Sheyla Hershey, 28, says she has been told that her 38KKK-sized breast implants are record-breaking. Guinness World Records would confirm only that the current record for the largest augmented breasts in the world is held by a woman known as Maxi Mounds.
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Why go to such extremes? Hershey said she didn't start out with the goal of having the largest breasts in the world.
"I started because I had a picture of Dolly Parton in my head since I was 9, and I just love the way her body is," Hershey said. "I thought, 'I want to have that body.'"
The Brazilian native has lived in the U.S. for two years. She had her first breast augmentation in 2001 and 10 more since -- all in her home country. When she reached her previous FFF size, she spoke with a U.S. doctor about going bigger.
"He said that's crazy," she said. "He didn't think this was attractive at all."
Plus, she said, she was already over the maximum allowable size in the U.S. So she headed back to Brazil.
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Guinness World Records
A cupcake weighing in at 151 pounds has been certified as the world's largest by Guinness World Records. Fifteen pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing decorate the 1-foot tall, 2-foot wide sugary sweet. Here, pastry chef JodiLee Knops celebrates setting the record Saturday.
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"I had a dream, and I didn't stay home and dream of my dream -- I just went for it," she said.
Hershey's latest surgery was in October.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved implants larger than 800 ccs, FDA spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey said. That's .85 of a quart per implant. Hershey's smaller implants at size FFF were already around 2 quarts per breast, Fox News reported.
"Implants that are larger than 350 ccs are too large for many women," DeLancey said. They can increase the risk of developing complications such as extrusion (popping out), hematoma and implant folds (when the implant folds in on itself).
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Having such large implants is tough on Hershey's frame. She performs special exercises regularly and gets massages one a week. "I have good care for my back," she said. "If you don't have care for it, you're going to have pain."
Hershey said her husband likes how her breasts look, but that he's concerned about her health and wants her to cease with the implants. She said doesn't plan to keep the implants in long-term because of the health difficulties.
