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As Randy Newman once crooned, "Short people got no reason to live." Far be it from us at Switched to dismiss those who don't measure up to certain height standards, but a doctor out of Madrid, Spain, may have a solution for the vertically challenged, or at least a way to change the general perception of height (if not a person's ability to reach items on the top shelves of kitchen cabinets).
The surgeon, Dr. Luis de la Cruz, has devised an implant for the tops of people's heads. Yes, through an incision on the side of the scalp, said surgeon slips a piece of silicone between the skin and the skull that apparently adds two inches to the overall measured height of the patient.
There are many professions with height requirements, and de la Cruz says his procedure can help short people who are seeking jobs as soldiers, police officers, air hostesses, models and firefighters. The operation costs about $8,000.
Of course, a height requirement usually is in place to guarantee a person's ability to reach high objects, maybe jump certain distances, or fit properly into certain pieces of equipment. Adding soft material to the top of someone's head is unlikely to do the trick if overall reach is really a job's defining criteria. (Would two inches of silicon on top of your skull help you dunk a basketball? If you think so, let us know.)
From Daily Mail.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJupiterMar 31st 2008 3:41PM
Whilst I'd love to be just that extra 1.5" taller, to be the same height as both my sisters, I would be reluctant to add it onto my head. My head is big enough already. I'd rather have height added to my spine, just above my waist, because that's where I'm shorter, and it would even out my proportions.
Still, I don't imagine that'll happen any time soon, inserting disks into the spine. I'm sure the spinal cord is a bit flexible, but there is so much that can go wrong. Still, if a way is found to do it fairly safely, in a way that we won't suffer unduly when we get older, I bet a lot of people would go for that.
gman35Mar 31st 2008 8:43PM
try adding it to the soles of the feet and it would do more good
AmberMar 31st 2008 8:48PM
Tom Cruise needss this sugery!!!!!!!!!!!!
lalallalaApr 23rd 2008 2:12PM
kool! only I wish i could be 2 inches SHORTer and skinnier wouldnt hurt :)
JenniferMar 31st 2008 8:48PM
You know, if they were to lose the coneheads and add a stringy red wig to the goons pictured above, you'd have Prisilla Presley.
BearMar 31st 2008 8:59PM
Are you kidding me??
kayeMar 31st 2008 8:56PM
Are you kidding me??
SMar 31st 2008 9:15PM
What are those big pointy things on their heads?........oh, I know, there Pamela Lees' old implants
YAHH!Mar 31st 2008 9:32PM
WHAT THE HELLTH ARE THOSE PAMELA'S OLD IMPLANTS
JoMar 31st 2008 9:50PM
Thanks any way, but I prefer the heels.
$8000 to artifically lengthen the skull .... His is obviously numb.
CymphonyMar 31st 2008 9:55PM
Those people look stupid;like aliens.
no thanks!
DR TIMMar 31st 2008 9:59PM
This guy should be thrown out of the medical profession...I do know, he would make a lot more money if he could add on two inches elsewhere.
mylesdaniel456Mar 31st 2008 10:00PM
Why would someone want to put silicone implants in their heads??
wouldnt it just mess with their brain or cause other problems with your head?
Sarah AlyJul 15th 2008 8:04PM
it adds both height and ugliness!
live2singMar 31st 2008 10:06PM
Do people actually use these???!!!
AnnetteMar 31st 2008 10:09PM
what the hell!
wtfApr 28th 2008 6:51PM
geez, why mess wit da head? just do what dem koreans (honorary country of plastic surgery-r-us) do: break the legs and add steel rods = instantly taller. same-day/mother-daughter surgery specials abound, too!
wolfmanMar 31st 2008 10:26PM
Where is Dan Hemroid?
The Wolfman
md_oconnellMar 31st 2008 10:27PM
I heard of the knee surgery, which is really suppose to work. I wonder how much that would set one back? I'm sure VERY pricy.
JERRYMar 31st 2008 10:31PM
APRIL FOOLS!!!!!