Limb-Lengthening Surgery - Go or No-Go?

[+ MysticMenace]

Have you guys seen this video about limb-lengthening surgery? It sounds like hundreds of patients already have undergone this operation, but medical professionals and patients have mentioned how painful the surgery could be. For those who are vertically challenged or those who just want to be taller, would you go through this procedure?

 

 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

No, it makes your penis look smaller by comparison

[viewing ownly]

We're much better off sticking to finding a guy that's our height, so as Jerry Seinfeld puts it, we can double our wardrobe. 

[dutchal]

Am waiting for them to adapt this to third leg surgery.

[CuriousByNature]

As long as it didn't make my head look to small for my body. 

[Rudynate]

Damn - that's amazing!  Knowing what a mofo orthopedic surgeries are, I don't think I would undergo one for mostly cosmetic reasons.

[dutchal]

1 hour ago, Rudynate said:

Damn - that's amazing!  Knowing what a mofo orthopedic surgeries are, I don't think I would undergo one for mostly cosmetic reasons.

Read these descriptions and you'll realize this is the mother of all mofos:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/24316-limb-lengthening-surgery

https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/limb-lengthening-surgery

 

[+ nycman]

Ridiculous.

We’re catering to mental illness. 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I've known someone who went through this.  The scarring on his legs was awful.  He said the pain was immense and that his surgeon said a lot of the people who go through this end up with pain pill addictions.  

Height is one of those born-with things I'm very, very thankful for.  It's served me well.

I'd agree in this instance that just because you can doesn't mean you should.

 

 

[BonVivant]

It’s insanity. Hell no!  

[samhexum]

I had no interest in this topic, but after seeing it for days, I had to pop in to see if anyone mentioned The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, a 1983 novel by British author Fay Weldon that was made into a weird but interesting miniseries.

Ruth is an abnormally tall and ugly housewife whose husband, Bobbo, considers their relationship an open marriage based on convenience alone and only married her because he got her pregnant when they were teenagers. Bobbo only truly loves his mistress Mary Fisher, a famous, wealthy romance novelist. When Ruth passionately indicates her disapproval for Bobbo's extramarital affair, he calls her a "she-devil", causing her to reassess her life. She resolves to behave in accordance with the label he has given her.

Bobbo leaves Ruth and their two children and goes to live with Mary, to whom he soon proposes. Ruth plots her revenge on them.

After destroying her hubby and getting rich in the process, Ruth uses her money to change her lifestyle and appearance, undergoing a series of surgeries to completely restructure her body to be identical to Mary.  She has her legs shortened.

In the mediocre movie version (that I have a fondness for), Meryl Streep is a hoot as Mary, Roseanne is effective as Ruth, and A. Martinez flashes some (g-rated) skin as Garcia, Mary's 'houseboy'.  Ed Begley, Jr. plays Bob.  Linda Hunt was also fun.  Ruth doesn't have any surgeries in that version.

[+ purplekow]

This surgery while essentially cosmetic has economic gains attached to it.  Taller people are viewed as more deserving of promotions especially in some Asian cultures.  It seems ridiculous to undergo painful surgery to add a few inches to one's height, but there are many people who will try to advance their career in any way they can.

[BSR]

12 minutes ago, purplekow said:

This surgery while essentially cosmetic has economic gains attached to it.  Taller people are viewed as more deserving of promotions especially in some Asian cultures.  It seems ridiculous to undergo painful surgery to add a few inches to one's height, but there are many people who will try to advance their career in any way they can.

Or you could put the $75,000 toward getting an MBA and see how that advances your career.

[+ purplekow]

16 hours ago, BSR said:

Or you could put the $75,000 toward getting an MBA and see how that advances your career.

This surgery was awhile back very popular in China.  I believe 60 minutes or one such show did a report on it.  Mostly it was being done by people who had been passed over for promotion and who felt they had the qualifications but not the height.  Perhaps a misconception on their part or the reality that taller people and also better looking people get promotions faster than others.

[TruthBTold]

I would say no.  There are plenty of guys who are looking for shorter guys.  Work on your body in other ways, it will ache from doing those exercises.  However those will pay off.

[Luv2play]

23 hours ago, purplekow said:

This surgery while essentially cosmetic has economic gains attached to it.  Taller people are viewed as more deserving of promotions especially in some Asian cultures.  It seems ridiculous to undergo painful surgery to add a few inches to one's height, but there are many people who will try to advance their career in any way they can.

Napoleon Bonaparte was the poster boy of a short man getting ahead in life. 

[TruthBTold]

12 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Napoleon Bonaparte was the poster boy of a short man getting ahead in life. 

Actually Napoleon was 5'6/5'7.  This was average for a French man at that time.  

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, TruthBTold said:

Actually Napoleon was 5'6/5'7.  This was average for a French man at that time.  

It might have been the average but in those days the average person was poorly nourished, hence the Revolution. The aristocracy tended to be taller. The beheaded king, Louis XVI, was 6’1” before he lost his head. 
The Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon, was 5’9”, not that tall but taller than the average Englishman. 
On the other side of the ocean, Sir Isaac Brock, the fallen hero of the defenders of Canada against the US in the War of 1812, was 6’2”. It made him a big target on the battlefield in his colourful jacket. And a bullet pierced that jacket, in the heart. 

[BonVivant]

It’s now 2024.  If you are short it ain’t cause of lack of food!  It’s cause of genetics. Live with it. 

[+ APPLE1]

NEVER! Whenever someone says to me "it must be so nice to be tall," my response is "the world is tailored to short people. You have no idea what it's like to crawl in and out of average cars, plane seats, busses, or any other spot you are crammed into for hours at a time!"

[mike carey]

2 hours ago, APPLE1 said:

NEVER! Whenever someone says to me "it must be so nice to be tall," my response is "the world is tailored to short people. You have no idea what it's like to crawl in and out of average cars, plane seats, busses, or any other spot you are crammed into for hours at a time!"

I'm not too tall, 187cm, but that thought came to mind today. I was on a coach (rail track work so they'd replaced trains with buses) and observed that I was at about the upper height limit to fit in the seat with any degree of comfort. I already check the seat pitch when I book flights. There was one five-minute stop where I could have got off, umm I mean disembarked, but didn't feel the need to, so I still had a slight margin!

[mike carey]

Just under 6'2".

[+ nycman]

On 3/23/2024 at 4:07 AM, mike carey said:

Just under 6'2".

LMAO….I was just about to post this!

[Monarchy79]

To each his own….

I do believe in procedures to enhance and maintain one’s appearance to make them look and feel better… 

 

but I’ve never been a fan of “alterations” (i.e, implants, nose jobs, height surgeries etc.) I feel like people are (for the most part), created in a way where everything fits; And one’s height goes with everything else (shoe

size, hand size, head size, shoulder width, etc.) 

 

So although  someone who will  get this surgery will be happier with being taller, someone with a trained eye will easily see that something is a bit “imbalanced” with their entire proportions. 
 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2024 by Monarchy79

[ShortCutie7]

Absolutely not, it has taken me a lifetime to embrace my very short height, and it now has become a major part of my personality!