I spent £3.6k on Turkey op to drop 11 bra sizes – I was sick of men ogling my massive 36K boobs
CUP WINNER I spent £3.6k on Turkey op to drop 11 bra sizes – I was sick of men ogling my massive 36K boobs
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A MUM burdened with enormous 36K boobs was so sick of unwanted oglers she flew to Turkey for an operation to drop 11 cup sizes - after being 'rejected' by the NHS.
Caitlin Telford suffered agonising back pain for a decade and was left with deep grooves in her shoulders from the crushing weight of her chest dragging on her bra straps.
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Caitlin Telford hated the attention her 36K boobs attracted
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The mum spent £3,600 on a breast reduction in Turkey
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The 27-year-old, of Glasgow, first visited her GP at 17 - sporting a 32G chest - seeking out a reduction, but claims she was rejected due to her age.
The travel company administrator says she returned multiple times over the years, only to be repeatedly refused surgery on the NHS due to her BMI - only to be rejected when she lost weight.
So when her boobs ballooned to their largest at 36K after giving birth to her son in 2023, she began searching for private surgery options in the UK, but her dreams of having a smaller chest were crushed, after being quoted £10,000.
The determined mum looked further afield and ended up flying to Istanbul, Turkey, to undergo the same procedure for £3,600.
Weeks on from going under the knife on June 11, Caitlyn said: 'I'm very happy with them and it's changed my life.
'My birthday is in a few weeks, so I'm looking forward to wearing a backless dress or strapless top.'
Caitlin told how the size of her breasts affected her from a young age.
She said: 'When I used to go out when I was 17 or 18 I'd get a lot of unsolicited male attention.
'Even when I went out with my partner at the time, I would get attention and that would annoy them too.
'It started with pain across my back and I've been on lots of different painkillers for this over the years. I was also developing grooves in my shoulders where the bra was pulling on them constantly.
I was born in Wales but made in Turkey after I had a glow up & £2.4K sleeve - people say I look like a different person
'When I was 17 I finally went to the doctors for the first time to see what they could do.
'They panned me off and said because I was young, and hadn't stopped growing.
'Then every time I went back, I've been told my BMI is too high. - it was annoying as they seemed to be taking my overall weight for my BMI and not thinking about the weight of my chest."
And despite Caitlyn losing around five stone, she still got rejected.
She added: 'It just puts you down as you feel like no matter how much weight you lose because you have a bigger chest, you're never going to be a weight that you can be in a BMI they want you to.
'I would definitely recommend going to Turkey for a reduction - the price difference was unreal."
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said that eligibility for breast reduction surgery is determined via the NHS Scotland Exceptional Referral process (ERP), which relates to procedures that are not routinely offered and can only be provided on an exceptional case basis.
NHSGGC said the protocol ensures that only cases meeting all necessary criteria are considered for these procedures, through a clinical assessment that includes a range of factors such as the severity of symptoms, impact on daily life, and overall health.
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Caitlin suffered agonising back pain for a decade due to her cup size
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She has now lost 11 cup sizes after her boob op
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