German influencer Theresia Fischer, troubled by her size, which she considered too small, lengthened her legs by 14 centimeters. Seven years after her first surgery, a young woman shares her experience with pictures.
In her underwear, with her hands on her hips, Theresia Fisher poses proudly for the camera. Scars mark her skin below her knees, around her calves and ankles. The top German was not the victim of an accident, but instead resorted to cosmetic surgery to lengthen his legs and thus gain a few centimeters. Last month, she revealed to her 146,000 Instagram followers the culmination of this process, which began in 2016.
“8.5 cm + 5.5 cm = 14 cm. A year after having my second leg lengthened. A year of strength, energy and endurance. One year without high heels. The year that changed my whole life,” she wrote in the caption of a photo she posted on her personal account on March 28, 2023, which went viral. to emphasize her slender legs.
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“I don’t have pain anymore. The second photo shows the condition of the lower leg after the completion of the extension on July 12, 2022. My legs are now 116 centimeters long. Today, everything is completely ossified again,” he continues in his message. Before adding: “I’m in great shape again, I can do everything (sports, etc…) and I finally feel good about my body again.”
In 2019, Theresia Fisher spoke about her pain complex during an appearance on the show Germany’s Next Top Model!, the German edition of the modeling competition that exposed her to the general public. A victim of “harassment” at her original height of 1.70 cm, which was considered too small by her abusers, the influencer had already obeyed these instructions at the time and had lengthened her legs by 8.5 centimeters. Today, thanks to this latest surgery, she says she is 1.84 meters tall and now proudly shows off her figure on social media, happy with the result.
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major surgery
If it is explained above that this intervention was resorted to for aesthetic purposes, then in fact this operation is particularly indicated for people with significant bone disparity in the upper or lower limbs or for children suffering from growth disorders. The operation indicated in practice consists of sawing the femur bone in two to insert telescopic rods on both sides. They are then lengthened gradually, millimeter by millimeter, until the bone forms naturally.
This heavy intervention is not without consequences and can lead to possible complications. Theresa Fisher can also attest to this, as her second leg extension in 2022 resulted in two bone infections. More specifically, a focus of pus formed under his skin and required a new operation. “Fortunately, the pus was not yet on the screw, but for greater safety, a screw was removed, replaced, a new screw was screwed in, then everything was sewn up,” he told a Swiss newspaper editorial last January. 20 minutesshortly after his transition to the operating table.
In addition to the complications, the intervention is also a huge financial investment. 112,000 euros are added to the two major surgeries: “14,000 euros for two nail removals, 12,500 euros for physiotherapy, 4,500 euros for osteopathy and 3,000 euros for medicines,” the German newspaper reported. Picture: who spoke to him on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. That’s a total of €146,000 paid out of pocket, including her “model fees,” she tells our colleagues.
Viral reactions
Constantly posting her new legs on Instagram and citing different reasons for her decision with each new post (sometimes pressure from an ex-boyfriend, sometimes a desire to have a better sex life), Teresa Fisher has been met with suspicion and criticism. from several subscribers. “Strange… When did you start in? Germany’s Next Top Model!, you explained for a long time that you grew your legs because you were being chased. (…) Now, after the second extension, your ex is the trigger,” commented the user. “The thighs are as big as the calves. It doesn’t look natural, it looks very strange and inappropriate in relation to the upper part of the body,” adds another. Hurtful comments are unleashed on his account and never end. “I really hope no young ladies admire you for your surgery. A strict warning should be given against this,” we can still read on his page. “All that money would be better spent on therapy,” concludes another.
Some even condemned the approval of surgeons who perform such surgery here for purely aesthetic purposes. “The fact that doctors do this for no medical reason shocks me,” said one user. “Healthy legs being amputated shouldn’t be allowed,” complained another. Or email “Surgeons who do that should be banned.”
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Source: Le Figaro
