Theresia Fischer, an influencer and former German Celebrity Big Brother contestant was five foot six before she decided to have surgery at 24.
The procedure involves making the leg bone longer and is often used as a treatment for legs that are different lengths.
Professor Hamish Simpson, of the British Orthopaedic Association, told the BBC: “The techniques and technology have improved substantially over the past couple of decades, making it a safer procedure.
“However, as well as growing more bone – more muscle, nerve, blood vessels, and skin have to be grown and the procedure remains an extremely complex process, with a high complication rate.”
Initially being happy with the procedure, the influencer later revealed she now has some regrets.
In an interview with MDR Jump radio, now aged 31, she shared that her boyfriend had wanted her to undergo the surgery. She said: “‘Theresia, you know I like big ladies. So I would really like this. You could get up to 14 centimeters more.’”
“[He would say] ‘You can’t do anything without me. You need me.’ And if you are told that 20, 30, 60, 70 times – then you believe that you are nothing without him.”
“I am ashamed because I consented to an operation that shouldn’t have had,”.
“I’ve never dealt with that before because I’ve always been happy with my body.”
She has revealed that she now struggles with periosteum inflammation, which is a condition that occurs when the connective tissue that surrounds bones becomes inflamed.
She was in the process of filming a German version of the Battle of the Reality Stars but sadly had to pull out: “When I had to run a little or be faster – it’s just strange to run with metal in your legs,”.
She is now ‘longing’ to have the metal support rods removed.
