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A year ago this month, Li Ping, an attractive 23-year-old from Beijing, split up with her boyfriend, checked into a clinic and paid doctors £1,600 to break her legs. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago tags chinese plastic surgery legs |
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This young girl lost her legs in an accident at three years old. Unable to afford the cost of prosthetics, Qian’s parents came up with the idea of sitting her on a basketball, which, with the aid of a couple of brushes that double as low-level crutches, enabled her to move herself by bouncing around. After many years, she was fitted with new titaniums and is learning to walk again. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago 15 comments edit related share science |
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The woman with Proteus Syndrome has already met orthopedic surgeon Dr William Ertl and prosthetic maker Kevin Carroll to figure out what has to be done with her giant legs. Mandy Sellars' legs are 4 times bigger than the normal size that make her life difficult. picked by chappy 3 weeks ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Patients are demanding better results from their plastic surgeons and looking for doctors to perform revision plastic surgery. picked by KEROberos32 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
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An eight-year-old girl has stunned doctors in the United States after surviving more than 150 surgeries for a rare medical condition which caused her legs to fuse together. picked by thenegativeone 9 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
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