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Compendium of Outcomes

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Thatdude950
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Posted on Jan 6, 2016, 7:28 am
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Although there's plenty of examples of patients needing corrective surgery, the most common negative theme is poor athletic recovery. If a patient genuinely does not care about being fit & mobile, & is happy with no activity outside of walking/jogging/basic movement, a number of diaries could be placed in the "good" category. Walk6, Oldiebutgoodie, dryani, bodybuilder ... they (I think) had had no complications, and for some this would be acceptable. (To me though, this kind of trade off is totally unacceptable...)

Also, as mentioned, some had no complications but were left with the same insecurities. These guys have massive balls for being honest about how they feel. (In fact, everyone keeping a diary & putting themselves out there has massive balls) But I think this does still constitute a poor result. What's the point of doing this if it doesn't actually help your height neurosis? I know people like to dismiss this "Oh, I *know* I won't feel that way" ... all I can say it look at the results. You aren't special. This is something that happens across the board with ALL cosmetic surgery, and is something you should take seriously.

Yes Alu, I'm still lurking Compendium of Outcomes. Honestly, I think the data speaks for itself. I hope it is useful.
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Deads
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Posted on Jan 6, 2016, 7:33 am
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Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 06, 2016, 07:28:47 AMAlthough there's plenty of examples of patients needing corrective surgery, the most common negative theme is poor athletic recovery. If a patient genuinely does not care about being fit & mobile, & is happy with no activity outside of walking/jogging/basic movement, a number of diaries could be placed in the "good" category. Walk6, Oldiebutgoodie, dryani, bodybuilder ... they (I think) had had no complications, and for some this would be acceptable. (To me though, this kind of trade off is totally unacceptable...)

Also, as mentioned, some had no complications but were left with the same insecurities. These guys have massive balls for being honest about how they feel. (In fact, everyone keeping a diary & putting themselves out there has massive balls) But I think this does still constitute a poor result. What's the point of doing this if it doesn't actually help your height neurosis? I know people like to dismiss this "Oh, I *know* I won't feel that way" ... all I can say it look at the results. You aren't special. This is something that happens across the board with ALL cosmetic surgery, and is something you should take seriously.

Yes Alu, I'm still lurking Compendium of Outcomes. Honestly, I think the data speaks for itself. I hope it is useful.

I'd say that this would be considered one of the most valuable threads on the forum if you could post the additional data (e.g amount lengthened, the portion and doctor) in the same fashion that you presented your original post.
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PatientZero
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Posted on Jan 6, 2016, 11:22 pm
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This list is a reality check for 5'8+ dudes who think their life is magically going to improve after they casually lengthen 4cm, have an ultra successful career and bang tons of chicks after.

Also a wake up call for prospective patients who at the offset want to do quadrilateral. Stuff goes wrong first surgery, lets tempt nature a second time!

Limb lengthening is a last resort for short guys who are unable to overcome his social and professional shortcomings despite having improved all other facets of his personhood.

Personally, I would've never done this surgery if I started at 5'7.
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Uppland
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Posted on Jan 6, 2016, 11:47 pm
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Quote from: PatientZero on January 06, 2016, 11:22:00 PMThis list is a reality check for 5'8+ dudes who think their life is magically going to improve after they casually lengthen 4cm, have an ultra successful career and bang tons of chicks after.

Also a wake up call for prospective patients who at the offset want to do quadrilateral. Stuff goes wrong first surgery, lets tempt nature a second time!

Limb lengthening is a last resort for short guys who are unable to overcome his social and professional shortcomings despite having improved all other facets of his personhood.

Personally, I would've never done this surgery if I started at 5'7.

I don't know, it's true that I read a lot of troublesome outcomes but these are almost always from people who lengthen more than 5 cm in one segment and more often than not with a surgeon outside of western europe and nort america.

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ouroboros
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 1:17 am
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Quote from: musicmaker on January 06, 2016, 09:46:32 PM Did you know that one of Paley's patients had a fracture and another one died in 2015? Keep that in mind.


Compendium of Outcomes??   died???   where did you hear this?   was it a member of the forums?
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spaghetti743
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 4:21 am
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If anyone has any information about patient who died or the scenario please share.
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spaghetti743
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 4:30 am
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Most people say 6cm is safe. If someone does 6cm tibia can they recover then come back 2 years later to lengthen tibia again? Or is the 6cm limit 6cm lifetime recommended limit. Only taking tibias into account not femurs.
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Madmax_01
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 3:56 pm
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Quote from: PatientZero on January 06, 2016, 11:22:00 PMLimb lengthening is a last resort for short guys who are unable to overcome his social and professional shortcomings despite having improved all other facets of his personhood.

Personally, I would've never done this surgery if I started at 5'7.

Word! I could not agree more!

By the way: A great thread with the compendiums. Maybe we could fill-in the information as a community (how much lenghtened, which limb, etc.)
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Alittletooshort
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 5:25 pm
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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on January 05, 2016, 03:24:18 PMThe people who say they lost too much athleticism may get it back eventually.  Even after being fully consolidated and having my internal nails removed, it took about a year for me to get to 90%.
I don´t know if you have already answered this question in another thread but I´d like to know how your knees are doing besides the pain when kneeling on a hard surface?
Do you think that your patella is as strong as it was before the surgery? I´ve heard that the patella can burst when performing heavy exercises in the gym (heavy squats, leg press), that´s why I´m a little worried.
Would you do LON again if you had to make the choice again?
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Deads
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016, 5:30 pm
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Quote from: musicmaker on January 07, 2016, 03:59:36 PMI got that info from medical sources. I don't know if this person was a member of the forums.

Which medical sources?

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