In the Press
Independent journalists from four continents have visited our hospital, interviewed our patients and told their stories. Every article below is published by the outlet itself — read them at the source.
TV & Video
3 FEATURES“They bullied me because of my height”
France’s biggest TV channel follows patients travelling to Istanbul to grow a few centimetres.
Asahi Shimbun visits our center in Istanbul
Japan’s leading newspaper toured our hospital and rehabilitation center and met the team.
Spending $20K on leg lengthening surgery
A first-person look at the decision, the surgery and the recovery, filmed with our patients.
Media Visits & Interviews
6 VIDEOSOur limb lengthening work featured in Le Parisien
A patient from Berlin shares his lengthening journey with France’s leading daily newspaper.
The Daily Mirror team visited our center
British journalists toured our hospital and rehabilitation center in Istanbul and met our patients.
Turkey on France TV
Our limb lengthening surgery is making headlines on French national television.
Height lengthening and shortening on the world agenda
Russian journalists report from Istanbul on our lengthening and height reduction surgeries.
Interview with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunus Öç
Our surgeon discusses limb lengthening surgery, methods and safety with the French press.
I grew 9.5 cm — Marius’s story
Our patient Marius shares his 9.5 cm journey, featured in the Daily Mirror.
Print & Online
8 ARTICLESAmber hated being taller than her friends
“I always felt like I stood out, and not in a good way,” the 30-year-old dental technician recalls.
I had my legs broken to be taller
“I could not see any difference between having short stature and having a serious illness. Now, my life has changed dramatically.”
Leg-lengthening surgery changed my life
It changed more than Ibrahim Alğan’s height: it inspired him to quit his job — and he gets more compliments now.
Leg-lengthening surgery changed my life
Yahoo syndicates the story of the men who go through months of recovery for extra height.
Inside the world of limb-lengthening surgery
A long read on height, status and the patients travelling to Turkey to change both.
Would you have your legs broken to make yourself taller?
A 32-year-old American wanted to extend all four leg bones to go from 5ft 8in to 6ft.
He grew 12 cm with limb lengthening surgery
He grew 1 mm every day — and his final result surprised everyone.
Turkey leads in health tourism
In the last two years the most sought-after operation was limb lengthening, with patients arriving from the USA and Japan.
Read what our patients say, too
Journalists tell part of the story. Independent reviews on Trustpilot and Google tell the rest — written by people who completed their journey with us.
Read patient reviews