My bręäštś torture: The painful story of a twelve year old

I was 9 years old when my bręäštś began to show. Suddenly, my mom asked me to stop bathing in the river with my agemates. She became very worried and soon told me that my bręäštś were growing too fast and would begin to attract boys and men.

Days later, she called me into her bedroom; I saw a stove with fire and a stone on her hand. She asked me to sit on a stool and then put the stone on fire. She used a thick cloth to pick the stone from the fire and pressed my bręäštś with it.

I cried from pain on her first attempt and ran from the bedroom but she caught me and tied my legs and arms to my back. She started ironing my bręäštś with the hot stone and at the same time, apologizing to me that she was not torturing me but protecting me from men, early pregnancy and from shaming our family.

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I was surprised she was crying because of my pain but she still went on ironing my bręäštś with the hot stone, even with the tears in her eyes.

She did this over a year and by then, my bręäštś had fallen and had scars over them.

When I was twelve years old, I couldn’t undress in front of my mates because my bręäštś were like an old woman’s – it was saggy and I always used push-up bra. I lived like an outcast among my mates.

My mom really damaged my bręäštś because I was unable to bręäštfėēd my baby. My husband arranged for me to undergo surgery to restore my bręäštś, yet they don’t look like normal!

The United Nations (UN) says that, bręäštś Ironing affects 3.8 million women globally!

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