Sheyla Hershey Almost Died from Her 38MMM Breasts -- Now She Wants Them Bigger
Princess 19 on 1 Dec 2011 at 10:00am
The former world record holder for largest augmented breasts still wants to go bigger - even after facing a near death experience.
Sheyla Hershey, 31, formerly had 38MMM cup-size breasts. But, she lost those breast implants when an infection set in last year. The petite 5"3" mother had to undergo surgery to remove the implants and avoid death. When they were gone, she soon felt suicidal as they had become a big part of her life (no pun intended).
"My breasts had become part of me and I was deformed without them. I felt like I had lost a leg," she told the Daily Mail.
At the time, Sheyla had already gone through 30 breast implant surgeries (is that is a record in itself?). Yet, even after the death scare, she planned another surgery outside the country to reconstruct the implants she lost and to get back to the immense triple M size. All this was done secretly as her doctors, therapists and husband were against her going under the knife again, possibly risking another life-threatening infection.
"My husband knew that I was going to Cancun in Mexico to get my breasts reconstructed,'" said Sheyla.
"He didn't know that I was going to have them re-inflated with saline and that I planned to return to my previous size of 38MMM, but I was desperate to claim my status as having the world's largest breast implants, " she added.
Since then, Sheyla has slowly reconstructed herself back up to a 38KKK cup size (by flying to various countries for several procedures). She plans to finish the reconstructive process by 2012.
Her compulsion to be the "world's largest" has cost about $94,000 to attain and somehow, she still doesn't feel satisfied with the results. She knows this puts her marriage in jeopardy and her husband fears their two-year-old daughter, Victoria, could grow up with a negative self-image. Yet, she does not stop. Why?
Sheyla suffers from bipolarism, but is it possible she also has body dysmorphic disorder?
"I never think my breasts are big enough. Even now I look in the mirror and I think they are small," she said.
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I'm all about doing what makes you happy, but not at the expense of your own health. I'd think that since she has a young daughter she'd be more concerned about having complications again (and potentially worse).
I agree ^. Plastic surgery is about balancing the emotional benefits of feeling better about yourself with the physical risks of surgery. She's way past this point. If she still believes she's "small" then there is something else going on.
BTW, where do her docs even get MMM implants?
Well she has all her procedures done overseas. From what I've read here and in the past, it sounds like Mexico and South America. I would imagine that they either have GIANT implants available down there, or she has multiple on top of each other. I've heard of implant stacking done in the US, too. Since they don't make implants that large readily available.
It seems like her openness about her struggle with Bipolarism could shed a lot more light onto her actions than we are giving credit to. If she is one of the few who experiences manic states during her swings, its my understanding that thoughts of people in this state are often in the instant pleasure needs and not the later consequences...seems this could be the case for her.
I see your point Megan. But how long to those states last? Because it certainly takes a decent amount of planning to go out of country and have a surgery...
I don't really understand anything about bipolarism, so I'm just curious.
From what I have read, an episode can last several weeks to several months. It varies from person to person. Others go through what is called rapid cycling, which is when the individual goes from depression to mania much more quickly. Obviously, I don't know what type of Bipolarism she struggles with but depending on the kind she could certainly have plenty of time to plan the trips & surgery all while in a manic state.
Her breasts are way too big.
Very sad.
Agreed, that would be a tough spot to be in.
I consider that going overboard a bit.
Than again, i like breasts of all kinds of sizes, but that is going a bit far, she should just go with a size that's noticeably big, but not over the top, and be happy.
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No one is jealous of her.
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