In a bizarre trend, many young people across the world are now spending lots of money on painful limb-lengthening surgeries – in which surgeons break the bones in their legs and stretch them apart.

Aaron Trinh said his short stature was a constant stress before his procedure ...

A nine-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery to lengthen one of his legs. Alfie Phillips has a rare condition called fibular hemimelia, which caused his right ...

Northampton schoolboy Alfie Phillips became the first patient in the UK to have leg-lengthening surgery in March last year.

At 5’7”, Alex considered himself short. The 26-year-old, who asked that his real name not be used to maintain his privacy, said he was sick of insults and jeering comments about his height. Shorter ...

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Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.