The original GQ artilce, which is a lot longer, and goes into graphic detail about the surgery, can be read at
They did it in Gattaca
You’ve got to be totally nuts to do something like that to yourself.
At first l thought this was the Babylon Bee but l guess not. If you are putting yourself through this your problem is not your height.
It would be nice to be taller.
But not at this kind of price.
Learn to be happy with who you are.
In case anyone is wondering where this apparent fad came from, look no further than China, where young girls do this to ‘enhance their beauty’. Question is: can they meet the iPhone challenge is are they skinny enough to make their knees disappear under the phone.
China’s Dangerously Sexy Trends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknjLHd2Pzk
extend people’s height by 3 to 6 inches , will they get a nose bleed
That’s crazy! Whatever happened to platform shoes?
WHy not do it the old fashioned way?.....Old school is best..............
I’m 6’ 2” and I wouldn’t want to be any taller. I have enough scars on my head from running into things. And sitting in coach would be even worse, since it’s the legs that are lengthened. No thanks.
From one of my Drill Sgts, “If your feet reach the ground, your legs aren’t too short.”
Here I am just yesterday, on the way to work.
People are still doing this? That’s an awful lot of expense and pain to go through for something that may have only intrinsic value. Maybe your fortunes will change for the better, maybe not. Those experiencing no change might want their money back, but then, you can’t give back any new growth, can you. That is Elective Surgery that probably won’t be covered unless a Psychologist supports it.
I’m a 5’8” guy who lied to myself, the DMV, the Navy, my Doctors for years. I told everybody I was 5’10”.
Then one day at a doctor’s appt. a young, cute Nurse Assistant put me on one of those old fashioned metal scales with the sliding discs, and she (loudly!) declared I was 5’8” !! I about died, right then and there. “There must be some mistake!”
It was then, I knew it was time to stop lying to myself and that nobody else really cared one way or another.
I saw a bbc show years ago, “The life and loves of a she-devil”, where the main character did just that!
Any surgeon that agrees to do this should have his\her license revoked!
If it ain't broke don't mess with what you don't understand. It's one of the fundament rules of engineering.
Can we get any more stupid?
Since this is in GQ magazine, I assume it's overblown out of all proportion and those handful who are getting surgery are men trying to attract other men.