Leg lengthening surgery gone wrong.

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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?!?!?

They're too long

I’m 5ft 3. I generally don’t have any problems with trousers as I wear leggings almost all the time. On the odd occasion I needed something smarter, I found the petite Next range was usually ok. But overall I buy very few clothes so it’s not an issue. Trying to get things off the top shelf of the supermarket is frustrating but there is usually a lanky youth around to ask. No-one has ever commented on my height. I don’t think my height is unusual or even particularly short, so 5ft 2 not vastly different. DD is 5ft 1 and annoyed that she can’t work as cabin crew (but not annoyed enough to have drastic surgery!)

I’m less than 5ft tall and while I’d very much like to be taller, there is no way I’d put myself through that. Or any other kind of unnecessary surgery, for that matter. Too much can go wrong, never mind the pain and expense.

Getting clothes to fit can be a challenge but I learned to sew as a child so can alter most things or make my own. I’m short in the body so jackets and dresses don’t always hit right at the waist. Being tall is harder when it comes to clothes - cutting bits off is easier than adding bits on.

But them ops don't make you bedbound with levers to lengthen your legs slowly and give you tremendous pain

I get short leg from River Island or New Look.

Jeez. Would you really consider having your actual legs chopped to bits to save having to take a few pairs of trousers up 😂

@Katiesaidthat

I agree. She needs therapy not surgery.

I'm 4'11" when I was younger & thinner I loved it. Not so much now as due to a medical issue I'm much much heavier and it's not easy buying wide but short clothing!

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I'm under 5'1" and love it.

I can get away with blue murder, but can't reach anything on most supermarket shelves 🤨

I have seen children have leg lengthening surgery if they have very short limbs, but that was on NHS abs the children had other painful disabilities.
For vanity it seems nuts.
Im long legged and was teased about that at school “ Daddr long legs”&c

I'm just under 5ft and I know I'm short but it only bothers me when something on the top shelf in the supermarket is just out of my reach.

Also why do they display small shoe sizes at the top of the display rack and petite trousers drag on the floor? We don't all want to wear heels with jeans.

Surgery is extreme though.

My daughter is 4’10” and she won’t be getting any taller unless something bizarre happens. We have worked very hard to instill body positivity from birth and I am very glad we did.

True @Thunderandlightningisfrightening but she must have really wanted to have the height. I wouldn’t put myself through it, it’s not going to be quick to grow 4” of leg bone!

5ft 2 although shorter than average on absolute terms is still well within an the bracket of normal female heights.

What a culture we live in, chop bits off, stitch or stick bits on, inject stuff in. No wonder so many people aren't comfortable in their skin.

I have. I'm 5'1. South Asian mixed with various other asian.It's a jungle and you need a really thick skin.
This woman is a managing director. Whatever she claims , her career hasn't been stymied by her height or any other feature for that matter. Many of us never reach such heights.
As @quantumbutterfly said she's perfectly normal height for her ethnic group.

Not sure how this story even got published it's very embarrassing for her.

I’m 5’8 and not especially tall nowadays but STILL have to ask tall men ( usually select men with their partner)to please help reach stuff for me.

They always oblige.

edit “ stack em high “ seems to be a supermarket edict.
very annoying.

Grab something long, like a bumper packet of custard creams, to shuffle it off the shelf.

It is well known surgery, been around at least since 1997 when I was offered it - but yeah, usually not for cosmetic reasons! It has a long recovery time, strange thing to do to add a bit of height.

I’m 5ft on the dot, I like my height (or lack there of). Only annoying thing is some jobs I wouldn’t meet the height requirement for.

that said I have other insecurities that I would consider getting surgery on, although this particular surgery seems very drastic to me anyway

Absolutely!! PP was ridiculous to even suggest that an awful operation was preferable to stitching some trousers up.

Get bloody Wonder Web, PP!

What kind of jobs? Like police officer?
I would never have considered my short-arsed-ness might hold me back professionally!

The child I met said her legs would be lengthened by only a small amount at a time a few cms- It was very painful for her.
This banker has no need of leg lengthening- The problem was psychological not physical pain.

I'm 5'10 and the shortest in my family now my children are grown up. Everyone under 5'7 looks short to me.

She doesn’t come across well in the article. It does sound like she may not have followed instructions properly, and not disclosed things to her medical team that she should have disclosed (medication she was taking). I can’t really see how she won, but obviously I haven’t heard all the evidence.

this made me raise an eyebrow:

In the witness box, Ms Foo told the judge that, when she signed up for the operation, she was shown a document setting out the potential complications which could result from going through with the radical procedure.
'It ran to six pages. It was like studying for your driving licence, except you are signing up for a guaranteed car crash,

Rather sounds like she is admitting she was warned about the potential risks of the surgery.

I am 5'8" and think the world is made for my height, at least I don't have to fiddle about getting my bones changed adjusting things nor find the standard worktops, cars, chairs etc uncomfortable.

I rarely have problems with clothes (sometimes a bit short in the body, that's all).

Clearly, I am above average for a woman so someone up high (hmm, bad choice of words...) needs to have a think.