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Michelle Heaton to have breasts and ovaries removed to reduce cancer risk

Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton has made the tough decision to have a double mastectomy and remove her ovaries to combat her high chances of cancer.

Heaton found out recently that she carries the BRCA-2 gene, which means that she has a 80% of getting breast cancer and a 30-40% chance of developing ovarian cancer.

Speaking on ITV's Lorraine, the singer - who gave birth to baby Faith in January - confirmed that she will have the two operations and reconstruct her breasts with implants.

"Given the information that the surgeon passed on to me, he's eliminated skin grafting from my stomach and my thighs because I don't have enough skin or fat there."

She continued: "The only two options are skin grafts from my buttocks, or implants. I've researched into the buttock skin graft and it sounds pretty horrendous and it comes with a lot of complications, so my only option is implants. So I'm going to go down the route of a double mastectomy and reconstruction using implants."

Removal of the ovaries however will happen later in life, with Heaton adding: "Once I've had the breast procedure, I then have to think about the ovaries. So the plan for that is that I'm going to hopefully have another child in a couple of years and then I will get my ovaries removed pre-forties."

 

 

 

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