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?
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