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Scottish Woman Says BMI Rules Kept Her From Breast Reduction

Her account highlights how BMI cutoffs can complicate access to surgery for patients with very heavy breasts.

Overview

  • Her story, published Saturday by the Daily Star and Daily Record, says clinicians rejected her for a reduction because breast weight kept her BMI high.
  • She reports her breasts measure a 30R and weigh about 25kg, a size she says stems from macromastia, a condition tied to back, neck and shoulder pain.
  • She says a specialist-approved operation at age 24 was canceled when the Covid-19 shutdown paused non-urgent procedures.
  • She says doctors also could not promise her breasts would stop growing or would not return after surgery.
  • After starting adult content during lockdown, she gained more than 300,000 Instagram followers and now says she does not want the operation.