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Before an After. Two men (one short, one tall) stand back to back against a measurement chart.

Program: 02 Before and After | For a couple extra inches

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For young men struggling with body image, social media offers a radical solution: get taller by breaking your legs. 

As the cosmetic limb-lengthening industry booms worldwide, Emilia Terzon explores the secretive online communities obsessed with undergoing the procedure, and meets the doctors left to deal with what happens when it goes wrong.

Sydney, Melbourne, Turkiye, South Africa, United States, Surgery, Mental Health, Mental Wellbeing, Social Media, Body Image, Men's Health, Cosmetic Industry
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