【導讀】美女夢想成為長頸鹿 給自己脖子上帶了項圈，五年後摘下嚇呆了。
圖中漂亮的女子叫Sydney Smith，來自洛杉磯，自從迷上了長頸鹿，她就給自己脖子上帶上了項圈，夢想擁有長頸鹿的脖子。
她也因此在全世界出名，但是五年後，當她摘下她帶了五年的項圈後，她終於放下了自己心中的夢想……
她從東南亞的Kayan文化中得到了靈感，那裡的姑娘們以長脖頸備受全世界關注。當然了，kayan女人們在5歲的時候就帶上項圈，這一古老的文化據說是為了讓女人變得不那麼有吸引力，以防止被抓去當奴隸。
但在五年後，因為帶項圈在美國「被孤立」，她最終還是摘下了項圈，但是摘下項圈後的事情，卻讓她始料未及。
Smith的鎖骨周圍的淤青讓她非常難受，此外因為長年累月的帶著項圈，她脖子在拆下項圈非常脆弱，需要醫療團隊為其制定專屬的恢復方案。
儘管如此，Smith非常自豪地自稱「長頸鹿女人」，並且在網上上傳了自己摘下15個項圈的圖片，因此收穫了上萬粉絲。
她還說自己並不後悔過去五年的所作所為，她說，本以為脖子會變得長一些，剛摘下的時候，確實有覺得脖子比之前更長，但是在不戴項圈之後，感覺到自己的脖子又變短了……
現在，她的脖子已經恢復完畢，長度也回到了正常水平。但是小編還是想說，不能為了博眼球、出名就什麼都不顧了呀，小姐姐你本來就很美呀~
『Giraffe Woman』 Who Stretched Her Neck For Five Years Has Finally Taken The Rings Off And It’s Not What You Were Expecting
We all go through different phases in our lives, whether it’s an obsession with a boyband or some other band, or maybe an obsession with some particular color. But eventually what was supposed to be our all and everything for forever, fades away in to a forgotten part of our lives, and becomes history.
That is unless you are Superman, or maybe in this case 「Giraffe Woman」. Who after stretching her neck slowly for five long years is now ready to give up her dream of looking like a giraffe. Now that his obsession is over and that phase of her life may be over, that long stretched neck og hers will always stay with her a reminder of her past decisions.
Sydney Smith a girl from Los Angeles, has been attempting to elongate her neck for five years after becoming obsessed with giraffes. This 30-year-old woman wanted to be known around the world for her abnormally long neck, but, she has since given up on that dream after removing the tight neck rings that she has worn continuously for five years. Wow that’s a long period of time to wear something like that around your neck.
Smith was really inspired by the Kayan people in South East Asia, who are famous for their extraordinary lengthy necks. The Kayan women begin wearing neck coils at the tender age of five to help establish their cultural identity, they think a long neck is the sign of beauty. Other theories behind why the neck rings are worn suggest that the intention is to make the women less attractive, and thus less at risk of being taken as slaves. These two are theories of two different kind of tribes in the world.
Smith’s decision to remove her coils around her neck came after she began to feel 「isolated」 by the restrictions set by her necklace or coils whatever you wanna call it. Explaining the issues she faced, Smith explains.
「I couldn』t function properly as a long neck woman with fifteen rings around my neck in the United States of America. Unless you are willing to completely isolate yourself and you』re a trust fund baby and don』t ever need to leave the house, don』t ever need to drive, then maybe you can pull it off.」
「I spent five years of my life with rings around my neck and I just became very introverted and isolated and felt like the rings were taking over my life in every way. It was always about the rings, it wasn』t about Sydney anymore. I tried sticking my neck out to make it work but logic kicked in after a while.」
Smith, who has since given birth to a baby girl, has now removed the heavy coils to reveal her true neck. But, it wasn』t quite what doctors were expecting, after wearing coils for that long, it must have taken a toll on her neck, but the results were definitely not what doctors were expecting.
Despite removing her necklace, Smith still proudly considers herself the 『Giraffe Woman』 whilst she shares photographs of herself without the coils with her 11,000 followers on Instagram, not really too much of followers if you ask me, but she is getting more and more followers every day.
Whilst Smith’s journey may be over, she is still dealing with the repercussions of attempting to stretch her neck beyond its regular capabilities. A couple of times a week, the Californian native will undergo physical therapy to help soothe the stiffness in her neck that was surely expecting.
After removing the necklace, Smith was left with bruising around her collarbone and complained that her 「neck felt very weak, kind of like arms on a toothpick」. However, despite these problems, Smith doesn』t regret her decision to elongate her neck, because she is still proud of her decisions.
Whistle explaining how she feels after the removal, Smith says.
People have this misconception that they think that your neck is going to look super long when you remove the rings. It goes back to normal. I do feel my neck is longer than when I started but I feel like it has shrunk since I took them off. I really enjoyed the feeling of the rings around my neck. I miss the sensation of the weight on the collarbones, which was in a weird way very comforting.
Doctors are mystified by how quickly Smith’s neck has recovered and regained a more normal length. After all, it is not a common occurrence for patients to purposefully stretch their necks, so Smiths journey has been a learning curve for all. Be sure to gain some knowledge and please make your decisions more carefully, not that it is really harmful for you to take some bad decisions in your life now and then, but it’s not bad either to keep yourself out of the harm’s way. Trying some safe drugs maybe a better option, but who am I to judge.