Student pays £36k to have his legs broken in surgery to become 3.7in taller
Student breaks legs in £36k surgery to stand 3.7 inches taller
- Irakli Archvadze, a 36-year-old PhD student, paid £36,000 for leg-lengthening surgery to increase his height by 3.7 inches.
- On 14 February, doctors in Turkey broke his femurs and installed metal frames as part of the procedure.
- For three months, he used an Allen key to gradually separate the broken bones by 1mm each day.
- Mr Archvadze now stands at 5ft 10.7 inches, and says he no longer feels like his arms are disproportionate.
- Watch the video in full above.