Bigger Isn't Always Better: Celebrities Who’ve Had Breast Reductions

Most women who go under the knife for breast augmentation opt for larger breasts, not smaller ones. But for these 13 famous women, bigger definitely wasn’t better. Check out our list of 13 celebrities who’ve had breast reductions.

In the early 2000s, Queen Latifah went under the knife to have her “E or F” sized breasts reduced to more manageable double D’s. “I didn’t want to get it,” she told People magazine in 2007, “But I had lost 25 pounds and my breasts didn’t go anywhere! I was still carrying that load.”

In 2011, after learning that her breast implants were leaking into the wall of her stomach, Sharon Osbourne had them completely removed. Interestingly enough, just one year prior Sharon had joked about taking them out, saying they would look better on her husband’s desk as paperweights than on her chest.

At age 17 Drew Barrymore reduced her double D’s to a smaller, lighter size. She revealed the surgery in 1998 to the New York Daily News explaining that “when they’re huge, you become very self-conscious. Your back hurts. You find that whatever you wear, you look heavy in. It’s uncomfortable.”

At just 16 years old Kim Fields underwent breast reduction surgery. Ironically enough, the surgery would later be written into her character’s storyline on Living Single.

Hollywood’s bustiest celebrity Pamela Anderson shocked the world when she reduced the size of her famous boobs in 1999. She later pumped them back up to double D’s.

In 2003, funny woman Roseanne Barr revealed to People magazine that she had undergone breast reduction surgery following a major weight loss. “They were like French bread. They’re round, not oblong now.”

Former p*rn star Jenna Jameson had her implants removed in 2007. She gushed about the results in a post-surgery interview: “Even for women with naturally large boobs, getting a reduction is so freeing. I feel like I can stand up straighter. Before, when I jogged, I had to hold my boobs. I looked like I was molesting myself!”

Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton went under the knife to reduce her breasts after birthing and breastfeeding four children. When asked why she decided on taking the surgery route, Heaton admitted that she did it to better fit into her clothing – and because her “nipples were like platters.”

Former RHONJ star Dina Manzo has undergone two breast reduction surgeries – one in 2000 and another in 2010. Dina revealed to Life&Style that her larger boobs weren’t just inconvenient; they also caused her serious back pain.

In the early 2000’s, Courtney Love had her breast implants removed and kept them as souvenirs. But tragedy struck in 2002 when Courtney’s Pomeranian ate one of the implants and died. She has since revealed that the implants were “bootleg” and from Mexico.

Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye reduced her 38 DD’s to 36 C’s when she was only 15 years old. She later admitted to People magazine, “I couldn’t sit up straight without people looking at me like I was a prostitute. My breasts became an insecurity.”

Comedienne Janeane Garofalo made the decision to decrease her bust size because of her career, admitting, “I was a 36 C or D, and at 5’1’’ I knew that being a small person with big boobs standing in front of an audience would not be easy.” Janeane now says that downsizing to a B cup “was the best thing in the whole world.”