Height can be a sore spot for a lot of men, and one guy grew so tired of being the 'butt of the joke' that he decided to have limb-lengthening surgery to make him taller.
Dynzell Sigers has made headlines in recent weeks after splashing the cash on the controversial surgery in a bit to be 6ft tall.
Originally 5ft 6, Dynzell said he felt like he 'wasn't good enough', but since he's had the surgery, he's had a lot of women sliding into his DMs.
Speaking to LADbible last month, Dynzell, from Chicago, explained how the surgery works.
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"The leg is surgically cut and there is a metal rod placed inside your leg that connects to the metal rod outside your leg," he said.
"Everyday for 90 days you turn the key on the metal rod outside your leg which triggers the internal rod to lengthen, slowly stretching the bones and muscles.
"After you reach your desired height the external metal device is removed and the internal rod remains intact until the bone regrows then they remove it."
Dynzell went under the knife in March and had the mental rods removed two months later.
The 27-year-old now says he's had a lot of female interest since he's become 6ft as he 'radiates confidence'.
But why did Dynzell have the surgery? He candidly shared his reasons on ITV's This Morning.
"For me, I went through most of my life - especially my teenage years - basically feeling like I wasn't good enough," Dynzell said.
"I was made to feel good enough mainly by those who were close to me, like friends and family, all these different, [but] my height was always the butt of the joke."
"I did a lot of different things to improve myself, but for me it was never enough," he added.
When Dynzell heard of the surgery that was available, he decided that he 'absolutely' wanted to do it.
As well as in America, limb-lengthening surgery is available in other countries across the globe, but the US, Germany and South Korea are reportedly where it's most popular.
According to BBC News, the three countries perform 100 to 200 procedures a year (as of 2020).
Dynzell's decision came after he had tried other non-surgical ways to extended his height beforehand.
These ways included putting inserts in his shoes and using an inversion table - which decompresses a person's spine.
Dynzell also had spinal alignment in a bid to 'get as much height as [he] possibly could'.
Niamh Shackleton