Mother left bedbound by N cup breasts has operation to remove 2.5 stone of flesh from her chest



A mother-of-four who was left bedbound for six months because of her N cup breasts has had an operation to remove two-and-a-half stone of flesh from her chest.



Peruvian Julia Manihuari's chest started growing seven years ago after the birth of her third son, until they reached a size N, leaving her unable to move.



'It was awful,' said Mrs Manihuari, 29, who lives in a rural area of Peru near Loreto. 'If I tried to get up I would faint because my breasts were so heavy.'



Mother-of-four Julia Manihuari was left bedbound for six months after her breasts grew to an N cup

The farmer's wife, who is only 5ft, was finally helped when local media paid for her to take a three-day boat journey to the nearest town to seek medical help.



Mrs Manihuari and her husband Ascension were flown to the capital Lima where doctors diagnosed an extreme form of Bilateral Gynecomastia, an illness where the mammary gland keeps growing.

Doctors at the Loayza Archbishop Hospital were worried the weight of her chest could crush her lungs and kill her.



Mrs Manihuari was rushed in for a six-hour operation, during which she had two-and-a-half stone of flesh removed from her chest.



Doctors reduced her chest to a 34B cup, giving the 29-year-old back her freedom after the operation a month ago.



During a six-hour operation last month, doctors reduced Mrs Manihuari's chest to a 34B cup

Because of the veins and arteries in Mrs Manihuari's chest, they had to take extra care not to make her condition worse.

Mrs Manihuari, who had counselling after her operation said: 'Before the operation I couldn't do anything, I just had to live with it, it got so bad that my breasts were touching my legs.

'I have always had a small build, and the stress on the rest of my body was agony.'



She added: 'My breasts were growing by the day. I couldn't move because my boobs and belly were the same size.



'My breasts became so huge my skin had sores and I had trouble breathing.'



Dr Zarela Solis, director of the hospital, said: 'This was a highly complex operation, there were lots of medical risks but I am pleased that Julia has recovered so well, and is free to go home to her children, who she misses very much.'

