Increase Height Surgery

Posted by pink on August 6, 2009

Everything else being equal, a taller person will be perceived as more attractive compared to his/her equally good-looking counterpart. What will you do in the name of beauty. Will you be willing to sacrifice 9 months of your life to achieve  an increase in height through a painful surgery?

Leg-lengthening clinics are rare but they do exist. You can find one in Russia. According to orthopedic surgeon Konstantin Novikov, they try to convince their patients to not undergo the operation. A 23-year old woman had undergone leg lengthening in the Russian clinic to achieve an additional 5 cm in her height. It costs her equivalent of £16,000 and nine months of her life.  procedure isn’t easy involves metal pins being inserted into the legs.