Why Leg-Lengthening Surgeries for Men May Soon Go Mainstream

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty A new leg-lengthening device promises to make the notoriously brutal height-boosting surgery less punishing. Surgeons have performed limb-lengthening procedures to correct existing discrepancies or growth irregularities for decades, but the 2020s have seen a surge in patients, often men, seeking the procedures with the sole purpose of increasing their height. Depending on the surgery type, patients can expect an increase of 3 to 6…