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Pesala Bandara & Ryan Fahey

Woman, 23, spends £6,000 having 32K breasts reduced after NHS refuses surgery

A woman has forked out £6,000 on reduction surgery for her 32K breasts after NHS doctors refused to perform the free operation because she too " overweight ".

Emily Legge, 23, from Cardiff has suffered from agonising back and shoulder pain from her breasts since she was at secondary school - and struggled to get a bra to fit her.

She was a sporty and svelte nineteen-year-old when NHS docs refused her the free op because her BMI classed as overweight.

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