A woman has shared how her ever-growing breasts are impacting her every day life activities, and faces misconceptions that they are so large because of her weight
A woman with ever-growing boobs has shared how she’s cruelly trolled over her weight. Paige Hamilton faces daily struggles due to her rare condition called macromastia, which causes excessive breast tissue growth.
Despite losing almost 13kg, the 29-year-old from New South Wales, Australia said the biggest frustration she feels is the misconception that weight loss would help reduce her breast size.
Having abnormally large breasts has meant Paige finds day-to-day activities seriously tricky, such as laying on her chest, as it would make her unable to breathe, and she’s now desperate to have a reduction. She said: “I’ve lost a lot of weight. I’ve lost like close to 30 pounds and they haven’t changed in size. So, for all those people that say just lose weight, it will make them smaller, it doesn’t.”
Macromastia, particularly a severe form known as gigantomachia, can be triggered by hormones, puberty, pregnancy, weight gain, and even certain medications. However, treatment options are limited.
At just five foot and two inches tall, and weighing 210lbs, Paige is desperate for a breast reduction but has concerns that her money would be wasted if she ever had more children.
Due to natural breast growth during pregnancy, she runs the risk of her reduction going to waste. However, Paige is keen to get pregnant through IVF due to her PCOS.
Even after following her surgeon’s advice and shedding 10 kilos (22lbs) in just six weeks, her condition has persisted and she believes her extremely high oestrogen levels may be responsible for her continued breast growth.
She’s been told there is no cure, but she undergoes treatments to help to slow the growth while she attempts to navigate life.
“I’ve been on the same weight for a very long time now and I’m still gaining. The reason that I’m not having reduction right now is because my surgeon advised me to wait until after I have a baby. So, I’m currently doing IVF to have a baby because I have PCOS,” she explained, and added: “I don’t want to spend X amount of money to have a reduction only for it to be a waste of money because they’re just going to grow when I’m pregnant.
“That’s what happened in my last pregnancy as well. They were really big. A lot of people might believe that I actually can’t lay on my chest, I’m unable to lay on my chest because it kind of feels like I can’t breathe.
“I actually have a maternity pillow that I lay either side of me. It kind of props me up a little bit so I’m not lying entirely flat. There is no treatment for gigantomachia. The only thing you can really do is have a reduction, which is not guaranteed to slow the growth.”
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