Leg lengthening surgery gone wrong.

Probably what killed off the dinosaurs too.

That's why people t-rex in supermarkets. Another Mumsnet question answered.

I'm less than five feet tall and leg lengthening surgery, even if it goes right, baffles me

If your legs are short, then your arms are also short

You're left with disproportionately long legs and little T-Rex arms

What do you do when you do get to that high shelf?

You still can't reach to the back of it

It must be a bugger for the product placement people who put things at eye height to make you notice them.
Would be interesting to see their height versus demographic stats.

Can I say ‘Thank you’ as it’s helpful people like you that I need when I’m doing my Sainsbury’s shop 😊

I guess for the same reason people have nose jobs, boob jobs…the list goes on. To give them confidence and a feeling of being ‘normal’. As a small person myself, it can be intimidating constantly having everyone literally looking down at you all the time, constantly struggling to get food shopping off the top shelves and also having to be super slim to prevent yourself from looking bigger than you actually are.

Probably should stay away from the Scandinavian countries, though I hear they're very nice places to live otherwise.

She should have asked to be posted to the Singapore office, she would have been average height there.

I worked in banking. Never once ever did anyone ever mention my height! I think I read that she went on to say it was one colleague. One swallow doesn’t make a summer…

I think that people can obsess over a physical characteristic and blame all their ills on it - boobs, bum, teeth, nose… even when to a neutral observer they look perfectly fine.

Short women are often infantalised. The world isn't set up for short people either. I wouldn't have the surgery but I understand why some would.

I worked in the city too years ago, the men were awful for sure, but how did she get enough time off to recover,,? Did she go back to her job? Was it held open for her?

The banker bullies would have found something else to bully her for if not her height.

Try explaining it to the bankers who bullied her on a regular basis.

Yes a not uncommon orthopaedic procedure .

But ‘tricky’ is a huge understatement IMO and IME having supported my Dc through it twice. Really painful. Months on painkillers including pain modification drugs and opioids / morphine based medication that takes careful withdrawal, months of compromised mobility, wheelchair, crutches. Scarring. Muscle wasting.

And while I’m on the subject people who have this done for medical reasons often need other support such as specialist footwear, a knee length splint, etc

All Of which illicit staring and stupid ‘witty’ comments from the public, if not bullying. Try being a teen with a shoe raise of several inches.

Try needing adapted shoes when MN is littered with horror about any slightly chunky shoes as ‘ORTHOPAEDIC’ .

And maybe stop it.

And back to your post specifically, @Ukrainebaby23 , minimising it as a standard sort of choice does in effect condone a decision that a normal human height is an issue and it’s no big deal to change it. A choice like a yogurt flavour… no, it really isn’t.

@TonTonMacoute interesting username.

It is a significant operation and I cannot imagine why anyone would undergo it for reasons of vanity.

DH was born with one leg 2 inches longer than the other, he was offered this operation and refused it when he found out what was involved.

I think it depends on perception. I grew very fast to the astonnishing height of 5.4. I was 12 then. Everybody called me the tall one, and I didn't like that because I never liked to stand out. but then I suddenly stopped growing. I'm still 5.4 with husband and son very tall (6.3 and 6.2) and they're always joking around me like "let me reach into the cupboard for you" or "shall I get you a ladder". I don't mind at all, it's always said very lovingly. I prefer this over being called the tall one in malice in my youth.

I think its hard to be an outlier at either end of the scale
I guess there are pros and cons to being much taller than average and being much smaller than average.

I'd love to be as tall as 5'2" but I wouldn't like to be 6ft. You would probably prefer to be shorter but not under 5ft! The average people don't know how lucky they are! 😃

I'm 6ft, snd my 11 year old daughter is 5'5". In my opinion it's far harder to be a tall woman in the UK than a short. Clothes too short in arm,leg and torso, limited dating pool, and generally feeling less feminine than my shorter sisters. No guy is going to put me on his shoulders at a concert (not that I'd want that.

I know someone who had it done years ago. It is a terribly painful operation and she was in a wheelchair for a good while after. Her body now looks out of proportion as her legs look too long for her torso and she walks with a noticeable limp. I agree that it is a surgery too far

It also sends the message that the correct response to workplace harassment is undergoing a lengthy and painful set of operations rather than getting the fuckers fired.

I disagree as condoning this is sending a very dangerous message. It says there’s something wrong with being petite, that unnecessary (highly risky and painful) surgery is okay and it discourages seeking mental help. Our modern attitude of each to their own has had dreadful consequences to society as a whole. Not one of us is a silo.

I don't like yogurt but I don't diss those that do. It's about choice.
The procedure btw is standard, although tricky and used relatively frequently in orthopaedic corrective surgery.
Wouldn't be my idea of spending money well, but neither is going to Mars..
Each to their own.

Having leg-lengthening surgery when you are an inch or two off average height is absolute nuts. Especially when, as people have said, it's not even particularly short for her ethnicity.