10 types of surgeries you won’t believe exist – #2 will make you shiver! (With Pictures)

9. Limb-Lengthening

Distraction osteogenisis, otherwise known as limb-lengthening surgery, was originally developed by Alessandro Codivilla to reconstruct skeletal deformities. The procedure was reserved for people with Dwarfism and children with one leg longer than the other. Today, limb-lengthening surgery is a radical cosmetic craze. The procedure is arduous, prolonged, and extremely painful. Only a few doctors perform the surgery in the U.S., and it can cost as much as $85,000, which is a high price to pay to add two or three inches to your height. And the pain, well… it’s medieval. How does it work? The patient’s shin bones are broken, telescopic rods are inserted, and the rods pull the bones apart roughly 1 millimeter a day.