A woman believed to have the biggest boobs in the UK said she was fighting a 'losing battle' trying to get a reduction on the NHS.
Despite her chest weighing a whopping 25kg (55lbs), Summer Robert claims that doctors consistently told her that she was too overweight to undergo the procedure.
But as her breasts alone weigh as much as a small child, her Body Mass Index (BMI) remained high regardless of her actual body fat percentage.
The adult content creator explained that she dreamed of having a breast reduction since she was 14-years-old, as she estimates her bosom had already ballooned to an F cup by then.
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"I was actually tiny as a kid," she said. "I was really, really, really small, on my bottoms, I was a size UK 4. But even then, my boobs were probably an F cup. It was shocking."
Summer previously told how she was regularly reprimanded at school by teachers who ordered her to 'put a jumper on' to cover her chest.
But the Scot actually suffers from a rare condition which causes her breasts to keep growing.
She has macromastia, which is also sometimes referred to as gigantomastia, which causes people to develop abnormally large boobs.
It can cause chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain, which are all things that Summer has endured. She also complained that the size of her chest left her unable to exercise, while finding clothes that fit was also an ordeal.
Macromastia can also lead to infections or lesions under your breasts, painful indentations on the skin from your bra and loss of feeling in your nipples, the Cleveland Clinic explains.
It can be caused by genetics, hormonal changes like puberty and pregnancy, autoimmune conditions like lupus and arthritis, and some medications.
Sometimes medications can stop the breasts growing, while some patients opt for breast reduction surgery - however, Summer says she was never given the chance to go under the knife.
"Every single time they told me my BMI was too high," she said. "I would just continuously keep trying."
To qualify for a breast reduction on the NHS, patients must meet a strict criteria - including being a certain weight.
But Summer was left frustrated by this requirement, given that her huge boobs accounted for a big chunk of the number that showed up on the scales.
She revealed that she ultimately developed an eating disorder as she was so desperate to 'get smaller' and hopefully get the green light to get a reduction.
"But my boobs just kept growing, despite me getting skinnier and skinnier and more unhealthy," Summer recalled. "It was a losing battle. My eating disorder became so severe that by the age of 15, I was admitted to rehab.
"For years after that, I was in a constant cycle of being in and out of treatment centres, desperately trying to find a path toward recovery. My mum went crazy at the doctors."
However, Summer says she doesn't believe that the blame lies with the medical professionals.
She went on: "The doctors were like, ‘Okay, but we can’t approve it because of her BMI'. It wasn’t really the doctor’s fault - it’s more about NHS guidelines and the surgeons’ criteria.
"They’d just look at the letter, see the weight instead of me, and say, ‘No, her BMI is too high'."
She finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel when she turned 24, as after finding a non-cancerous lump in her breast, specialists finally recommended a reduction.
But as she prepared to undergo the procedure she had spent years longing for, the coronavirus pandemic hit and all non-emergency operations were put on the back burner.
Summer then launched her OnlyFans during lockdown - and is now 'really happy' she never had a reduction, because of the incredible success she found on the X-rated site.
"My whole life, people have told me that my body’s weird because my boobs are so big," she said. "No one’s ever been nice about it.
"Then, when I made OnlyFans, everyone celebrated the fact that I have a different body. I realised that my body is actually beautiful instead of weird, like everyone else said. It changed everything."
But she admitted that the problems macromastia cause her haven't disappeared - as she still finds completing simple daily tasks very difficult due to the size of her chest.
Still, Summer now looks at her huge breasts as a 'big money maker' rather than a burden, as she added: "Now, I genuinely love my boobs, and I love my body so much. I wouldn’t change a thing."
Olivia Burke