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Software engineers from big tech firms are paying at least $75,000 to get 3 in taller

Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:35 pm
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2100 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:35 pm
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A Las Vegas cosmetic surgeon who specializes in leg-lengthening procedures that can extend people's height by 3 to 6 inches told GQ magazine that many of his patients are tech workers.

Kevin Debiparshad founded LimbplastX Institute in 2016, and the clinic's business has boomed during the pandemic, he told GQ. 

Here's how it works: The doctor breaks the patients' femurs, or thigh bones, and inserts metal nails into them that can be adjusted. The nails are extended a tiny bit every day for three months with a magnetic remote control, GQ reported.

It can take months to slowly lengthen the bones and for the legs to heal. One software engineer told GQ he spent the first three months after his surgery alone in his apartment and ordered delivery food during that time to go from 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9.

The procedure costs between $70,000 and $150,000, depending on whether the patient wants to grow 3, 4, 5, or 6 inches, GQ said.


Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:37 pm to
No way this has any long term negatives

Also, solid job by the author on the editiorilized title.

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The common denominator of Debiparshad's client base is that they're wealthy, but they vary by profession: GQ reported that he'd treated CEOs, actors, and finance employees. And a bevy of high-earning tech workers — mostly men but some women — have come to him for the procedure.
This post was edited on 9/17/22 at 12:39 pm
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9657 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:37 pm to
Sounds like Gattica - and sounds extremely painful. I'm surprised this is possible tbh
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21497 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:37 pm to
Dag gum, that’s a lot of pain.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63549 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:38 pm to
Plant baws fina stretch.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32719 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:42 pm to
South Park did it first.
Posted by tterrific
Member since Sep 2022
649 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:42 pm to
What does being tall buy you when you're a working adult and your basketball days are behind you?
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
19313 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

The doctor breaks the patients' femurs, or thigh bones, and inserts metal nails into them that can be adjusted. The nails are extended a tiny bit every day for three months with a magnetic remote control, GQ reported.

Posted by STLDawg
The Lou
Member since Apr 2015
3755 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:43 pm to
If you’re at least 5’10” your height is not a negative (sorry to y’all Cajun manlets).
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
7612 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:45 pm to
Can I get a remote control that lengthens other parts from 6-9”?
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23644 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:50 pm to
This will end up like the penile enlargement surgeries - all sorts of future problems.

One doctor would inject fat to make the penis thicker. The fat ended up migrating and the guys had grossly lumpy penises. The lengthening process, which involved cutting ligaments to extend the penis out, was also laden with bad side effects (including loss of erection).

"Hey, I have a fat 8 inch dick, though it is lumpy and I can't get it up."
Posted by Impotent Waffle
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
9729 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:50 pm to
What could go wrong long term???

Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63225 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:51 pm to
Easy way for some OT ballers to reduce BMI.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23644 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:52 pm to
I knew a guy in high school who was about 5 3 and he pulled in all kind of girls and "older" (at that time, that means not in h.s.) women.

He also had the shittiest car I've ever seen - a Vega with wide tires and a jacked up rear end. It had a small steering wheel.
Posted by HoboDickCheese
The overpass
Member since Sep 2020
9379 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:53 pm to
Mingo already has a consultation scheduled
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17063 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:56 pm to
Hellzzzz no. That surgery would suck with the rehab you would have to do
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96443 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 1:00 pm to


Why?

If you already have that kind of money, money is a bigger lure to getting what you want than three inches in height.

Three inches in length? That may be different.
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27358 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 1:01 pm to
There is a rumor that Justin Bieber had this procedure
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62894 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 1:03 pm to
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procedure costs between $70,000 and $150,000,

Suckers. I know a time proven, cheaper way....
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98341 posts
Posted on 9/17/22 at 1:04 pm to
OTers are all 6-4 and above so don't really need it.
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