Youth Pays Rs 55 Lakh For Height Surgery
- 21-Jan-2021
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A 28-year-old man from Dallas, Texas has set a new record by increasing his height through surgery. Alfonso Flores always wanted a few more inches as he wanted to be taller from the age of 12 but his family and friends had all warned him against the 'unnecessary' treatment.
Flores is a freelancer and pre-med student. "I know 5'11" is a great height, and many people would love to be that tall, but I wanted just a little more than that," he told FEMAIL in an interview.
"This is something that I've really wanted to do as far as I can remember since I was 12. I decided to go for 6'1" because I started off at a great height and wanted to retain as much of my athletic ability and range of motion as possible. I seem to have retained all of it because I am able to squat the same as before," Flores said.
He had to pay around $75,000 (around Rs 55 lakh) for the surgery, which was done by Harvard-trained orthopaedic surgeon Dr Kevin Debiparshad of The LimbplastX Institute in Las Vegas.
