Puberty is hell — even more so when you're in the spotlight. That's what Modern Family actress Ariel Winter learned the hard way.

Winter underwent a breast reduction earlier this summer, and talked to Glamour about what it was like to go to a F cup "overnight" at age 15 — and how it's improved her life.

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Winter, 17, decided to have the surgery to help lead more normal life. Her 32F cup size caused the 5'1" actress back pain; she couldn't do normal girl stuff like go shopping with her friends, and had to be extra cautious when choosing outfits for red carpet appearances.

Winter was also tired of the extreme focus on her appearance rather than her work. Creepy, unsolicited opinions didn't just come from anonymous commenters; since age 14, people have been asking her if her breasts were real, and major news outlets felt it sexualizing the teenage star was justified.

"It made me feel really uncomfortable because as women in the industry, we are totally over sexualized and treated like objects," Winter explained in the Glamour interview. "Every article that has to do with me on a red carpet always had to do with ‘Ariel Winter’s Crazy Cleavage!’ Or ‘Ariel Winter Shows Huge Boobs At An Event!’ That’s all people would recognize me by, not, 'Oh, she does great work on Modern Family.”

Winter says that her Modern Family mom, Julie Bowen, was the only costar she told before going through with the procedure on June 4, but the cast has been supportive of her decision.

Most importantly, she's happy with the choice she made.

“It’s amazing to finally feel right,” she told Glamour. “This is how I was supposed to be."