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Fox News reports:

A woman from Texas has reportedly undergone nine breast enlargement operations to become the proud owner of the world's largest breast implants — size 38KKK.

American doctors had refused to carry out any more operations on Sheyla Hershey, 28, when her breasts were a staggering 34FFF, but that didn't stop her from going under the knife for the record breaking surgery.

"To me, big is beautiful. I don’t think I have anything to worry about," the Houston-resident said.

Still determined to increase her bustline, Hershey jetted off to Brazil where there are no limits on the size of implants.

The surgery required a full gallon of silicone.

They say that everything is bigger in Texas and this woman's breasts just reinforce the stereotype. Of course, I think she should ask for an alternate sizing chart in order to avoid the unfortunate racist overtones of having a pair of 38KKKs.

The thing that really blows my mind is how much silicone this woman now has in her body. I'm not a big plastic surgery fan, personally - I say let the genetic chips fall where they may more or less. However, if people want to slice and dice for the sake of "beauty," I don't think it's my place to say what one can or can not do with his or her body. Still, I can't imagine pumping that much of a poisonous metal in one's chest cavity; was there no saline available? Let's hope the containers holding the silicone are triple-thick and well-nigh rupture-proof. Of course, with implants of that size, you'd think the women getting them would want them filled with helium, so as to provide that all important extra lift and to avoid back strain.