Quote from: cam007 on February 20, 2020, 01:18:07 AMExactly .
10% to be about the safest and 15% at the most. Universally.
Majority of people in the forum are under 5’8 so it’s
Imposible thst a 7-8cm per seg is within safe limits .
But as you said a lot of people go over that and say becuase we can. On the outer we can. And the body will heal it as much as it can. But the LTR are evident.
Cam007,
I am not one to argue with ignorant people on this forum, because well, it's really hard to kill stupidity, but seeing how you are really spreading false information all over this thread, I have decided to give you a piece of my mind. You appear as someone who hasnt done LL and yet you make statements as if you know first hand what it's like to lengthen above 7 cm. As the Alchemist said (he, unlike you, has actually done LL) and myself included have done above 7cm with the most reputable doctors in the world. And dr Paley and dr Rozbruch have allowed us to go beyond 7 cm. I have lengthened 8cm on femurs. I have had absolutely no complications, except for some numbness in my shins that I predict will take a while to heal for me personally. There are guys who have lengthened 8cm and their numbness has gone away even faster than mine. I haven't tried running or jumping yet because my dr hasn't cleared me for this but I am sure I will be able to do so soon enough because I'm feeling more and more normal with each passing day. Yes, this surgery isn't easy to recover from and that's a fact. But saying it's "impossible" to heal normally if you go past 7cm is an asinine statement to make when there are legitimate diaries on this forum proving otherwise. For you to sit there and argue with guys who have actually done it and try to convince all others reading that you are correct and we are wrong is just plain ignorant. So perhaps before advising others to do their homework and read "REAL" diaries on this forum, you should heed that same advice. Good luck to you in your journey should you ever actually get this surgery done instead of "educating" others. Take care
If i get 8cm in femurs is surgery possible later on my tibia? Or avoid it?
Futurecaller check taller in kievs diary....you will be very happy to know something.
cam007: you need to further educate yourself in this matter.
Futureller: I myself was thinking of doing the same thing and mind you I'm able to afford the second surgery with out hurting my pockets a lot, but I opted to just heal from the 8 CMs gained in femurs and call it a day, the extra surgery gains seem like more of a burden/bad investment now than a gain in my eyes, both physically and economically. but at 5'7.5 you're in the height bracket that I think has the max benefit of a 3 inch gain in height the 5'6, 5'7 guys go from short to average or just above average, that's HUGE honestly! and if you're overall a healthy happy guy then LL will enhance that granting you don't have any major complications and heal well. I'm happy with my results and I'm a happy height dysphoria survivor, it's night and day bro from feeling like one of the shortest if not the shortest guy everywhere you go to suddenly looking at most guys eye to eye level, the 6ft guys don't seem so far apart now and taller and 95% of females everywhere now (at least for me 5'6-5'9)... I can say securely it was all worth it.
Hey Movie, how did you like doing the surgery with Dr. M? Also I agree, I always wanted to be taller but after I balanced my height discrepancy a lot of my "personal pain" was fixed. Will I go for another round in the future? Possibly. But it will be after I finish my natural bodybuilding career as there's no rush my itch was scratched if you will. I feel after you get sufficient length on surgery 1 take your time, reassess your quality of life and make an honest decision with yourself
It was great, at the time he was the best priced Strydes and local to me so I was healing at the comfort of my home with friends and family surrounding me and supporting me, I know that was a huge contributing factor to my successful rehabilitation. Yes, Dr. M told me the same thing, I was ready to drop the 140K for both surgeries but he when he said I can only get 6 cms in femur and 4 cm tibia max if we do them 3 weeks apart, I was like no man I want 8 and 6 ... so he said, "ok let's do femurs first, see how you feel, then if you want to do tibias after we'll do them in 6 months once you heal", but now I feel good with the 8 cm's gained I don't feel inferior physically to ANYBODY now at 5'9 people can't call me short really anymore, I'm happy where I'm at now.
Quote from: Futureller on February 18, 2020, 05:11:17 AMWanted to know if it's a viable option out of curiosity, if after doing 8cm in femurs if it's possible to get surgery on my tibias at a later date. I would not push my tibias like my femurs, probably just 5cm in tibias.
Yes it is possible and I met a few patients having had more than 1 segment.
Those I met had tibia done first with externals and having femur with nails after but as far as I understand it is possible to do the femur first and tibia later either with nail or externals.
Under Dr Pili I met achondroplasia patient having had Femur, Tibia reaching up to 40 cm and having also Upper Arms done.
https://drpiliortopedico.it/en/trattamento-acondroplasia-achondroplasia-surgery/
Consider achondroplasia patients are very "stretchable".
Don't get me wrong, it does not mean you should aim to have 40 cm as it is not advisable if you are doing it for aesthetic reasons.
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