My size 38P boobs made my life hell – they weighed four stone, my life changed forever when I got a reduction
HAVING big boobs is something many of us flat-chested lot dream of, but for one woman, it wasn’t all it’s made out to be.
28-year-old Laura Howes, endured years of severe back pain, aching joints, sciatica and permanent dents in her shoulders from her large boobs.
Laura, only 5ft 4in, dealt with cysts, cuts, friction sores and rashes that constantly bled and became infected.
Laura spent years having to squeeze her 36P breasts into the largest bras sold - 38K.
Not only this, but she was tormented by bullies through school from the age of 14 and got a lot of "unwanted attention" from men.
Her surgeon even called her size P cleavage “the biggest boobs he'd ever seen”.
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And after many years of being “rejected” by the NHS and determined to live life to the fullest, and not simply “exist” in constant pain, Laura set up a fundraising page to get the operation done privately in the UK.
She crowdfund £8,000 to go under the knife privately on October 21.
Laura said: "I felt really overwhelmed in a really nice way when I reached my fundraising target.
“People are really nice. I'm so thankful, I wouldn't be here in this position without them."
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Remarkably, she managed to take 21lbs off her four-stone boobs – from a P to a far more manageable E cup.
The 28-year-old's breasts were so large the surgeon needed a nurse to help him hold them as they drew on pre-op markings in pen.
The wedding photographer, from Seghill, Tyne and Wear, said: "Having the surgery was a physical and emotional weight off my chest.
"When I was in recovery and sat up I looked down and there was no boob on my lap, that was really nice.
"Before the operation I had sciatica but afterwards it was completely gone, I'm so glad about that.
"The vast majority of the boob tissue where I had cysts has been chopped off.
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"I've lost a stone and a half just of boob, it's really weird.
"I've gone down, including double letters, 21 cup sizes. I'm now a 36E.
"Having this operation is the best decision I've ever made - it's been life-changing.
"Before the surgery I was so miserable and beat myself up about things I couldn't do and the way I looked all the time.”
Laura revealed that she could now "stand up straight" and sit at a "sensible" closeness to the dining table.
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She continued: "My boobs don't rest on the dining table anymore and they don't pull the tablecloth towards me when we're playing board games and I have to reach over to move something.
"When I shower I don't have to swing my boobs out of the way anymore.”
