Mom with 34H boobs sells house to afford breast reduction
A UK mom was forced to take some drastic measures after her 34H-sized chest left her in so much agony that she couldn’t even pick up her own children.
Victoria Marsh, 33, said she was not eligible for breast reduction surgery under the UK’s publicly funded healthcare system, so she paid for the procedure on her own last month.
Marsh shelled out nearly $13,000 by using money from the sale of her home and a $3,800 loan, SWNS reports.
“I constantly had strained muscles in my neck and infections in [the] skin under [my] boobs,” she told the outlet. “I was constantly putting talc under there.”
“I started to feel them pushing down on my ribs,” she continued of her large chest.
The trait seems to run in her family — her mom, Debbie, 64, has a double G chest.
Marsh explained that she has been suffering since she was 16, with the situation worsening when she had her two children and breastfed them.
Fitting into normal bras was a challenge, and she had to pay nearly $65 a pop for custom-made ones.
It was even a struggle for Marsh on her wedding day in May, as she had to buy a dress that was two sizes too large just to fit her chest.
Marsh was having trouble performing basic chores around the house and knew that she needed a change — so she went to the doctor for a breast reduction consultation.
“I had to have a BMI of 25 or under,” Marsh told SWNS of her body mass index. “I starved myself beforehand, and I was bang on 25.”
Despite losing weight, she said she still received a letter saying she wasn’t eligible for the procedure.
“I wasn’t deemed disproportionate enough,” she lamented.
After three more years of daily pain, she decided to book the surgery privately for July 26.
It’s a move that she says has already changed her life, as she feels “lighter” and more confident with her new 34C cup size.
Marsh only had to stay in the hospital for one night, and she is already looking forward to being able to be more active, especially with her daughter, 6, and her son, 11.
“I can do a lot more with the children,” she said. “I can wear the things I want to wear and not feel self-conscious.”
The mom of two also hopes the procedure will start being seen as a medical necessity and not just for “vanity.”
“The procedure was so worth it, and my quality of life has improved a thousand times over,” she gushed.
Marsh isn’t the only person to use earnings from a home sale to fund cosmetic surgery.
Kelly Beasley, 50, sold her property in Arizona this year so she could afford a $14,000 facelift.
Now she lives in a van.
“If we do too much — we’re vain or insecure,” she told SWNS last month. “If you don’t do anything, wear make-up or do your hair, they say ‘you’ve let yourself go.’”