UK-based Ghanaian Jazz singer Stephanie Benson has replied to some trolls who insist that she went under the knife to get a flat tummy. The troll insisted that Stephanie underwent liposuction surgery to achieve the perfect-looking shape she has now.
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However, in a rebuttal, the mother of five decided to school her haters about the stress and surgical procedure she was forced to undergo after she was diagnosed with cancer.
In a long Facebook post, Stephanie Benson wrote;
“There are some people who show their ignorance and are unapologetically so. Nanayaa Kwaah
Let me clarify to all who don’t like to read or understand facts.
2015, Cancer diagnosed and after my double mastectomy, to reconstruct my breast, the surgeon suggested I gain weight (at least 10kg) to enable him to harvest fat from my stomach and buttock area to reconstruct my breast to a C cup or more after my EE Cup breast was removed to save my life. Unfortunately, After 6 months of unhealthy eating, I was only able to put on 5 kg.
The surgeon advised me he would only manage to give me a B cup because there wasn’t sufficient skin and fat to reconstruct my breast, to give me a reasonable breast size, but I was happy to go ahead, to achieve a resemblance of breasts after my double mastectomy due to Cancer.
The surgeon took skin and muscle from my stomach, fat from my bottom to reconstruct my breast. A surgery which came with lots of complications.
Why did I choose to have a reconstruction after an elective mastectomy due to cancer, was totally selfish. Not many women get to have that luxury after cancer. Everyday, I’m grateful that I had the ability to do so.
In a perfect world, I would love not to have had Cancer. I would love to have had my original breast. I would love not to have undergone a life saving hysterectomy, taking out every bit of what most women would feel, “Strips any chance to feel like a woman”.
In my years, before cancer, I had a breast reduction in my portfolio.
My body is purely muscle and healthy diet. No one achieves that under the knife. If it makes you happy to think I consciously opted for plastic surgery, The answer is I could, I can but I didn’t. That option was taken away from me when Cancer came into my life, but an option I would NEVER take to achieve the body I think I want.
I have breast fed 5 children, then won Ms Figure NASSA Body building South East, UK 2001, and survived cancer.
I’m not the only one, but I think I did pretty good.
