Growing
taller is a natural process of life and everyone hopes to grow taller quickly but like all things it must stop sometime.
Normally growth is considered to stop after puberty which varies from
person-to-person at around the 18-25 mark. There is a widespread rumour that
you cannot grow tall after puberty, that after you have reached this point you
can't grow any taller which is technically right which is why many people consider
using surgery to make themselves taller. However is getting the surgery
something that you really should consider?
What does
the surgery involve?
The
surgery is pretty gruesome and more so painful. What it involves is breaking
the tibia and fibula (the lower bones of the legs) and a device is placed onto
both ends of the broken bones piercing through the skin.
How does
it work?
The
surgeon will lengthen the device slowly pulling apart the broken bones and thus
allowing a newly formed bone to grow in the gap being made.
Is it
really worth it?
If you
haven't thrown up yet then this might be something for you but just so you
should now after the bones have been lengthened you under-go 3 to 6 months of
strengthening where you will be in a wheel chair and go through physical
therapy which has been called "extremely painful".
Still
want to go ahead with it?
If you
think you can handle the pain then a setback you will want to consider is the
potential dangers. With this surgery you may get an infection where the device
was connected, you can get a nerve injury and sometimes you may find your bones
are weaker and in a worst case scenario could break which is why you need to avoid this method even if you want to grow taller quickly.
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