In order to increase his height, a guy underwent painful height-lengthening surgery, and as a result, he gained a staggering five inches.
Moses Gibson sought out spiritual healers’ in an effort to get taller after feeling self-conscious about his 5ft 5in height.
The desperate 41-year-old decided excruciating surgery, which required fracturing many bones in his body, was his final remaining choice after nothing else worked.
He underwent surgery in 2016 to gain three more inches of height, but seven years later he had another procedure and is now utilizing a height-lengthening gadget.
Moses intends to feel “free” by attaining his target height of 5 feet 10 inches by June. Moses has spent a total of $165,000 [about £133,000] on the two procedures [first $75,000, second $98,000].
He battled “heightism” in dating and frequent comments about being “short,” but he has since gained renewed confidence and met a partner.
He said;
“I’ve struggled with height, I don’t know whether ‘heightism’ is what they call it, but being on the shorter side for men.
“Even when I was in high school, I was always unhappy with my height. “As far back as when I was probably like 15, I realized most of my peers were taller than me.
“It started getting to me gradually. “I just didn’t feel good about myself, I was unhappy about it most of the time.
“I used to like clothes and shoes, but I started not feeling happy when I put them on and I wanted to look better.
“It was my self-confidence in general, and with the ladies. It affected my dating life. I used to put things in my shoes to gain a little bit of height, but it wasn’t very much.
“People made comments. Sometimes it wasn’t in a mean way or intending to hurt, but they’d say ‘sh*t dude, you’re the short man’ or make a joke of it.
“I’m a strong, tough guy, so I was never depressed about it but I went searching to see what I could do about it.
“I bought medication online that promised to make you the height you’re looking for. I took it for a while before realizing it was nonsense and stopped it.
“I was talking to some spiritual healer online by e-mail who promised they could heal any problem. I tried talking to them to see if they could help but they just said ‘it all just depends on if you believe it’.
“When I got to college, I came across this procedure on the internet and straight away knew it was what I wanted to go for.”
The “go-getter” managed to save up $150,000 for the procedure after working three years as an Uber driver at night and three years as a software developer during the day.
Moses’ tibia and fibula bones were broken during the ‘painful’ treatment last month, and magnetic, limb-lengthening nails were inserted into those bones.
Moses is currently required to utilize a height-lengthening gadget three times each day, which slowly pushes the sliced bone apart.
In order to reach his target height of 5 feet 10 inches, his body will be stimulated to produce new bone tissue, which will cover the gap.
Moses said: “After the first procedure, I was happy with it to some extent, but it was always in my mind that I wanted to do the second one to complete it.
“I’m a high achiever, I’m a go-getter so after the first one I thought, with all the heightism, I’ve got the money and I can finish the journey.
“I spoke with the doctor and asked for three more inches.
“He said after the second surgery it’s a bit more challenging, so two inches will be more reasonable.
“So I’m looking to go to 5’10. I’ll be happy at 5’10. If my body and everything else allows me to go three inches [5’11] then even better.
“I went in at 7.30 am and by 12 midday they were waking me up out of the surgery.
“They give you powerful pain medication as there are times when it’s really painful and you have to work through it.
“You go home and you have a week or two for some healing to happen before you get the device to start lengthening.”
Moses now has a girlfriend since talking to women has become easier since his initial operation. Moses also got less anxious when wearing certain outfits, such as shorts.
Moses encourages anyone in a similar circumstance to have the surgery and talks about how he can live more “freely” now that others don’t make fun of him for being small.
Moses said: “[After the first one] I became less hesitant and less worried about the result when talking to women. I now have a girlfriend.
“I started wearing shorts and taking full-body pictures which I never used to. It’s a crazy thing nobody should feel that way.
“It’s about me as a person and the way I look at myself with the height thing. In my mind, when I’m done with this part I can just be free.
“I just won’t care about my height anymore. I’ll be satisfied with what I have.
“There’s always going to be people taller, but it will just be something that isn’t on my mind anymore.
“From a young age, I’ve just wanted to be a normal height or average. Not where your friends look at you and say ‘man, you’re really short’.
“It’s been my dream just for that [those kind of comments] to go away.
“People who said ‘you’re short’, they just don’t see it anymore. Even though they don’t know there’s a difference, they ask if I’ve been working out.
“I’d advise anybody who wants this to go for it, it’s definitely worth it.
“I’m definitely wanting to spread the word and if it can help other people go through it then so be it, I’m glad.”
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