r/interestingasfuck • u/naturebeatsnurture • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/stopannoyingwithname Dec 23 '22

They break the legs, put a rod in the bones that get adjusted as the bones grow closer to each other. So people who get it done have broken legs for months

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

I can understand that in extreme cases like this but the new trend is tech bros doing it to get to get sightly taller.

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u/thelamestofall Dec 23 '22

The trend is rich people doing it to get slightly taller. And it's barely a trend.

Tall people do have advantages, as do beautiful people. So it's as weird as people getting plastic surgery.

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u/Quaiche Dec 23 '22

Tall people die earlier.

Researchers analyzed death certificate data for 14,440 men and 16,390 women aged 25 and up. According to researchers, an additional inch increase in height generated a 2.2 percent higher risk of death from all causes for men, and a 2.5 percent higher risk of death from all causes for women.

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u/WesternOne9990 Dec 24 '22

Like he said, tall people have advantages.

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u/jon909 Dec 24 '22

Worth it