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  • thats nothing im about to be 16 & im 5'3 :'( i hate being short

  • I'm a naturally 6'0+ Asian club member. No medieval braces for me

  • FUCK! I'm 4 3, and after seeing this I'm glad to be a dwarf. DWARFS FOREVER!!!

  • I am 20 years old and I am 4' 11". anyone taller than this who cries about being too short needs to get a reality check. and here it is: YOU COULD BE SHORTER:!!! Those of you who are younger than 14, here is yours: YOU COULD GET TALLER, YOUR NOT DONE GROWING!!!!! I know I'll be getting some hate mail for this but really being short is not that bad. Yeah people make fun of you sometimes but you grow a thicker skin. And tall ppl love to date short ppl. My boyfriend is 6'2'' and he loves my height.

  • @burninggal3421 You're a girl and it's different.... You see, guys are supposed to be taller and more confident. Not shorter and inferior to girls.

  • how much does the surgery cost?

    and can I do it on my upper legs too?

    I am only 4´9" wich is 145 cm. I would love to get taller and I am really depressed about me height. People always makes jokes of me and many people have told me that i would never get anyone who would love me as I am coz I look like a dwarf to them. I now that sounds silly but it HURTS when people sya things like that to me.

  • FUCK THE SUPERFICIAL STANDARDS OF SOCIETY!

  • And BTW when i was on HGH i mostly hang on a bar after the Gym, for like 5 mins everyday..

  • I remember 5 years before, i took HGH and some juice and the HGH helped me grow 9 cm taller, now i'm 24 Years old and 6 ft 2

  • im 5'11 18 and i havent grown since i was 13 :/

  • Why the fuck im watching this

  • Seriously? I'm glad I live in America where height can't deny you admissions to college.

  • I'm 5"6.5 16 I think that's stupid that they don't accept people in universities because of their height if they are smart why does it matter it's height

  • im 4'11 and im 13

  • It's hard to fit in. That's why I most say "F" the world if they can't accept me. Lol

  • It sucks. Even though I'm 5'8", I'm all torso. My inseam is only about 28", shorter than any pair of pants I've ever seen at the stores.  Walmart's lowest is 30" with a rare 29".

  • I am staying short, I am 17 and 3"8, and always wanted to be taller, but after seeing this I am happy to stay under 4" :/

  • breast implant sucks

    bone stretching sucks

  • It's easy to criticize people that want to get this when you are not short. Why is it okay for someone to get breast implants, but god forbid helping short people through cosmetic procedure. I say if you want to do it then get it without anybody else's opinion, fuck everybody else. I was 5'2 in 8th grade and picked on every day, I was on the verge of suicide, luckily I hit puberty late and grew much taller and am now 6'1, but I know what it's like my friend. Don't let anybody discourage you.

  • lol I'm a 15 year old girl and I'm already 6 feet xD them asians be jelly lol

  • You guys are bunch of girls, when i get older im geting it.

  • 14 and 5'2...taller than my mom :p

    this is looks too painful, i like my height now

  • I'm just fine being 5ft 5, thank you

  • my legs hurt from watching this D:

    i'll just stay a 5ft 2 girl, thanks

  • Most women in the world are below 5'7"! models arent known for their beauty! they look like 7 foot tall teenage boys. Go look up marilyn monroe,vida guerra,kim kardashain,shakira,jessica simpson,mulher melao,mayra veronica,etc! all these women are not tall!! actually, shorter women have more estrogen which explains their curves! who the hell wants daddy long leg/grasshopper legs! women need to stop idolizing these ugly crackhead looking flat chested 7 foot tall telephone pole looking models

  • @markee871 Woooow that made me feel soooo much better for being 5''9 and 120 lbs... -.-

  • do you want to add growth supplements to your height growth regimen? check out "gloxi height enhancer" on ebay.com - we have a 10 STAR rating on Ebay.

  • omg im 14 and 5'11 imagine me in china LOL!!! docters say i might me 6'4 maybe 6'5

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  • If I could get the opposite of this, I would.

  • Wait... so he can hear those surgeons drilling in his legs?!

  • Im only 4'8 and almost 14, but its a great height to be a flyer in cheer...!

  • That look bloody painful.

    5.9 and 17 will I grow?

  • I'm only 5'4" but i still get a lot of pussies,

    (uck yeah they are pretty hot and attractive girls

    )

    and still able to get a nice & decent job. It's how you carry yourself.

  • oh god...

  • I'd rather do an endless stretching than undergoing this operation. This not good at all.

  • fuck that shit just be proud the way you are.

  • fuck that i rather get HGH shots

  • i scrolled down the page when the procedures started lol damn i can hear the hammering ugh

  • I'm 11 inches soft do i need too worry?

