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Leg lengthening is a real thing. You can go four to six inches. Could go from being a non NBA basketball player to... Dude from Weezer did it.

The Pitch · #171 Doctours: VC Funded Hair Transplants?!

“Well, I'm never gonna be Steph Curry, so it doesn't matter.”

35:43 / 36:04

It's a real thing. How many inches can you go?

Four to six maybe? Woah. Something like that's pretty absurd. Could go from being, like, a non NBA basketball player to have I mean, look. Yeah. Well, I'm never gonna be Steph Curry, so it doesn't

matter. Tom Bidders has to look a little bit.

I think he's pretty good now. He's he's just gotta live with it. Short Kings.

Why this clip

Absurd and shocking cosmetic procedure that sparks curiosity and disbelief. The casual mention of a celebrity example makes it feel both surreal and real, perfect for viral content.

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Not only was the full trip to India - hotel, flights, everything included - one tenth of the cost of what we were expected to pay in the US, but we also found out that surgery was not the answer.

3:47 - 17s · Origin Story

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Not only was the full trip to India - hotel, flights, everything included - one tenth of the cost of what we were expected to pay in the US, but we also found out that surgery was not the answer.

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The doctor says we have two options. Comprehensive testing to figure out what's going on, or rush him to surgery and put a defibrillator inside his heart. Both would cost us 60k or 150k. It would completely bankrupt my family.

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75% of our users have never heard of HIMSS before. We thought people would use HIMSS first and then do the surgical step, but that's not the case. So we're not only profitable on the first transaction, but we can get this recurring motion going.

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