“At the end of the day, someone’s going to break your legs.”
Men are paying $32,000 to have their femurs sawed in half for three inches of height. The global limb lengthening industry is projected to hit $8.6 billion by 2030. One patient died from a blood clot 16 days post-op. Society has convinced men that being 5'6" is a disability worth risking death to correct. The procedure exists because heightism is real, but paying to have your bones broken is the most expensive therapy avoidance strategy ever invented.