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Question: How come Girls can .?
How come girls can produce milk from their breast but men cant .?


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Both genders have mammary glands, but a girl's are stimulated by the hormone estrogen during puberty, whereas men don't have estrogen. The increased levels of estrogen during pregnancies lead to production of milk.

You're probably thinking "What happens if men take estrogen." When estrogen supplements are taken, for whatever reason (medication, sex change...) men experience breast growth, which can lead to male lactation.Health Question & Answer

Well actually, men can.....in very rare circumstances.

In one particular POW camp there were 1 in 5 men who were lactating in the few weeks after being set free.

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki talks about why women lactate in one of his books and also goes in to detail about the strange times men have lactated.Health Question & Answer

Men can produce milk- check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactat...

Hormone treatments, such as those for prostate cancer cause male lactation, as well as male-to-female transsexuals who take hormones to reshape their bodies, and sometimes as a result of antipsychotic medications.Health Question & Answer

The reason that girls produce milk is because when they have a baby, or are PREGNANT, they have HORMONES which contribute to breasts enlarging to produce MILK for the BABY.

Men don't because they don't need to give birth.

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Men can't produce milk because they cant get pregnant. When women get pregnant there is a hormone that begans producing milk in the breast in the early stage of pregnancy.Health Question & Answer

ahahha, cause girls have mammary glands, which produce milk,
and guys don't have a mammary glands. :PHealth Question & Answer

They don't have the same mammary glands and hormones that women do.Health Question & Answer

females are the mothers so they have to provide the milk.Health Question & Answer

simply put...hormonesHealth Question & Answer

Men can produce milk, but I've only seen it in baby boysHealth Question & Answer

Men produce Beer from their Breasts...........we keep it a secret, please don't tell anyone.Health Question & Answer

how come women can have babies and men can't.?Health Question & Answer

thats like a question saying y does the wind blow hahaHealth Question & Answer



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