Rare Condition Leaves Scottish Creator With £26,000 Annual Bill For Bras and Massages

A Scottish content creator has spoken about the extremely rare condition she suffers from, which forces her breasts to grow. It costs her over £26,000 a year in bras, massages, and private healthcare; this doesn’t include the cost of flights.

Summer Robert suffers from macromastia, the condition that made her estimated chest size reach 30R. Moreover, this condition weighs over 25 kilograms. She says it has helped her succeed as a content creator, but she also experiences pain and expenses that don’t match the luxurious lifestyle people see on social media and her OnlyFans account.

First of all, Robert has to spend £14,000 per year on massages, up to £10,000 on bras, and approximately £2,000 on her private health care. This does not include her clothes and bikinis, or upgrades that cost her much more than standard tickets. In general, she has already spent about £100,000 on flights since November.

She has called the additional costs the “hidden tax” of a world built around a certain standard.

“There is a real physical and financial toll of navigating a world that feels increasingly designed for one standard body,” she said.

“People see the social media and OnlyFans side and think it is all glitz and glam, but there are so many things I have to pay for just to be comfortable and live without constant pain.”

The weight puts considerable pressure on her back, and Robert gets about three massages per week to ease the pain. At her usual clinic, the package of ten massages costs £900. Getting three massages a week raises this cost to more than £14,000 per year, and prices rise even higher during her trips abroad.

“I get three massages a week because my back is sore all the time,” she said.

“It is £900 for a block of 10 here, but in America I have paid around £300 for one massage. I need them for my back. It is not just something I do to relax.”

Until she found financial freedom through OnlyFans, she couldn’t afford regular treatment.

“I never really got massages before,” she remembered. “I was just like, ‘Cool, I’ll suffer.'”

“Now that I have the money, my quality of life is so much better. I can pay for the things that actually help my body.”

Wearing special bras is another cost which she has to accept. Summer says an ordinary bra costs about £120, and the most expensive one cost her £800. Moreover, such bras do not last very long because her breasts keep growing.

“My most expensive bra was £800,” she said. “A normal one is probably around £120, but they do not last. They literally do not.”

Not wearing it is impossible, of course.

“There is no way I’m not wearing one,” she said. “I’d give myself a black eye.”

In the last year, Robert estimates she has spent up to £10,000 on bras, and more on her bikinis and clothes.

“Clothes are really expensive,” she explained. “I basically need a new wardrobe every month because I need new tops, bikinis, and things that actually fit.”

She has been financially independent since she was 16 and said much of the money she got as a teenager went on clothing and bras.

“My parents have not paid for anything since I was 16,” she said.

“I would grow out of bras and still wear them for way too long because I could not keep replacing them. A lot of my waitressing money went towards bras.”

Now she spends £150 a month on private health insurance, in addition to her medical appointments, and about £2,000 a year goes to her medical needs. Robert turned to private healthcare after repeatedly feeling ignored by NHS doctors.

“When I was younger and trying to get reductions, doctors would just say, ‘You’re fine. You’ll grow out of it,'” she said.

“I have even had doctors say, ‘That’s a problem I wish I had.’ No one takes me seriously.”

“I always go private now because I feel like people listen when I am paying. It is another cost, but I do not see the point in going somewhere when my concerns are going to be dismissed.”

Traveling is the biggest and the least predictable cost of all. Robert travels all around Scotland, Australia, the USA, and Europe, and she claims that she has flown 60 to 70 times since November.

For most passengers, an economy upgrade is an option. However, for Robert, that extra space means the difference between eating, sleeping, and finishing her long-haul flight without pain or unwanted physical contact. She understood that when she first flew business class to Thailand.

“It was like a new world,” she said. “I just thought every time you flew it was hell and nothing could be done about it.”

According to Robert, in economy class, she often cannot put the tray table completely over her chest.

“The lack of space in the economy means I cannot do it comfortably,” she said.

“Even something as simple as putting the tray table down to eat my dinner is so difficult. It does not go down all the way.”

Besides, the narrow space means that she will constantly be touched by her neighbor on board.

“The biggest struggle is comfort, especially on a long-haul flight,” she said.

“I always end up with the person next to me touching my breasts, and it makes both of us uncomfortable. I need business class, or I will not be able to eat my dinner properly, and I will spend the flight being touched by another passenger.”

Summer Robert can afford to fly business class now, but she still calls her “business class tax” the high cost. Recently her flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne has cost her £7,664.

“A flight to America with baggage can be around £1,700, and Australia can be around £2,000,” she said.

“Then there is Greece, Europe, Amsterdam, and all the flights in between. I am literally on a plane every week.”

However, despite all those costs, Robert is proud of her body and does not want people to perceive her condition as a burden.

“It is fun, for sure, and I love my body so much, but there are definitely downsides.”

OnlyFans not only allowed her to earn money due to her appearance, but it gave her the means to overcome the pain and expenses caused by her rare condition.

“Before, I would just suffer,” she said. “Now, if something helps, I can spend the money.”

“The massages help, the right bras help, and private healthcare helps. Having the money has given me a much better quality of life.”

“But none of it is cheap.”