Some men with the desire to be taller are turning to limb-lengthening surgeries to gain a few inches and escape the feeling of being judged by their physical statures. But the procedures are expensive ...

If you were surprised to learn that the height-increasing surgery in Materialists was real, you’re not the only one. After the movie—which saw Pedro Pascal‘s character confess to getting ...

Walking in Balboa Park, 20-year-old Chandler Crews, who stands just under 5 feet tall, hardly draws a second glance from passersby. And that has long been her wish. That is far different than might ...

Some short men really struggle with their lack of height, feeling that they are both literally and figuratively looked down upon by others. That's why an increasing number of height-challenged men are ...

A 5'1" Long Island man is in the midst of a four month long medical procedure which, come May, will leave him four inches taller—and his insurance company is paying for it! 20-year-old cancer survivor ...

A woman with dwarfism has revealed how four years of limb lengthening surgery stretched her body over one foot in height. Kristen DeAndrade from West Palm Beach, Florida, was born with achondroplasia ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian politician, who had bone-stretching surgery to become taller, has admitted to having the painful procedure done eight years later, saying she was self-conscious ...

Tiffanie Didonato decided to have controversial surgery to lengthen her bones. Oct. 13, 2008 — -- For Tiffanie Didonato, nearly everything in the world was out of reach. Things others may take ...

Jones underwent lengthening of the tibia, the lower leg bone, last August and will have surgery on her upper arms early next year. Then she'll finish with her thigh bones, "the most difficult but ...

For decades, breaking someone’s legs to make them taller was a brutal solution for children born with one leg shorter than the other or patients recovering from catastrophic injuries. Now, more and ...