Tuesday, July 24, 2007

China Bans Leg-Lengthening Surgery

BEIJING - China has banned the controversial practice of leg-lengthening, a cosmetic surgery procedure popular among young professionals who believe height will help them climb the career ladder, after a rash of botched operations has left patients disfigured.

Leg extension surgery is a procedure that looks like something out of the Middle Ages.

A doctor breaks the patient's legs and inserts steel pins into the bones, just below the knees.


For complete story, please visit The New Zealand Herald

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