or soap with the natural oils.

It's unclear how often this problem might crop up in other young children.

These plant oils, sometimes called "essential oils," are added to many health-care products, usually for their scent. The oils are sometimes found in other household products or sold in purer forms. Tea tree oil is sometimes used in shampoos for head lice.

The suspected effect in this study is attributed to a chemical within the oils that the body processes as it does estrogen, the female hormone that promotes breast growth.

The findings were being reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The federally funded study came out of the University of Colorado and the environmental health branch of the National Institutes of Health. The findings were first released last year at a science meeting.

The three boys were brought to their doctors with overdeveloped breasts that looked like those of girls in early puberty. They were sore in one case. For each boy, doctors could tie the problem only to their use over several months of the natural-oil products.

The researchers suspected that the oils might be upsetting the boys' hormonal balance. So they did a series of laboratory tests to check how these oils work within human cells. The oils appeared to mimic estrogen and block the male hormone androgen.

On product labels, the oils sometimes are listed by their scientific names: Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil). Such products do not require government approval to be sold unless they make specific health claims.

Marijuana and soy products also have been linked to gynecomastia.

More:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/31...ast.growth.ap/

[jillian]

Kind of like making your own toys.

[Mr. P]

Kind of like making your own toys.

toys! They'll make ya go blind and is against......well you know.

[avatar4321]

Cant i do this just by eating alot of twinkies?

[The ClayTaurus]

Cant i do this just by eating alot of twinkies?

The quality suffers.

[Pale Rider]

Cant i do this just by eating alot of twinkies?

If you compliment that diet with Bon-Bons and Ho-Hos, yes, you can.

[5stringJeff]

The real story here, I think, is that you should make sure that your wives all use as many essential oils, lavender, etc. products as possible.

[Roomy]

I would rather grow my own vagina so I could go fuck myself when told to

[Hobbit]

I kept warning people that those things would make you all girly, but would they EVER listen?

[darin]

I kept warning people that those things would make you all girly, but would they EVER listen?

I suspect a surge in MIATA sales.

[Mr. P]

I kept warning people that those things would make you all girly, but would they EVER listen?

You know 'girly' men, besides dmp?

[Hobbit]

You know 'girly' men, besides dmp?

Regretably, yes. My hope is that by being around such a vast array of studliness, their testosterone levels will rise to give them a fair shot against me in the dating game. So far, I've had some successes. My greatest one was with a guy trying to keep his girlfriend from breaking up with him. He was doing the girly thing by smothering her with affection, which, of course, drove her further away. I told him to stop being a wuss. He knew she was going to break up with him, so he needed to do the manly thing and break up with her first. This both catches her off guard and avoids the stigma that comes with being the target, rather than the cause, of a break up. It worked. A few weeks later, she approached him, apologized for whatever it was she did that drove him away, and they got back together. Having had a manliness increase, he didn't make the mistakes that turned her off the first time around, and now they're engaged.

The irony of the situation is that I tend to collect the most phone numbers, but I've never really had a girlfriend. The formerly girly men around me, though, are mostly married or engaged.

[darin]

I think women want men. Not these metrosexual pukes or the idiots we see (mostly white males) on Sitcoms.

[Hobbit]

I think women want men. Not these metrosexual pukes or the idiots we see (mostly white males) on Sitcoms.

Gag me with a spoon. I eat red meat, shoot things, am covered in body hair, and I'm arrogant as hell to boot (though I try to make sure I'm still capable of humility when it's required). You can tell me all you want about being sensitive and caring about your appearance, but I'm the one with the phone numbers of the ones who think you're a 'nice guy.'

[darin]

Gag me with a spoon. I eat red meat, shoot things, am covered in body hair, and I'm arrogant as hell to boot (though I try to make sure I'm still capable of humility when it's required). You can tell me all you want about being sensitive and caring about your appearance, but I'm the one with the phone numbers of the ones who think you're a 'nice guy.'

Hobbit =

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