Male Health

Dr. Fridy provides specialty pubertal, developmental, sexual and reproductive health care and body wellness services to her male patients in a warm, empathic, age-appropriate and nonjudgmental manner.

  • Pubertal concerns, including early pubertal changes (precocious puberty) and delayed puberty

  • Growth, height and development concerns

  • Body image, nutrition, and weight-related concerns, including eating disorder care

  • Acne, hair loss and other skin concerns

  • Counseling on sexual, pubertal and reproductive health

  • Counseling and specialized health care to patients who may be exploring their gender identity and sexuality

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

  • HIV counseling and testing, as well as prescription of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for prevention of HIV

  • Urologic conditions and infections and groin pain

Boys grow into men. While it’s a fact of life, this maturation doesn’t always happen smoothly. Boys grow taller and broader, but not always at the rate or to the extent that they’d wish. Other common body changes may seem awkward and unpleasant – pimples, voice cracks, and “funky” body odor are a few that come to mind. This is a time in development when hormones rage and sexuality emerges, which can be confusing, pleasurable and distressing all at once. Moreover, experimentation and risk-taking peak in adolescence and young adulthood, complicating an already challenging stage of life for both patents and parents. Taken together, the importance of supportive and sound medical and mental health care along this developmental route to manhood cannot be underestimated.

At Tribeca Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine, Dr. Fridy provides her preteen, teen, and young adult patients with all-encompassing health care tailored to their unique needs. In addition to primary care, mental health care, and management of pubertal, growth and body weight concerns, Dr. Fridy provides sexual and reproductive health care to her patients in a warm, empathic, and nonjudgmental manner. Patients and parents alike will find Tribeca Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine to be an especially comfortable and age-appropriate atmosphere in which adolescents and young adults can receive pubertal, developmental, sexual and reproductive health services.