American man, Moses Gibson, spent $170,000 on excruciating leg surgery to grow 5 inches

This man spent $170,000 on excruciating leg surgery to grow 5 inches. He says he gets more dates now.

A pint-size Minnesota man has splurged more than $170,000 on two leg-lengthening surgeries in a bid to make himself more attractive to women.

Moses Gibson, 41, said he long struggled to get a girlfriend due to his 5-foot-5-inch frame, initially turning to medication and a “spiritual healer” to try to increase his height.

“I just didn’t feel good about myself,” Gibson told Kennedy News and Media, saying he was subjected to “heightism.”

“I was unhappy about it most of the time,” he candidly continued. “It was my self-confidence in general, and with the ladies. It affected my dating life. I used to put things in my shoes to gain a little bit of height, but it wasn’t very much.”

A desperate Gibson began taking pills he procured over the internet that promised to make him taller.

He also began talking with a spiritual healer, who told him he could increase his height if he properly put his mind to it.

With nothing working, the desperate 41-year-old decided painful surgery was his only option, which involved breaking multiple bones in his body.

He managed to add an extra three inches to his height in 2016 through surgery, but seven years later has undergone a second round and is using a height lengthening device.

Moses, who has spent a total $165,000 [approx £133,000] on the two surgeries [first $75,000, second $98,000], hopes to feel ‘free’ by reaching his goal height of 5ft 10in by June.

He struggled with ‘heightism’ in his dating life and constant jokes about him being ‘short’, but now he has a newfound confidence and has found himself a girlfriend.