German reality TV star Theresia Fischer, 32, from Hamburg had undergone multiple agonising procedures to get her legs to a jaw-dropping 45inches.
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Now Theresia has left the University Hospital in Freiburg after an eighth and final op to remove the telescopic steel rods that allowed new bone tissue to grow.
Each time the bones in her legs grew a few centimetres, surgeons manually widened the gap to encourage further growth.
A post-op pic on Theresia’s Instagram profile shows her leaving the hospital in a wheelchair.
Local media reports say she will be on crutches until medics say she is well enough to walk again.
Captioning the photo she said: “Finally, freedom! How I have longed for this day. It is the day of days!
“Exactly eight years ago, Frankenstein’s implementation of modifying my body began. I, 24 years old at the time, was deeply rooted in depression.
“I wanted to finally be loved right now – to finally feel the feeling of having arrived.”
The young woman decided to get the gruelling surgery after she alleges her ex-husband pestered her to.
She said he told her: “If you do this for me, I will always love you and carry you in my arms.”
Her intense surgery has spanned over eight difficult years, with her first leg op happening in 2016 and a second in 2022.
In an eye-watering procedure, she had her thigh and lower leg bones cut and fitted with rods into her shinbones.
Medics then altered the rods until her legs were at her desired ‘supermodel’ length.
Theresia added: “At that time, anyone could do anything to me. To change the truth in my head with supposedly loving words so that I felt like I would never be alone again.
“So you and with completely lost self-confidence, I threw myself into his wish to lengthen my legs by 14 centimetres.
“The pain that I endured for eight years was so enormous (physical and mental) that I cannot even put it into words.”
Theresia was an average 5.5ft tall before the ops and now stands at a towering 6ft tall.
Thrilled that the procedures are over, she said: “Today is the day of days when I finally had the last two per cent of my past removed from my body.
“The two extension rods with screws have finally been removed from my lower legs.
“I still have a lot to work through emotionally, but now I have the strength to heal and, with the loving support of my beloved Stefan Kleiser, 57, to finally find my true strength and balance.
“Love is support, tolerance and enrichment, and not a reduction and subordination like before.”
Theresia thanked the hospital for their support and said: “I am now looking positively towards the future with Stefan, and things are finally looking up again.
“The whole thing is finally coming to an end. I’m glad it’s over. Today, I’m 1.84 meters tall.”
The influencer disclosed that she and her new lover Stafan now plan to start a family as she waits for the medic all-clear to reboot her modelling career.
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