One trend in particular - the thigh gap - continues to be popular on social media, garnering more than 102,000 posts on Instagram alone. And, while the thigh gap may be idolized in popular culture ...

But when I had the operation I was 46," he says. "My legs were being pulled apart, but my bones never caught up. I had a three inch gap…just two sticks of bone and a metal bar in between." ...