Modern Family star Ariel Winter has revealed why she decided to go for a breast reduction, saying she now feels “amazing”.

The 17-year-old actress, who plays Alex Dunphy in the hit sitcom, underwent surgery to reduce her 32F cleavage to a 34D in June.

Ariel Winter at the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Ariel Winter at the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Richard Shotwell/Invision)

“It’s amazing to finally feel right. This is how I was supposed to be,” she told US Glamour.

“I feel great. It was such a quick recovery for me. I was up and running within five days. The feeling of not having so much there was such a relief!

“Once the surgery was completed, I can’t even explain the feeling. [A week later], I was buying clothes and crying as I put them on, I was so happy. You just feel so relieved and excited. You feel like a new person. You feel like this is how I was supposed to be.”

Ariel Winter with her Modern Family co-stars - Sarah Hyland, Justin Mikita, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons and Julie Bowen
Ariel Winter with her Modern Family co-stars – Sarah Hyland, Justin Mikita, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons and Julie Bowen (Brian Dowling/Invision)

Ariel, who also voices the title character in the Disney Junior show Sofia The First, said the constant comments about her chest was a main factor in her decision.

“The internet bullies are awful. I could post a photo where I feel good, and 500 people will comment about how fat I am and that I am disgusting,” she revealed.

“It made me feel really uncomfortable because as women in the industry, we are totally over sexualised and treated like objects.

“Every article that has to do with me on a red carpet always had to do with ‘Ariel Winter’s Crazy Cleavage!’ Or ‘Ariel Winter Shows Huge Boobs At An Event!’ That’s all people would recognise me by, not, ‘Oh, she does great work on Modern Family’.”

Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter wanted to be known for her work, not her curves (Richard Shotwell/Invision)

The 5’1″ actress admitted the physical pain she suffered with her larger chest also played a part.

“I had a lot of back problems. I really couldn’t stand up straight for a long period of time. It started to hurt so bad that I couldn’t take the pain,” she said.

“My neck was hurting so bad and I actually had some problems with my spine. I had been discussing my chest with doctors for many years, but when I finally said, ‘I’m thinking of doing this’, he said, ‘Your back is going to thank you so much’.”

Ariel she decided to open up about her story to help other young women going through the same problem, saying: “It’s something that I did to better my life and better my health and I think that that can benefit a lot of young girls. I have felt more happy with myself than I ever have.”