
“WALKING home after school, my heart began to race as a group of men leered at me.
‘Look at the jugs on that,’ one of them yelled as I willed myself not to cry.
I was just 14 but already used to incidents like this, thanks to my size 30J breasts.
I developed a bust before any of my friends.
It felt like one day I was flat-chested and the next I had breasts.
When I went to be fitted for my first bra aged 12 I was already a DD cup.
Girls at school said I was lucky, but I felt self-conscious and fat, even though the rest of my body was a size 10.
Boys would talk to my chest instead of making eye contact with me, and I became known as ‘the girl with massive boobs’ at school.
I had low self-esteem and avoided PE because it was too painful and embarrassing.
I continually had to be remeasured for bras because my breasts kept growing.
By the time I was 15, I had stopped at a 30J.
It was a struggle to find underwear that was plain and age-appropriate.
Anything in my size was designed for older women and was really expensive.
I had very mixed feelings as the date for my surgery grew close.
I was desperate to feel like a normal teenager, but petrified of the op, especially as the surgeon told me I would be permanently scarred, lose sensitivity and probably never be able to breastfeed if I had children.
It felt like a huge decision to make at such a young age.
My surgeon recommended I attend a support group for women having breast surgery, but when I went most of them were much older than me and having mastectomies due to breast cancer.
It left me feeling guilty that I was choosing to have a procedure.

Even the scarring around my nipples was barely noticeable after a couple of months.
Five years on, it’s no exaggeration to say my breast reduction changed my life.
I’m no longer in pain, I can exercise four times a week and can wear bikinis and strappy tops like other girls.
But more importantly, my confidence has rocketed.
Making that huge decision at 15 was scary but empowering, and now I’m just Abbey, not the girl with big boobs.
Apr 13 2017, 11:56 AM, updated 9y ago
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