Doing Expensive Operation for Increasing Height

News Health Articles - Doing Expensive Operation for Increasing Height. Has a body size that is shorter than other people can sometimes make people insecure. A man in England willing to perform expensive operations that could increase his height.

Chris Johnson (25 years) are often called short because it has height 2 inches (5 cm) shorter than the average height of a man in England. This condition makes it confident but also feel uncomfortable if you have to use shoes that have extra at the bottom.



But two years ago he found a cosmetic surgery that can make the legs longer and give her extra height as his desire. He was saving money in order to perform the operation for 34 000 pounds sterling.

Until finally the surgeon perform a complex and painful surgery in September 2010 to make his height increased 2.5-inch (6.35 cm). And he could walk normally again in March 2011.

"I know what I would do, and now I no longer worry about the height that I possess," said Chris, as quoted from Dailymail, Monday (02/01/2012).

Controversial operation was conducted by Dr. Jean-Marc Guichet (50 years) at his clinic in Marseilles. This operation is usually performed on people with foot conditions that are not symmetrical (one leg longer than the other leg) or to improve the condition of dwarfism.

"Demand of this operation is three times as much in the last 10 years, but I just want to do it if I was sure the patient really wants it," said Dr. Guichet.

This is because it helps the patient to perform a full recovery and get all the functions normally. Usually the patient has to prepare his physical so fit and healthy and have the bones and muscles in the legs strong.

"Actually, the short body posture is not a problem, but some of them become less confident that affect their lives. I believes in this operation is safe and can later be accepted as breast augmentation surgery," he said.

This operation lasts 4-6 hours and can add a maximum height of 4 inches (10.16 cm) in one single operation, but on average only adds 2.5 inches. During operations in drill hole through the center of the upper femur and telescopic stainless-steel rod inserted vertically into the drill channels in the last leg bone.

Later the leg will be extended and legs in 2 months to grow about 2.5 inches. Patients may feel inconveniences and pain after surgery because of the renovation of the muscles and tendons, then at least after 4 months she could walk normally.

Chris said it took him two weeks to find the perfect position and felt a little sick. But now he was able to walk normally with exercise runs for 1 hour each day.