A 28-year-old man from Dallas, Texas has set a new record by increasing his height through surgery. Alfonso Flores always wanted a few more inches as he wanted to be taller from the age of 12 but his family and friends had all warned him against the ‘unnecessary’ treatment.
Flores is a freelancer and pre-med student. “I know 5’11” is a great height, and many people would love to be that tall, but I wanted just a little more than that,” he told FEMAIL in an interview.
He further added that he wanted to do it since he was 12.
“This is something that I’ve really wanted to do as far as I can remember since I was 12. I decided to go for 6’1″ because I started off at a great height and wanted to retain as much of my athletic ability and range of motion as possible. I seem to have retained all of it because I am able to squat the same as before,” Flores said.
He had to pay around $75,000 (around Rs 55 lakh) for the surgery, which was done by Harvard-trained orthopaedic…