On: Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

[zdragnar]

"Safe" is a pretty relative term; there are no shortage of complications that can arise from any of these surgeries (though the risk profiles are different, there are definitely still risks of permanent injury).

At the end of the day, these are elective surgeries too frequently used as an attempt to mask a pathological low self esteem.

[meowface → zdragnar]

That's why they said "compared to this".

[hobomatic → zdragnar]

Yes it's a relative term, but it's a comparison; it's being used as a relative metric.