Think You are Too Short, Your Height can be Surgically Enhanced

 

Growing up, we heard crazy stories of people who underwent medical procedures to increase their height, but these tales were never proven, and there was no documented evidence to indicate that such was possible. A few years later, I read the ridiculous story of how footballer Lionel Messi had to medically increase his height so as to get accepted in the elite football club, Barcelona.

Though these were mere street fables sweetened by storytellers intent on winning the largest crowd, Business Insider has just confirmed that in India, people can really, medically, increase their height through a process called ‘cosmetic limb-lengthening surgery’ which is currently booming in the country.

According to the media house, the process, which is not really regulated, is very painfully and can take up to 6 months before a patient heals. This procedure started after some Indians claimed that their height was inhibiting them from getting married or gaining employment.

“I have so much confidence now,” said a a 24-year-old woman who is now 3-inches taller. her parents sold their land for her to be able to afford the procedure. “I was just 4-foot-6-inches. People used to make fun of me and I couldn’t get a job,” she told the Guardian. “Now my younger sister is doing it too.“

The report also adds that Indian women are, on average, about 5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall, and their men are shorter then most men in the world as they stand, on average, at 5 feet 4 3/4 inches.

It won’t be long before India is flooded by people who have been seeking an opportunity of this kind. Will you be one of them?

SOURCE:OLISATV