A 50-year-old woman shocked doctors with her enormous breasts, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
After years of suffering, the woman, known only as Mrs Lin, finally could start a normal life. She has undergone drastic surgery to remove almost 6 kilos of an unnecessary tissue from her breasts.
Mrs Lin’s breasts had been growing ‘crazily’ every since she was 30, so she eventually decided to go to hospital to see if doctors could do anything to help
Lin’s breast began to grow rapidly in her 30s and only 20 years later – when the size became unbearable – the woman took courage and visited doctors at Xiamen University’s 1st Hospital.
Doctor in charge of Mrs Lin’s case said despite working as a doctor for more than a decade, he had never seen breasts as large as hers, saying that her breasts hung even under the bellybutton.
During the surgery – reduction mammoplasty – at least 6kg of tissue were removed to shrink breasts to a manageable C cup. The amount of fat removed weighs almost twice as much as an average newborn baby.
If the operation was not performed the consequences could have been frightening, ranging from crippling back pain, neck and arm pain to headaches, friction rash and a curvature of the spine, breathing problems etc.
The medical term for giant breasts is gigantomastia, a form of a condition known as hypertrophy of the breast tissue. It is a rare medical condition and is diagnosed where the breasts weigh more than three per cent of the total body weight.
source: naij news