![]() ![]() A further Scandinavian study has found that breast reduction is as good for the health and activity levels of women as a hip replacement because the weight of large breasts can make the spine curve and trigger disc or nerve damage.īreast surgeon Professor Laurence Kirwan says: “For women with very large breasts, the wear and tear on the body can be significant. In fact, a study published in the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery claimed that a woman with very large breasts can lose five years off her life if she doesn’t get them reduced. The effects of having large breasts cannot be underestimated, with an increasing number of women suffering from problems including crippling back, neck and arm pain, headaches, friction rash, cysts in skin folds and even curvature of the spine.Īnd because of the social embarrassment, one in five women says their breasts stop them from exercising, which causes them to put on weight, often leading to Type 2 diabetes, one of the leading causes of early death in the UK. In September, Ginny Chapman, 20, from York, was refused a reduction op for her 42N breasts by her local NHS, despite suffering agonising back pain – because her case wasn’t deemed ‘exceptional’. ![]() When I woke up, I felt so light,”Īmanda, from Tonyrefrail, Mid Glamorgan, says her life was transformed because she no longer felt selfconscious or in pain, yet she was one of the lucky ones to get the op on the NHS. She says: “When I went under the knife, the surgeon took 1294g (2.85lbs) from my left breast and 1327g (2.92lbs) from my right. ![]() “The back pain would get so bad I would take painkillers every four hours religiously, starting at breakfast,” she recalls.įinally in 2010, the 30-year-old mum of three managed to get a breast reduction – to a size 36C – on the NHS, after agreeing to lose a stone. It meant standing for up to 16 hours a day, and she says it was agony. “At school their size put me off sport and I’ve never been to the gym because I’m too self-conscious about how much they’d bounce.”Īmanda worked for four years as a croupier in a casino. “And when they stopped growing at age 19, they were a 40EE and I hated them. “By the age of 15, my breasts were a 38D,” she reveals. Every time Amanda Twiggs was fitted for a new bra as a teenager, she would burst into tears – because she was always told she needed a size bigger. ![]()
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