Leg Up: Getting Taller Through Limb-Lengthening Surgery: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV932
Producer: CTV
Producing Agencies: CTV Television
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Documentary, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Psychology, Science, Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2023
Running Time: 21:55
Anne-Marie Mediwake investigates the growing trend of stature-lengthening surgery for Canadian men who are unhappy about their height. Being short in stature comes with a social stigma that some men live with on a daily basis, which drives them towards limb-lengthening.
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