A medical procedure is gaining popularity with men who wish to be taller — even though it means sawing through bone. Officially called distraction osteogenesis, but more commonly known as leg extension surgery, the operation involves cutting through the patients’ femur or tibia bones.
Doctors then keep the bones separated with metal implants so that the bones will form new cells and grow back several inches apart, adding height in the process, per Futurism.com.
Dr. Kevin Debiparshad of the LimbplastX Institute in Las Vegas has claimed that he has performed over 30 procedures in the past year. Though the operation had previously been restricted to those with physical deformities, the cosmetic industry is now getting in on the action.
“The concept is not something that’s new, we knew we could do this for a long time,” Debiparshad said. “It’s just that now technology is catching up with what we knew we could do, so now we can push new applications.”
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