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Leg lengthening surgery gone wrong.

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Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 13:35

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13642509/High-flying-5ft-2in-banker-grew-5ft-6in-car-crash-leg-lengthening-surgery-left-one-limb-six-inches-longer-wins-payout-settles-1m-court-case-against-surgeon.html

Why would anyone do this?!?!?

5ft 2in banker settles £1m case against her leg-lengthening surgeon

Elaine Foo, (pictured with her legal team), sued her leg surgeon Dr Jean-Marc Guichet (pictured inset) over his alleged botched operation. She worked in London for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13642509/High-flying-5ft-2in-banker-grew-5ft-6in-car-crash-leg-lengthening-surgery-left-one-limb-six-inches-longer-wins-payout-settles-1m-court-case-against-surgeon.html

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Benjilassi · 17/07/2024 14:47

The article does say she "frequently declined' to follow her surgeon's advice and had neglected her rehabilitation and physiotherapy."

CormorantStrikesBack · 17/07/2024 14:45

Im 5ft 2”, nobody has ever said anything to me about being short. Literally never. I’m amazed some people get weekly comments. I have a professional job and nobody has ever expressed surprise at my competence due to my job.

I don’t even particularly find the clothes thing a pain. I tend to wear dresses, if I get trousers then try for petite length but if that’s not possible I hand sew them up. It’s a 20 min job max and if’s not hard. Only thing I can’t do is jeans so I’d get them done for me.

leg lengthen surgery sounds risky. Even if it goes ok surely the risk of arthritis in later life is there.

CactusMactus · 17/07/2024 14:43

I'm 5.1" and don't really think of myself as short!

Only real problem is getting stuff out of the top cupboard - but that's why I have a 6.3" partner!

Deb13b · 17/07/2024 14:43

When I was a teenager many years ago I wanted it. I'm only 5ft tall. Sometimes short sizes are still too long ! Now, at 52, I'm pleased I didn't have the chance to get it ! Though I am worried about when I start shrinking with age....

Oblomov24 · 17/07/2024 14:43

I'm really small, and shrinking! But his surgery looks questionable.

kittensinthekitchen · 17/07/2024 14:41

No words for those - supposed adults - who 'bullied' her into being so unhappy she embarked on this traumatic surgery?

Well, as long as you think she was fine, what a shame she didn't come seeking your opinion beforehand.

Cluborange666 · 17/07/2024 14:40

I’m 5’1. There are a lot of things I’d change about myself but I’ve never worried about my height. Hasn’t put men off or affected my life experiences. I just need to use Bacofoil to flick things down off the top shelf in the supermarket.

Feelsodrained · 17/07/2024 14:31

A bit dumb saying you don’t understand why she had it. Why does anyone have a boob job, facelift, veneers, fillers, Brazilian butt lift? The list is endless. People get it done because they want to look different to how they currently look. Isn’t that obvious? Most of the operations are done on people who look perfectly fine without them but they still want them.

Gowlett · 17/07/2024 14:30

I’m with you OP. Wouldn’t get anything cosmetic done to myself. Medical treatment only.

But judging how popular cosmetic surgery, aesthetics etc are, I am just one person of my mindset.

MeouwCat · 17/07/2024 14:28

Just as an aside, want there a psch who used to authorise leg amputations for people who believed they were amputees trapped in a healthy body?

Sharptonguedwoman · 17/07/2024 14:27

Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 14:21

It's not unusually small though is it

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Not sufficient to warrant surgery, I would say.

Cattenberg · 17/07/2024 14:26

Harvard graduate Elaine Foo, 49, had always been 'self conscious about her height' and decided to go under the knife after 'experiencing bullying' whilst working on Bank of America Merrill Lynch's trading floor in London, the High Court heard.

This is the real problem that needs solving. 5ft 2 is a perfectly normal height, especially for a woman of South East Asian descent.

Gingerdancedbackwards · 17/07/2024 14:25

BIWI · 17/07/2024 13:53

5ft 2in is shorter than average. The average height for women is 5ft 4in.

I am 5' 1", so another inch would be fabulous. Another 5 inches would be amazing!
But sometimes, you count your other blessings!

cupcaske123 · 17/07/2024 14:24

Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 14:21

It's not unusually small though is it

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It's not. I think the average height of a woman in the UK is 5,3.

Katiesaidthat · 17/07/2024 14:23

She would have to care very much about her height, that kind of surgery is excruciatingly painful. So painful that I would think someone 5.2 who attempted it, really needed a psychiatrist, not a surgeon.

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Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 14:21

Sharptonguedwoman · 17/07/2024 14:16

Well I'm 5 ft 8 and I think5 ft 2 is quite small.

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It's not unusually small though is it

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veritusvariety · 17/07/2024 14:19

That said, being short makes life much harder given everything is designed for average male height...cars, work surfaces, I could go on

veritusvariety · 17/07/2024 14:18

I thinks it's a shame society seems to set value by aesthetics, rather than celebrating we're all brilliantly unique.

ShouldhavebeencalledAppollo · 17/07/2024 14:16

Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 14:06

No I'm 5 foot 3 and buy short leg jeans.
It's drastic to have that operation and look what's happened to her because of it

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My daughter is 5ft 2 and short legged jeans work for her.

They don’t work for a colleague who is the same height as it’s about proportions.

My adult daughter gets really fed up about people commenting on her height and how small she is, how young she looks cause she is short and so on. Even when she is working in a Professional setting

Barely a week goes by that someone doesn’t verbalise to her that they are surprised she is good at her job as she looks so young and small.

I can’t imagine dd would get this operation, but I can certainly understand the frustration, which then turns into feeling like you need to do something

Sharptonguedwoman · 17/07/2024 14:16

Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 13:52

Both the patient and the doctor! 5 foot 2 isn't small for a woman anyway

Well I'm 5 ft 8 and I think5 ft 2 is quite small.

NasiDagang · 17/07/2024 14:11

I'm 5'1 but size 8 and wear kids clothes at the moment because everything looks like a tent on me. It's difficult finding properly fitted clothes.

masomenos · 17/07/2024 14:08

Leg lengthening surgery is definitely a thing, especially among wealthy, short young men in pressure cooker environments. Height and athletic ability are very much vaunted attributes in some worlds.

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Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 14:06

Epicaricacy · 17/07/2024 14:02

are you on a wind up 🙄

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No I'm 5 foot 3 and buy short leg jeans.
It's drastic to have that operation and look what's happened to her because of it

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amoreoamicizia · 17/07/2024 14:05

I can understand that, @Helloworld56 . I'm size 8 but 5'7 and a lot of things swamp me unless I go for brands known to be small, so I can imagine them being massive on shorter women.

SBHon · 17/07/2024 14:04

Thunderandlightningisfrightening · 17/07/2024 13:52

Both the patient and the doctor! 5 foot 2 isn't small for a woman anyway

It is. It’s shorter than average.