Is he fatherless, I wonder. I get that he's 19. I was stupid at 19 too, but I'm around that height and I like to think that I'd have at least been smart enough to avoid horrific totally unnecessary surgery of the type that's probably going to ruin you physically for the rest of your life. Or at least, my dad would have smacked some sense into me if I'd considered such a thing.
I don't know if you guys have read about this leg lengthening surgery, but it's a true horror. I feel bad for shorter guys who get it done and consider them mentally ill. I've never heard of a guy at the ideal height (tall but not freakishly tall) opting for it before.