Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NBC News was granted rare access to a cosmetic surgery that has long been shrouded in secrecy. Our team spoke with a man getting ...

NBC News was granted rare access to a cosmetic surgery that has long been shrouded in secrecy. Our team spoke with a man getting his second leg lengthening surgery using new technology that's getting ...

Zvataida "Zah" Chimedza, who was born with achondroplasia and bowed legs, underwent surgery to straighten his legs at age 11 His recovery lasted nearly two years and included daily physical therapy, ...

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“I was extremely self-conscious about my bow legs, as you can imagine a 9-year-old would be,” Chimedza, now 35, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “Presented with the chance to get my bow legs corrected, I ...

Zvataida “Zah” Chimedza underwent surgery at 11 to straighten his bowed legs, but after a grueling recovery, he decided another procedure would cost him too much Zvataida Chimedza Zvataida “Zah” ...

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