  • @JackAcix eesh yeah your a micro dude. ;0

  • i'm 21 and only 4'10" >.>

  • @chibiSORAchibiL Short girls are cute.

  • LOL just be happy with your height. This is not worth being a little taller....

  • dude ur only 17, relax u have 4 more years to grow..

  • ill just stay short no thanks

  • ah, wish i was taller. im only 5"8, and im 17 already :/

  • @Derekjcb I'm 18 and only 5'7" , don't think you need to worry!

  • @Derekjcb Be happy, I am 5"6 and 19.

  • @Derekjcb ok u jokin rite ..lol

  • @Derekjcb i'm 15 and with a height of 5"5, i think we can still grow, i heard males usually stop growing at the middle ages of 20. also i'm sure exercising daily, eating right, and sleeping longer will truly be effective!

  • @NIGHT2PWN Hmm, I think I was about 5"7 at your age. I've just grown 1.5 inches since then. :/ I think guys stop growing at 18 or something.

  • @Derekjcb You're taller than me.. xD

  • @Derekjcb im 18 and im 5'4....so eat a dick nigga

  • @Derekjcb hey your lucky im 5.6 and im 18 lol

  • @Derekjcb Only? 5.8 is the world man's average height.. im 5'4, nearly 18.. it hurts trust me..

  • @Derekjcb

    shut up im 16 and 154cm u ungratful cunt

  • @Derekjcb I'm 5 ft 4 and 16. I'd love to be your height.

  • @Derekjcb bro your in an excelent height wish i was your height i am 24 5''5 inches...

  • @Derekjcb

    Bro I'm 16 and 5'1".

    I wish I was as tall as you.

  • @Derekjcb Bro im 6''3 and im 17 already too :\

  • @Derekjcb Quit whining.

  • @Derekjcb Bro, I'm 5''9 but I wouldn't think less of you-...

  • @Derekjcb ugh I wish I was 5'8"! lol im 5'5" :\

  • @Derekjcb LOL fuck you I'm only 5'2" :(

  • @Derekjcb 5.8 is fine.

  • Fuckin ouch

  • this is not worth it to anyone watching this video and is thinking of do it. Height is always every thing and there are many other simple ways to get taller. This video was horrible to watch it made my legs and feet hurt by just watching but i woder how they feel is it really worth it.

  • @theseth905 if you were 5'4 you or shorter you wouldn't be saying that now would you

  • @theseth905 4 inches taller is a big number, but i will never do it :D

  • omg it's not worth to take this risk....does taller really mean anything?

    as I watch this, I feel numbness and painfulness in my feet...it's too horrible!

  • India have now done a break through where a person can gain 5 inches in a single month lol

    They are useing the idea from france where WOOD is turned into human BONE, infact its strong then human bone and also has a fast healing time.

    So you dont have to sit in pain for a whole two months while they break your bones EVER DAY lol.

    Just amazing how science pushes along so fast!!!

  • @jimbob202019 Can you tell me  in India where this this kind of treatment is given kindly post the complete address if you can.

  • People would seriously reject someone for a job, college, or a relationship simply based on height? That's so pathetically shallow it's saddening.

  • @FinalEclipse06 yep...happens everyday. Just like people are rejected for looks and weight.

  • there is a safe way to grow taller called " super-growth height enhancer"  google it.

  • i need this surgery....i'm only 6'2! but i wanna be at least 6'5.....

  • @axfndi62 6'5?why? being 6'5 doesnt mean anything, it's not gonna make strong or tough, or a real man

  • @axfndi62 6 ft 2 is good man above that you would be feel bad! When you get old you walk like hunchback and i think you wouldn't wanna be like that aye!

  • anyone know how much this cost? over there vs. over here?

  • if you really want to grow taller subscribe my channel i grew 3 inches after puberty.

  • @johngellerrf it honestly worked for me,,,,,

  • i feel weak after watching this vid ugh

  • powerfulest??? is that a word

  • dammit why can't i fucking find anything about bone shortening. everythings about fucking loosing weight and getting taller. im fucking tired of this shit.

  • Two questions before comments.

    1) does anyone knows if in Argentina someone do this medical surgery ?

    2)Name of the Hospital an Dr.

    I´m not short, in fact I´m 1.75 m , but I think this is something wonderfull, for many people all around the world. The same thing for all those men who do not have hair...... short, and less-hair must not be nice. Good look to the scientists !!!

  • I would hit my dick with a rubber mallet than undergoing this surgery to increase my height.

  • Chinese people are very beautiful (skin esp, so shiny) and super cute to me. Everyone has insecurities and this is one of them. However, if what this Doc says is true, that their height can damage the chances of getting into a job or even education in the country - then that's something really horrible to do to people, pressuring them to feel more insecure and desperate. I don't like people who play with people's insecurities like that.

  • I like short girls.

