Woman explains decision to get double mastectomy at 28

A Florida woman is speaking out about her dramatic decision to undergo a double mastectomy at the tender age of 28.

Stephanie Germino said she signed up for the surgery after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation, which meant she had a higher-than-average risk of developing breast cancer.

“I was already aware there was a history of breast cancer in my family as my maternal grandmother suffered with it twice,” Germino, now 29, explained in a new interview with the Sun.

After receiving the results, she recalled she was “very emotional, but didn’t take it as a death sentence.”

“For me personally, I never really loved my boobs, and I never saw them as a sign of femininity . . . so it wasn’t really a difficult decision to have the double mastectomy,” Germino declared.

According to the National Cancer Institute, about 13% of women will develop breast cancer sometime during their lives, while 55% to 72% of women who inherit the BRCA1 variant will get breast cancer by the time they are 70 to 80 years old.

According to Germino, other genetic factors meant she had an 87% chance of developing breast cancer.

Germino — who is a mom to 6-year-old son Josiah — said she breastfed her boy when he was a baby and believed that her breasts had already “served their purpose.”

The brave brunette underwent the double mastectomy last year with her fiancée, Diana, by her side.

The operation was a success, with Germino subsequently embracing her new flat chest.

“I decided I wanted to go flat and that I’d be more comfortable that way,” she declared.