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My breasts are so droopy I’ve never even let my boyfriend of six years see me without a bra on – I’m desperate for a reduction

A woman dubbed ‘Holly Willough-booby’ by pals is raising cash for a reduction as her breasts ‘droop to her belly button’ – which her boyfriend of six years has never seen.

Holly Norman, from Swindon, Wiltshire, admitted she is ‘too scared’ to discover the real size of her breasts, which leave her with agonising back pain, deep welts in her shoulders and painful rashes from squeezing into bras.

The 23-year-old said she ‘can’t face’ discovering what cup size she is as she finds it ‘disgusting’ and instead forces herself to wear a 36H bra – finding her chest ‘too heavy’ to go underwear-free.

The travel operations co-ordinator said her beau of six years has never seen her without a bra – and heartbreakingly claimed she doesn’t understand why he’s with her when she looks ‘like this’.

Determined to live a normal life and shrug off her crippling self-consciousness, Holly is fundraising for the deposit for the op on her boobs that ‘bang into things’.

Holly Norman, pictured on holiday in Greece in 2022, refuses to find out her real bra size

Holly Norman, pictured on holiday in Greece in 2022, refuses to find out her real bra size

On her GoFundMe page, Holly admitted that when she was last measured she was a 36H but was ‘too scared’ to check what bra size she is now.

‘I’ve been with my partner for six years and even to this day I still don’t want him to see me without a bra on, including when we have sex,’ Holly explained.

‘They’ve very droopy, they hit my belly button. I constantly wear a bra, I feel really uncomfortable without wearing one because they’re just so low.

‘Around my boyfriend I think “how can you actually want to be with me when I look like this?” It’s very sad.

‘I don’t actually know what my bra size is, at present I’m just guessing.

‘The bra I’m wearing now doesn’t fit properly but I don’t want to go and get measured because I don’t want to face what cup size I am because I just find it disgusting.

‘I’m currently wearing a 36H. It doesn’t fit, my boobs spill out of the cups.

‘Some people call me ‘Holly with the big t*ts’ or ‘Holly Willough-booby’ after Holly Willoughby.

She is raising cash for a reduction as her breasts 'droop to her belly button'. Pictured in 2021

She is raising cash for a reduction as her breasts ‘droop to her belly button’. Pictured in 2021

The 23-year-old suffers from back pain and dents in her shoulders caused by bra straps. Pictured on holiday in Greece in 2022

The 23-year-old suffers from back pain and dents in her shoulders caused by bra straps. Pictured on holiday in Greece in 2022

The travel operations co-ordinator is pictured enjoying a vacation in Greece in 2022

The travel operations co-ordinator is pictured enjoying a vacation in Greece in 2022

‘I don’t think there’s any malice in it but when someone is specifically pointing out something that you don’t like about yourself it’s very difficult.’

Holly has dealt with a larger-than-average chest since primary school and suffered from jealous comments from girls during secondary school.

Not only did she have to deal with the emotional turmoil of the unwanted attention, but also endure physical pain including excruciating back and neck pain and rashes.

‘I’ve had boobs since the age of nine in primary school,’ the 23-year-old said.

‘When we’d get changed for PE I would think “none of them are wearing a bra, they’re flat-chested. Why am I not flat-chested?”.

‘At secondary school my breasts got up to about a DD/E cup, maybe even pushing an F or a G-cup.

‘They’ve always been there. I’m not the skinniest person and I fully admit that but even when I was at my skinniest I still had these on my chest. There’s no getting around it.

‘When we would do PE at secondary school I would have to wear two bras just to try and keep them in check.

‘I experienced upper back pain, lower back pain, dents in my shoulders from where my bra straps sit because they’re so heavy.

‘Lads at school did point things out, there were comments. Getting all that unwanted attention made me feel insecure.

Holly also suffers from painful heat rashes underneath her breasts

Holly also suffers from painful heat rashes underneath her breasts 

While Holly is 'too scared' to have her breasts properly measured, her current cup size is bigger than her hand

While Holly is ‘too scared’ to have her breasts properly measured, her current cup size is bigger than her hand

‘I felt like the odd one out. It was a tough time going through school and always having a bigger chest.

‘I think there was a hint of jealousy from girls. I think every flat chested girl wants boobs but honestly, they don’t want them.

‘My school shirts would always have the gape in the chest area, I would position the tie to hide it.

‘I struggled to find bras that fitted. I was at a point where I was taking bras out of my mum’s drawer and borrowing them.’

In a desperate bid to cover her chest up and avoid unwanted glances, Holly resorts to wearing oversized size 20/22 tops, conceding that it isn’t flattering on her 5ft 7in frame.

Holly, who is a size 16, explained: ‘Normally I wear baggy clothes on the top but that doesn’t do my figure any good. I find clothes shopping a nightmare.

‘I went on holiday in May last year and looked for swimsuits that would specifically cover my breast area.

‘I had one that’s got drapes around the front. It’s more like a vest at the front as it completely covers my chest area, that’s what I feel comfortable in.

‘[Otherwise] I feel like people will look at me, they’ll see my boobs and think ‘oh she’s just getting her boobs out for attention’.

‘I just feel very self conscious so I try and hide it all away because I don’t want people to think that of me.’

Pictured in Greece in 2022, the 23-year-old has been dubbed 'Holly Willoughbooby' by friends

Pictured in Greece in 2022, the 23-year-old has been dubbed ‘Holly Willoughbooby’ by friends

She finds her chest 'too heavy' to go underwear-free. Pictured in Lanzarote in 2019

She finds her chest ‘too heavy’ to go underwear-free. Pictured in Lanzarote in 2019

Holly is pictured wearing an elegant embroidered dress before her school prom in 2017

Holly is pictured wearing an elegant embroidered dress before her school prom in 2017

At her wits’ end Holly decided to research undergoing the op privately in a bid to live a ‘normal’ life.

Holly said: ‘I’ve been thinking about breast reduction since I was about 15 or 16 years old, so it’s been a long time, it’s not an impulse.

‘I suffer with a really sore back, sore shoulders, a sore neck and bra straps leave dents in my shoulders.

‘I also get heat rashes on the underboob in the crease.

‘They stick out so much, they do get in the way of things, they do bang into things.

‘I just really want to turn my life around and be able to do normal day-to-day activities – go on holiday and wear a swimming costume or bikini that I don’t feel like I’m having to cover up.

‘I want to live normally and not have my boobs be the bane of it.’

Holly has had an initial consultation with a private surgeon for the £9,500 op and is looking to raise the £1,500 deposit through GoFundMe.

The reduction will include breast tissue being removed and also her nipples, which will later be grafted back on.

‘I’ve found a private surgeon and I know what route to go down.

‘It sounds very scary what they want to do. They would have to take the nipple off completely, cut away the underneath of the boob and put on a nipple graft.

‘I would never have any sensation in my nipple again or be able to breastfeed but that’s something I’m willing to sacrifice.

‘We didn’t discuss a definite cup size to go down to. I do still want a little bit of something there to fit with my frame as small as a C or D if that’s achievable.’


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