A growth industry: 150G for 3 inches

Self-conscious tech workers are reportedly taking extreme measures to add a few inches to their height by forking over six-figure payments for painful leglengthening operations.

Kevin Debiparshad, the head of the Nevada-based LimbplastX Institute, said workers from the tech sector make up a significant chunk of his patients for the cosmetic surgical procedure.

The operation reportedly costs $70,000 to $150,000, depending on how many inches the patient wants to “grow,” as well as thousands of dollars more in follow-up costs, GQ reported.

“I joke that I could open a tech company,” Debiparshad told GQ. “I got, like, 20 software engineers doing this procedure right now . . . I’ve got patients from Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft.”

The process requires a painful procedure in which a doctor breaks the femur in each of a patient’s legs and inserts extendable metal nails. The nails are gradually extended over the next three months by one millimeter a day — eventually making the recovered patient several inches taller.

The surgery carries a lengthy recovery process that includes “relentless” pain that stretches the nerves, muscle and tissue of the legs to an “almost excruciating degree,” according to GQ’s report.

One customer, identified as a 23-year-old Chicago-based software engineer named Alan, said he underwent the procedure after developing a deep insecurity about his height. A girl who he had a “a super big crush on, like, roasted me for it,” he said.

“Stature is such an important part, I think, of who you are and how you perceive the world and how the world perceives you,” Debiparshad said.

Tall order Tech industry men who feel they don’t measure up are dropping big bucks for painful leglengthening surgery — which after several “almost excruciating” months can increase their height by an inch or three.