United Kingdom warns of the dangerous tendency of cosmetic surgeries to lengthen legs. It can be “extremely painful”.
The phenomenon is not new. We already had, in 2022, that there is a surgery radical aesthetics to gain popularity among men: leg stretching. To get higher.
They are mainly men looking for this operation. They want to be (a little) higher to increase their trust – or to increase the likelihood of finding their girlfriend they want.
Explains that the first step is a Osteotomy: The surgeon saw the bone of the leg, dividing it into two parts. Every day, and in a matter of millimeters, the sections are removed by a stretching device – usually an external metal structure fixed through the skin and bone.
Patients have to run small screws several times a day; The bones are thus forced to separate. Over the course of months, the body tries to heal itself, growing a new bone to collect the elongated space.
Everything to stay at most, 8 centimeters higher.
The dangers
Almost three years later, “fashion” remains. In fact, the trend even has grown – and the danger also grow.
Recently, the United Kingdom National Health Service warned that this surgery can originate inability lifelong.
Over an extremely slow and painful recovery, in some cases the patients pass immobilized weeks; Then there is MONTHS OF DAILY PHYSIOTHERAPY to lengthen the muscles and reappear to walk.
Many patients also undergo infections, bone healing problems, joint rigidity or nerve injuries.
“Leg stretching surgery is not a quick solution – it is a serious and invasive procedure which can be beneficial for patients when there is a genuine clinical need, but it entails significant risks It requires informed discussions between the patient and the surgeon, ”warned Tim Briggs, national director of the United Kingdom National Health Service.
Tim Briggs added that treatment, which extends for months, can be “Extremely painful”, Reinforcing that the person can have infection, nerve damage, blood clots and even permanent disability.
“Anyone who considers this surgery for aesthetic reasons abroad should think very carefully about the long recovery and the risks, and I discourage it, unless it is well informed about where you are looking for treatment,” he warned.
Doing such surgery in the UK can reach 277 thousand euros.
