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Woman, 22, with size 34H chest denied NHS breast reduction surgery due to BMI

A woman who has spent her life in agony due to the size of her breasts says she has been denied reduction surgery by the NHS due to her BMI.

Leonie Reynolds, from Chelmsford in Essex, says she has been asking doctors for a breast reduction since the age of 12 due to terrible back pain.

But medics brushed her off, telling her to take paracetamol and ibuprofen, and "just to kind of get on with it", Leonie said.

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