A woman with the world's largest breasts has had her M-cup-sized implants removed after a three-month battle with blood infections.
Sheyla Hershey said she wanted to be like a "normal housewife" after battling the staph and strep infections, which specialists warned would eventually kill her.
Her most recent plastic surgery was performed in June in her home country of Brazil, as the operation to have size-M implants put in is illegal in the US.
Hershey, who said she was too scared to look in the mirror, has now undergone surgery in Houston, Texas after attempts to remove the infection with strong medication and a specialised medical vacuum failed.
"We've already taken her to surgery twice," said the surgeon in charge of the breast removal, Dr Ron Bucek.
"We needed to open the area up to allow it to drain because we can't leave an infection in a contained zone."
Doctors had been monitoring Hershey twice-weekly because of the severity of the infections.
Hershey told FoxNews she was finally ready for the implants to be taken out.
"I decided to go a lot smaller — a lot smaller," she said.
"I just want a normal size like a normal housewife has."
She said her responsibilities as a mother forced her to take control of the addiction to plastic surgery.
"I know it's going to be a lot of pain for me because I love to have them but I realised that my family comes first and I love my daughter and son," she said.
"Even though I love to have huge breasts... I'm going to try to live without it [sic]."
Hershey underwent the surgery at 9am this morning (US local time).
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