Woman left with deep regret after $161,000 surgery to extend her legs by 5.5 inches

 

Fischer, a former German Celebrity Big Brother contestant, has since admitted that the procedure may not have been the best decision.

According to reports, Fischer suffered from periosteum inflammation after the operation. Filming reality TV shows became more difficult, and she says running was a challenge.

In an interview she said: “When I had to run a little or be faster – it’s just strange to run with metal in your legs,” according to the Mirror.

“Pain that I endured for over 8 years”

One of the fibula bones in her legs reportedly did not grow as expected, and she eventually had the metal rods removed.

“Pain that I endured for over 8 years was so enormous (physical as well as mental) that I can’t even put into words.Today is THE DAY I finally get my last 2% of my past removed from my body. The two extension rods with screws have finally been removed from my lower thighs,” she wrote on her Instagram.

Professor Hamish Simpson of the British Orthopaedic Association explained that, like any major surgery, the procedure comes with serious risks.

“The techniques and technology have improved substantially over the past couple of decades, making it a safer procedure,” Simpson told the BBC, according to VT.

“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.”

“I am ashamed”

In 2023, Fischer told German radio network MDR Jump that she was pressured by her ex-boyfriend into undergoing the surgery.

According to the Daily Star, Fischer said he told her: “‘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.”

Today, Fischer says she feels ashamed that she underwent such a major and complex procedure in an attempt to please someone else.