I have a suspicion that there may be a cultural difference in posture between the West and China.

I’ve been practicing a Chinese martial art for half a decade, and in the last few years I’ve gotten incredulous looks a handful of times when I tell someone my height. I do not stand rail straight anymore, I hate shoes with lifts in them because they throw off my balance. I am in effect shorter than I was, which puts me at the high end of average in the eyes of people who are below average height (who do stand up, and don’t mind 1 inch heels).

Not interesting, just light on facts. It says the procedure is now banned for cosmetic reasons after a few patients were "disfigured".

How where they disfigured, since the legs are as far apart as can be from the face?

If it's the leg that looks ugly afterwards, can't the leg be fixed? Was there a bone problem? An infection ??

I don't think I would go that fact personally, but if there was something possible for the chest, I would seriously consider it.

Pumping iron can only take you so far. The bones underneath set the actual limit.

No offense, but one of the weird things about HN in general is that commenters can't find apparently relatively easily google-able facts.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/15/gender.uk

I read articles, but I don't google. Thanks for the link.

> Each leg now bears eight circular scars, each half an inch in diameter, from the screws that were removed. But now, three inches taller than before, Susan says she would not hesitate to recommend the procedure to her friends.

That is all I need to know. Patient satisfied, and would recommend the procedure.

India, too I’ve heard.