Ariel Winter Explains Decision To Undergo Breast Reduction Surgery At Age 17
Posted on Wed Aug 12th, 2015 2:10pm PDT By X17 Staff
Whatever makes her comfortable!
Ariel Winter is opening up to Glamour magazine about her decision to undergo breast reduction surgery at the young age of 17. The Modern Family actress went through with the procedure, which took her cup size from a 32F cup to a 34D cup, on June 4th, and she couldn't be happier with the outcome. The TV star made the difficult decision after years of emotional and physical pain, as well as cruel taunts from online bullies.
"I was 15 years old with [size] F [breasts]. How do you navigate that?" she explains to the mag. "It made me feel really uncomfortable, because as women in the industry, we are totally oversexualized and treated like objects. Every article that has to do with me on a red carpet had to do with 'Ariel Winter's Crazy Cleavage!' or 'Ariel Winter Shows Huge Boobs at an Event!' That's all people would recognize me by – not, 'Oh, she does great work on Modern Family'," she adds.
Internet trolls made her even more insecure with her growing and changing body. "We live in a day and age where everything you do is ridiculed. The Internet bullies are awful. I could post a photo where I feel good, and 500 people will comment about how fat I am and that I am disgusting," she laments.
So why did the famous teenager decide to come forward with her story?
"I didn't want to not tell anybody and then have another million stories [say], 'What happened to Ariel? She looks so different.' And I also think there's some good that can come from [telling] my story. It's something that I did to better my life and better my health, and I think that can benefit a lot of young girls. I have felt happier with myself than I ever have," she reveals.
You go girl!