Cheap Leg-Lengthening In India: Short People Ready To Undergo Surgery To Lengthen Limbs?

Can you endure the pain of surgery just to achieve the height that you've been dreaming of?

In India, young people are ready to face the pain of dangerous procedures in order to lengthen their limbs. One of the young people who underwent leg-lengthening surgery was Komal, the 24-year-old woman from Kota, Western India. She visited the clinic of the surgeon in Delhi Dr. Amar Sarin to find out about the risk of the surgery, which said to be helpful to make her taller.

When the 24-year-old woman underwent the unregulated procedure, her legs were broken, thus required her to wear a brace until she could walk again. According to The Sun UK, Komal's parents sold the family's ancestral lands in order to pay the medical procedure. The 24-year-old woman said it was worth it because she was able to boost her confidence.

"I have so much confidence now," she said. "I was just 4' 6" [137cm]. People used to make fun of me and I couldn't get a job. Now my younger sister is doing it, too," she added.

Having a taller height matters among people in India. It is considered as one of the aesthetics to improve marriage and job prospects, and stand out among the crowd.

The surgeon in Delhi, Dr. Sarin admitted leg lengthening is the most difficult surgeries to perform.

"This is one of the most difficult cosmetic surgeries to perform, and people are doing it after just one or two months' fellowship, following a doctor who is probably experimenting himself, he said.

"There are no colleges, no proper training, nothing," he explained.

The president of the Indian Orthopaedic Association, Dr. Sudhir Kapoor, does not recommend this medical procedure to the people except for some rare cases, The Guardian reports.

Leg-lengthening was developed in 1950s in a small Soviet town called Kurgan in Siberia. According to the source, Gavriil Ilizarov, a Polish man who invented this surgery, and also known as "magician from Kurgan."