Mum with ‘greatest boobs in Britain’ begs for surgical procedure as 36M chest leaves her bedbound
Melissa Ashcroft, 30, has been desperate for a breast reduction for more than a decade and is now crowdfunding £8,000 for private surgery after being told her BMI is too high for NHS treatment
A mum believed to have the ‘biggest boobs in Britain’ has begged for surgery as her 36M chest leaves her bedbound for the first hour of the morning.
Melissa Ashcroft, 30, has endured severe back pain since hitting puberty. Getting up takes her a full hour each morning and she cannot lift her eight-month-old daughter. It comes as a mum with size P breasts hit back at trolls giving her ‘dirty’ looks.
When she turned 20, Melissa sought a breast reduction – but claims her GP advised her to delay until after having children and breastfeeding.
Following the birth of her two children, Melissa learned earlier this year that her BMI of 35 exceeds NHS requirements and must drop to 27 to qualify for surgery.
However, due to her relentless pain, Melissa claims she cannot exercise effectively and is now fundraising £8,000 for private treatment to shrink her two and a half stone chest.
Melissa, a stay-at-home mum from Blairgowrie, Scotland, said: “I think I’ve got some of the biggest boobs in Britain. I’m a size 36M.
“My back feels like I’m 70-years-old.
“I don’t want to have rely on the drugs they’ve given me for the pain as they make me dizzy. I can’t pick up my daughter and that’s heart-breaking.
“I want to be able to play with her and pick her up.
“If I’m cleaning, I have to take a break until I’m out of pain. In the morning, I can’t do anything until I’ve done my back stretches.
“I’ve got a picture of me when I’m 18 when I was a size 6 or an 8 and it looks like I paid to have these fake boobs.”
Melissa reckons she’s got some of the largest breasts in the UK – and she cannot even afford the £82 specially made bra that fits her breasts. It’s left her to squeeze her boobs into a much smaller – and cheaper – £20 brassiere.
She asked her husband to hold her boobs while she stood on the scale. Melissa said that it knocked two and a half stone from the scales.
Melissa was taunted at school for being flat-chested before puberty hit her like a ton of bricks.
She explained: “My mum’s got quite big breasts and my nan did have so I think it’s just a hereditary thing.
“One minute I was getting bullied for having a flat chest, then I’d get bullied saying I had tea towels down my bra. It wasn’t nice at school – it was everyday”.
“Physically, it was causing pain immediately. I was only a size 8 at school so it was bad on my back, but I thought maybe it was normal.
“I never had many friends, and I didn’t have a girl mate to speak to or compare with.”
Melissa tried various methods to alleviate the pain – including physiotherapy – but nothing seemed to help, leading her to consider a reduction.
Her mum suggested that she undergoes a breast reduction.
However, Melissa claimed that she got into a ‘fight’ with the NHS who ordered her to wait until she had children so she could breastfeed.
She says she was told that she could have a reduction after – but Melissa is still left with her huge and painful breasts.
The mum shared: “I had my son at 23 and my daughter is eight months old, and they’ve now said my BMI is too high.
“I was told to get down to 11st. The anaesthetic won’t work as well and I’m more at risk of blood clots and infections.
“The doctors told me that because I’ve just had my baby my hormones are all over the place and my weight will gradually start coming back down.
“It has come done a bit, but how am I supposed to do it?”
“I can’t go to the gym, it’s too embarrassing and I can’t go for a run because of the pain.
“They did say I could try the weight loss jabs, but two people in my family were on them. One had to have her gallstones out and one was left feeling sick after eating anything. I just don’t want to feel like that.
“The bras in my size are £82 – which I can’t afford – so I have to get a smaller size and it’s still £20 a bra.
“And I’ve had to come off the naproxen they gave me as it was making me quite spacey.”
She’s now looking towards private healthcare to tackle her ongoing discomfort.
Melissa explained: “I’ve been for a consultation in 2022 and they wrote a letter for me to give to the NHS saying something needs to be done.
“If it’s private they can do it without the BMI restriction. They said if I can bring my weight down as much as possible but there’s no real limit.
“It would mean the absolutely world to me. It would be all my Christmases in one day. I think I’m going to throw a party when it happens – I have no words for it.
“It would be a complete life changer – I’d be able to play with my kids at the park and pick up my daughter.”
Her crowdfunding page can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/2tu8x4-breast-reduction.
