| Everyone wants to increase height. Surgery doesn't | | | | include the possibility of blood and/or bone infections, |
| even prevent us from trying. It's not that we all | | | | more broken bones and weakened bone structure. |
| want to be NBA giants. People generally just want | | | | |
| those extra few inches that can give them a healthy | | | | 3. Disproportion - If you do succeed in making your |
| serving of presence. There are various methods | | | | legs longer, thus increasing your height, the next thing |
| available in the market today designed just for us, | | | | you'd need to be aware of is the fact that your |
| each with its own benefits and consequences. This | | | | body is now probably disproportionate. Your legs are |
| article will explore the consequences of increasing | | | | now possibly too long for your body or your body |
| height through surgery. | | | | too short for your legs. This may seem insignificant, |
| 1. Cost - Surgery is by far the most expensive way | | | | until you start exercising and realise that physical |
| to increase height today. Surgery (In the USA) can | | | | disproportion can negatively affect your performance |
| cost anything between $10,000 to $80,000, | | | | in games and sports greatly. |
| depending on the clinic, doctor and type of surgery | | | | The long and short of it all (pun obviously intended), |
| you intend to undergo. In this economic climate, it's | | | | is simply that unless you have a legitimate physical |
| highly unlikely someone would want to pay this much | | | | abnormality, the risks involved in surgery are not |
| money just for a few inches. | | | | worth it to increase height. Surgery is too expensive, |
| 2. Risk - Bone lengthening surgery consists of the | | | | too risky and the height gained may eventually |
| surgeon breaking your bones, inserting metal plates | | | | become a hindrance. The other methods available like |
| between them, and letting the bone grow to fill the | | | | exercise techniques and supplementation, though less |
| gap between them. As you can imagine, this | | | | dramatic with their results, are healthier, more |
| procedure is extremely painful and the recovery time | | | | inexpensive and mostly don't have drastic side |
| takes quite awhile. On top of that, the risks involved | | | | effects. |