Forearm lengthening. How possible is it to get?

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So I'm thinking of going to Dr. Sarin or possibly Dr. Xia to get an inch lengthened on both my forearms. That's all I would get. Then I'd go home after.

I'd have to convince the doctor, as forearm surgery is supposed to be the trickiest to perform. But I'd imagine a 2.5 cm increase wouldn't cause too many problems. Has anyone gotten forearm surgeries? Does anyone know a doctor who is willing to perform this surgery?

I love my arms. We've had some pretty great times :,) I'd hate to lose my buddies..

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Unlike femur/tibia where there's pros/cons to each, with arms you really should do the upper arm and leave the rest alone.

Look at it here.  Two small, almost equally sized bones.  And it's full of tendons that you depend on for manual dexterity.  Avoid forearm lengthening.

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Dr Sarin does it and they do it in India.

It is a very complex surgery bc the bones move over and under each other when twisting your hand.
I can't imagine it will ever be as flexible as before if you lengthen the bones.

Don't do it.

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I've been told by a few different orthopedic surgeons that forearm lengthening is the most difficult lengthening and that your pronation and supination movements can be permanently negatively affected after lengthening. Not worth all the pain you'd go through and potential lifelong disability. There hasn't been a study showing a social benefit of longer arms either. Humerus lengthening is supposed to be the easiest according to Dr. Paley, but at the same time Dr. Guichet said you risk paralysis in your arms with humerus lengthening.

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Dr. Paley wrote about the complications of forearm lengthening. There are many more things that need to be considered when lengthening the forearm. You'd be nuts to lengthen them for cosmetic reasons, and even more nuts to lengthen with anyone other than a first-rate orthopedic surgeon like Dr. Paley.

"In the forearm, there are some special considerations. Stability of the elbow usually is not a concern in forearm lengthening. Stability of the wrist is important, especially with radial lengthening. With ulnar lengthening, a wire through the proximal radius is needed to prevent distal migration of the radius. When performing radial lengthening alone, there is no need to fix the ulna. Flexion contracture of the elbow, wrist, and fingers tends to develop with radial lengthening and with one-bone forearm lengthening. This should be countered by vigorous physiotherapy and extension splints. Due to the small diameter of the forearm bones, large lengthenings tend to narrow the diameter of the regenerate bone formation because of the pinch of the surrounding muscles. Inevitably, this leads to the 'pulled-taffy effect' (narrowing of the center as the ends are stretched). The rate of 1 mm/day may need to be reduced to .75, .50, or .25 rom per day. Axial deviation usually is not a problem with the radius, since the ulna acts as support to it. Proximal ulnar corticotomies tend to go into flexion, especially in one-bone forearms. This should be recognized and corrected."

http://limblengtheningdoc.org/Ilizarov_techonlogy.pdf

The part I underlined gets to me especially. I imagine refracture would always be a danger after forearm lengthening.

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Don't lengthen forearms,  upper arms yes. I saw a document on Discovery Channel called Super Human. How some kids are so tall and some are so short. There was one kid if left alone he'd be no more than 3'5". So his mother decided to lengthen every long bones in his body except the forearms.  For a while this bugged me, why didn't they give him forearm lengthening.  Well, now I know,  if he had gotten that he wouldn't be an accomplished golfer now.

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Purely wishful thinking here, but if only successful forearm lengthening were much, much easier to accomplish... I'd get it done in the blink of an eye  in my humble opinion, long forearms look far better on a man than long humerus bones. And men with long arms do look more macho and manly, in my opinion, than those with short arms.

Still, I'd much rather be average/tall with short arms than short with long, buff arms. I've seen too many people in the latter category work out like crazy and still get called (and accept the title of) manlets. It makes me sad.

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Quote from: Tall on January 15, 2014, 04:54:48 AMPurely wishful thinking here, but if only successful forearm lengthening were much, much easier to accomplish... I'd get it done in the blink of an eye  in my humble opinion, long forearms look far better on a man than long humerus bones. And men with long arms do look more macho and manly, in my opinion, than those with short arms.

Still, I'd much rather be average/tall with short arms than short with long, buff arms. I've seen too many people in the latter category work out like crazy and still get called (and accept the title of) manlets. It makes me sad.

Only people I see that use the term "manlet" to describe short men are the dorks on the bodybuilding.com forums.
 I'd feel like slapping someone upside the head if I was called that in person.

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Dont do forearms. Even Humerus is quite difficult.
Dont forget how your hands are important.

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Just curious to know what you all think about the possibility of forearm lengthening becoming significantly safer and more widely available in the next decade/foreseeable future. I read about a new technique involving an intramedullary guide-wire to keep the radius and ulna aligned.

However, my opinion is that there just isn't near enough interest in forearm lengthening for doctors and researchers to develop more advanced and safe methods.

This is very unfortunate because it restricts LL somewhat, making it a less ideal option for those who already have long legs and/or short arms with long humerus bones, prior to LL.

I think that someone who had LL would have noticeably short arms standing next to someone who is naturally their height, even if their torso is longer.

I don't see why more research hasn't gone into cosmetic AL on the part of doctors and patients alike.