  • DAmnnn just watching this it hurt me

  • this looks terrible man i bet no ones gonna get this thing done after he/she watches this video

  • screw god for making human beings judge others on height

  • why is china so obsessed with westerner's idea of beauty?first hitch and stitch (eye enlargement, kind of) surgery and now height surgery?

  • it hurts to watch this

  • Why are the japanese people still so undeveloped where as they still think they are? They are one of the leading countries in elecrtronic items, got a highly developed infrastructure and the densest population on earth. But why the hell they still struggle to such a dumb "Medical" procedure? Come on Japan, wake up of your dream world, and start to realize the whole world!!!

  • @Blacksinner92 they are chinese not japanese lol

  • they are chinese not japanese lol 

  • @surianahrdjono

    The same thing is going on in Japan.

  • @jblackrupert no, it isnt your an idiot!! I lived ion japan till recently, so I would know better than you retard.

  • @BeautyByKaty

    Honey, there are several doctors doing this in Japan.

    And much as you think you know everything now.. you're a fucking teenager.... talk like you know shit when you get some more life experience.

  • @Blacksinner92 there chinese, not japanese. im sure you have and will get a lot of corrections.

  • "That many consider very extreme"

    Geez you think? It IS extreme.

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  • good thing im 6 1

  • height doesnt matter for all people even you are a 4'5" ft the most important thing is your in good shape that is what really matter most and it does'nt look you short when your in good shape

  • Please google Leg Lengthening Clinic in France, founded by Dr. Guichet and Keeper for a much less invasive, internal fixator!

  • @lennic95 I'm a girl, I've gotten checked out and haven't really been "diagnosed" a type of dwarfism. I'm fully proportioned and have gone through puberty just as any normal teenager has. I've done my own research here and there and if you search up "pituitary dwarfism" it sounds like that's what I've got. I've always been small, and have learned to just live with it and embrace it.

  • what the hell did i just watch ?!?!

  • I have to watch this video for bio.....just thinking about bond stretching is making me want to vomit.....to me it is bad enough when people break bones on accident.....*gags*

  • eeeeeeeeeeeee! ahhhh! why did I stop to watch thiss!!?? *continues to watch* ahhhhhh! *dies* x_x

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  • I'm 16, and only 5,5 :(, I hope i reach atleast 5'9 by 21 lol, else Ima have to consider this.

  • If you are tall, but ugly, nothing changes. If you are pretty, being short can be tolerated

  • @LovelyYTRocks

    Breast augmentation is the #1 surgery for men. I kid you not!

  • Damn it!!!! Count your blessings… You could be cursed by being only five feet tall.

    Think on this - REALY thing on this!

  • Man!!!!......am 5'11 & sulking cos am not 6'2 - but now I feel so fortunate, poor guy, must have been through a lot of shit...........bloody society, and bloody human nature that makes us laugh at others' *perceived* defects, am guilty too !

  • @prodigytechus i'm just over 6 ft. 1 hahaaaaaaaaaa

  • @DJonX7

    Great, I wish I was your height - sure I got an 8 inch steel hard dick, babe magnet charm, a 140 pound std. punch & martial arts expertise and so on....but 6.1 would still be my dream height. LOL

  • @prodigytechus AAaaaaaaaaaaahhhh i got all that INCLUDING the height XD

  • @prodigytechus lmfao btw im like 150 XD

  • @DJonX7

    150 grams?.....sure... :P

  • @prodigytechus no, pounds LOL

  • @DJonX7

    Nah, must be grams......doesn't feel a thing !!! ROFL

  • height IS important though. the average company CEO is 6ft2 (men) and 5ft9 (women). so even outside sports/modelling height DOES make a difference.

  • height IS important though. the average company CEO is 6ft2 (men) and 5ft9 (women). so even outside sports/modelling height DOES make a difference.

  • this is so stupid, in one year of wearing those stupid braces you can....

    1. Find a partner the same height as you

    2. Apply for a college that has no restriction on height.

    3. find a job that doesent have restriction on height.

    4. Find acceptance in yourself and the way god made you

  • i got one of my legs extended so i could walk with gangster ass limp. i would recommend this to anyone and everyone

  • @dingaling3000 hahaha good one

  • 4 feet 8 inches is really short, i feel bad for the guy. i'm also short by average but 4'8 for a guy must be very difficult.

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  • ahh that looks so painful D:

  • Hi I'm 5'8" 14 years old. My father is 5'5" while my mother is 5'4". Can you predict what height I will be? I'm male.

  • @icewind21

    according to your parent's height, you are lucky to be 5'8, there's a chance you are not from one of your parent's gene pool.

    the general formal height for male is mom's (height + dad's)/2 and + 7 inchs. 70% chance.

