22-year-old needs walking stick because of 12kg boobs

A 22-year-old woman has to shell out $141 on “granny bras” and use a walking stick because her breasts weigh 12kg.

A woman has to shell out $A141 on “granny bras” and use a walking stick thanks to her boobs that “weigh 12kg”.

Anji Chalk, 22, fears she will be “permanently disabled” by the crushing weight of her breasts, which are a K-cup at least, The Sun reports.

The actor suffers with painful sweat rashes and is regularly covered in bruises caused by people bumping into her breasts in the street.

She is desperate to get a breast reduction, but has not been offered one by the NHS unless she loses weight.

“The doctors have said they want me to lose half my body weight and be around 63kg to 70kg, which of course I’d love to be,” Ms Chalk, from Llandudno, North Wales, said.

Anji Chalk is fundraising for a reduction of her breasts, after the NHS refused to perform the operation. Picture: Kennedy News

“The thing is my breasts weigh about a stone (6.3kg) each at least. I wear a size 40K and have to change my bras every couple of months because the underwires break.

“I have to spend so much money on ‘granny’ bras that I get commissioned from Poland – they cost about $141 for the cheapest.

“I don’t leave the house unless I go shopping but whenever I do I bring my walking stick with me.

“I get sores and sweat rashes under my breasts, it’s just agony and sometimes they itch to the point there is bruising.

“The straps cut into my skin and I have bruises and scars on my shoulders and indents from my bras.

“People bump into me all the time. A number of times I’ve come home with bruises on my breasts because someone has accidentally knocked into me because they protrude out so much.

“I’m not able to wear a bra lying down as the whole weight of them concentrated on my chest means I can’t breathe.
“I’m very worried that I’m now getting to a point where I will be permanently disabled because of it.”

Ms Chalk uses a walking stick because her boobs ‘weigh 12kg’. Picture: The Sun/Kennedy News

Ms Chalk started wearing a bra aged seven due to precocious puberty – when the body starts changing too soon, according to the Mayo Clinic.

“They grew relatively quickly. I remember going through the alphabet all by the time I was about 13,” she said.

“At 14, that’s when I started to grow quite exponentially because that was when my puberty was in full stride. I went from an E to an H.

“I got used to the idea of hiding away because I didn’t want people to see.

“It was also a topic of discussion with the girls and boys in my school and people would leer and stare downwards.

“I remember when I told my ‘friends’ my cup size, then a double-G size, they said, ‘you’re not called Anji anymore, you’re called An-GG’.”

Ms Chalk said she started going to her GP at the age of 13, begging for a breast reduction, and then to doctors in Preston, Lancashire, while studying at university.

Ms Chalk wears a 40K bra, which costs her $141 to get made in Poland. Picture: Kennedy News

Ms Chalk went through puberty much earlier than most children, at the age of seven. Picture: Kennedy News

After going back and forth to her doctors “weekly”, Ms Chalk says she was repeatedly told to simply lose weight.

“Doctors often seems to think that if I lost weight my breasts would go smaller,” she said.

“It’s this perpetual cycle of going to the doctors, being dismissed and being told ‘Oh we can only help you if you lose weight.’

“Doctors have watched me for years trying to lose weight and I definitely think an element of why I can’t is because I can’t do exercise.

Ms Chalk, who weighs 139kg, lost 12kg last year but said she “quickly plateaued”.

The size of her breasts, and how much they sag, make it difficult for her to exercise, she said.

“I’ve done so many diets, I’ve gone to the doctors, they’ve had me go to dietitians but nothing’s working,” Ms Chalk said.

She said doctors have concluded she has gigantomastia, which is exponential growth of excessive breast tissue usually caused by hormonal spikes.

The actor suffers with painful sweat rashes. Picture: Kennedy News

The sheer agony of carrying such heavy breasts has meant Ms Chalk, who has limited mobility, is struggling in her work as a performer.

She said some days she “can’t move out of bed” and has to use two walking sticks.

At her wit’s end, Ms Chalk has decided to take matters into her own hands and is fundraising to get surgery done privately.

“This year I’ve been at an all-time low with my back pain, I do fear that it’s just going to get worse and worse,” she said.

“Friends said if I set up a GoFundMe page they’d donate and I’ve had so much support already, which is absolutely amazing.

“If I got the surgery it would be life-changing. If I was going to get this surgery it would quite literally be a weight lifted off my shoulders.”

Ms Chalk’s GP surgery were contacted for comment but failed to respond.

NHS Greater Preston CCG is unable to provide comment on individual patient cases.

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