According to Mirror, Gibson always felt insecure about his 5’5″ stature.

“I’ve struggled with height, I don’t know whether ‘heightism’ is what they call it, but being on the shorter side for men,” Gibson explained. “Even when I was in high school, I was always unhappy with my height. As far back as when I was probably like 15, I realized most of my peers were taller than me.”

It all took a toll on Gibson, who said he was “unhappy” most of the time due to his shorter height.

The 41-year-old tried everything to help jumpstart his growth. He even reached out to a spiritual healer who promised to help him gain a few inches. Nothing worked.

But then Gibson discovered that surgery might do the trick.

In 2016, he underwent a procedure that awarded him extra height, but he decided to pursue another round to make his dream of becoming 5’10” a reality.

“When I got to college, I came across this procedure on the internet and straight away knew it was what I wanted to go for,” he recounted to the outlet.

Gibson then spent three years working as a software engineer and Uber driver and managed to save $150,000 for the surgery.

The procedure, which occurred in March, included breaking Gibson’s tibia and fibula bones. Doctors then screwed magnetic, limb-lengthening nails in them. To coax his body into creating new bone tissue, Gibson has to use a height-lengthening device three times a day. It pulls the cut bone apart a millimeter at a time. The new bone tissue will fill the gap until his dream height is real.

Gibson said the grueling surgeries are worth the freedom of no longer being a short guy.

“It’s about me as a person and the way I look at myself with the height thing,” he shared. “In my mind, when I’m done with this part I can just be free.”

He also added being taller will finally get his height out of his head.

“I just won’t care about my height anymore. I’ll be satisfied with what I have,” Gibson said.