  • @icewind21 who cares. your already average. most likely you won't get more than 2 more inches

  • This was brutal...I had to skip the part where that doctor was sawing the bone with that wire. Ugh. Why did I watch this lol!! Poor guy, I hope the operation was a success.

  • im 5'7 or 5'8

  • ouch! that would be the last resort if i can no longer grow naturally by exercising eating healthy and good sleep! even though it comes down to my last resort i would not do this to my legs!!!

  • Does anyone know a website that describes some statistics on this procedure? Like the permanent damage to bone marrow? What is the range for recovery? Do you stay at the facility for the recovery?

  • i'm 21 and i'm only 4 11 and i feel really bad. i want to get taller. this procedures looks really painful and i don't want to take a risk. can anyone tell me, shall i take a risk? or is there anyother way.

  • @sumana19 Stretch

    do yoga or play a sport that requires to jump and reach to high places

  • @tsx5598 notsureifsrs

  • "im considering getting this surgery done. im 18 years old male and im 5'7 should i wait til im 21 to see if its still possible for me to grow more. right now im trying to strech more mabey do more yoga? please comment back i need advise"

  • @LINX29X92

    Your height is not bad LIN , it is actually an average height and not considered short.. I knew a person who did this operation but only on one of his legs and for a different reason than these people. He did it because of an accident he had in childhood that caused one of his legs to be a bit shorter than the other, he's pretty tall though and doesn’t need to be any taller, but went through it to make one of his legs equal to the other leg...

    I wouldn’t recommend it..

  • @LINX29X92 I know how you feel. Being 5'7 is such a weird gray area in hight. I find that it's still taller than most girls but shorter than a lot of guys and it really does suck... But 5'7 isn't so bad, it can even be character building. Really it's only "kind of" short. But i know how you feel, at least 3 extra inches would be great. Although considering there are ppl in the world who fall below 5 feet, guys like you and me really aren't so bad (No offense, smaller people)

  • @JetBlack7000 I'm 5'5 and I wish I was around that height. like in the 5'7-5'10 area...I don't want to be like 6'4 or taller, because I have heard stories on how it makes you slow, you get tired of walking really quickly, you get foot problems, and bone problems as well. Also I read somewhere that every inch over 5'10 takes off like 1 year off your lifespan.

  • I'm wondering how odd it will look to have longer legs not proportionate to your arms?

  • 4'8 is pretty short.

  • there is a patient beside me doing this..but not for being tall...just to replace missing bone which has been cut bcoz of infection...during his accident........

  • Heightism is so pervasive and damaging, it drives people to such drastic measures to escape it- yet it is so invisible that the idea that short people (particularly men) are discriminated against is typically met with stunned ridicule. This video flippantly ignores the psychological pain of the patients and the discrimination which caused it, and its congratulatory praise for those who undergo such a brutal procedure only helps to perpetuate heightism.

  • hahaha at 0:12, the woman was almost hit

  • Bone surgery is safe but hard procedure and expensive! It's not like you'll gonna inject bad stuff in the body. It uses the body's own recovery nature then grows when recovered.

  • oh my god.

  • 2:14

    Floss floss floss, good for your feet, floss floss floss.

    LOL

  • I'm glad to be 5 feet 11.

  • @deonvan nowadays 5'11 is the new 5'8. shortie ;)

  • I'm proud of my height! I'm 5'2"! haha! :)

    I think that the culture drives them to undergo bone stretching surgery.

  • One of my classmates who was a Iittle person had this surgery

  • @ByakuganRaven123 was he fine? and how tall is he now?

  • Very painfull, it can damage u seriously and its not worth of it. Do the proper streching exercises

  • @clambetae stretching only work when the plates are actually open. Ones it's closed the spine is full of discs and adds 2 - 3 inches your natural height called decompression.

  • People should be happy with what they're born with. They should be thankful that they weren't born with a crippling genetic disease or deformities.

  • ok stretching can broke your feet?

  • Well, this looks crazy. I feel short too at a age of 15 (just turned 15 xD) I am 5'9" Well I live in Holland and most people are 6'1" - 6'8"

  • @tuk1maar

    Go to Spain, the women are better looking.

  • ouch x:

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  • @sanantostud210 OMG your tiny! My best friend is REALLY short too :)

  • dumb chinese people

  • im 19 and 5'1

    i hate being so short

    i actually thought about getting this surgery but after watching this NO WAY

    it looks super PAINFULL

  • secret growth product " super-growth height enhancer"

  • How tall is 188 cm in inches and feet?

  • @LatestUFOSightings 6'3or 6'4

  • O_o

  • I'm 18 and I am 5'4 tall. I might not be tall; my friends are half a head taller than me, but they still accept me for who I am. stretching oneself pair of limb just for the sake of 2-3 inches is painful and me personally is not worth it.