Many young men who consider themselves short believe that by growing taller their lives will improve.
While a person is still in their growth phase generally around 13 to 18 years of age they could always resort to using HGH injections. When given at the right time HGH can help kids suffering from short stature attain a normal adult height.
Unfortunately, when the growth plates fuse which usually happens after puberty is over, growing with HGH becomes more difficult. HGH is generally covered by insurance if there is a true HGH deficiency. However for those who only want to grow taller because they are not happy with their height HGH injections can be quit an expensive option.
There are however other products known as HGH supplements such as growth Factor Plus which claim that they can increase the natural level of HGH which in turn could help increase the height.
Taking HGH along with a good diet, exercising and stretching has shown good results in many young men trying to grow taller.
Height increasing Surgery
More and more young Indian men are resorting to this complex and dangerous operation.
“It’s crazy to do this to yourself. The surgeon may have managed to lengthen the legs of more than 300 patients in five years, but Amar Sarin still doubts the ethics of the practice. In an article published in the Guardian, the Delhi-based orthopedist deplores the fact that too many people in his country resort to limb lengthening surgery for purely aesthetic purposes (because in India, to be beautiful is to be tall), which is often performed under disastrous conditions.
First performed in Siberia in the 1950s by the Polish doctor Gavriil Ilizarov, the operation (which was mainly used for accident victims or people born with two legs of different lengths) consists of breaking the leg bones in half and gradually extending them using a metallic apparatus, which has inherited his name. “It is one of the most difficult orthopedic operations to perform, and doctors do it after only one or two months of preparation, with a surgeon who will certainly use it for training. There is no training, nothing,” laments Amar Sarin.
Desperate to Grow taller
“We do not recommend patients to undergo this operation except in exceptional cases. These operations are not common and carry a high risk of complications,” explains the president of the Indian Orthopedic Association, Dr. Sudhir Kapoor.
“Sometimes we reject proposals,” says Amar Sarin, who receives about 20 calls a day from people who tell him, “I want to be tall. I have to be taller. He explains that he tries to explain the risks involved: “We try to advise them first, but some patients have already threatened to kill themselves if I refuse the operation. I’ve already had to call the police twice. In April, an ethics committee in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh called on orthopedic surgeons to examine a 23-year-old man who had been operated on after doctors advised him not to.
However, some doctors remain convinced that successful limb lengthening surgery can transform a person’s life: “You can hardly recognize them. It’s worth seeing how much their self-confidence grows.”
