Forearms, the infamous untouchable segment.

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Hello there LL community,

I'm sure you've all heard that cosmetic forearm lengthening is an absolute no no. Many respectable doctors have attest to this and refuse to perform this type of surgery. The reason for which I can understand: Hands are intricate structures tasked with very detailed functions and to sabotage this mechanism is not worth the gain. However, I was wondering If this is still the case for minor amounts of lengthening. Say 3-4 cm. I know I'm going to get many backlashes for asking this, but I just want to know more about this matter. Why can't we put a safe lengthening amount on forearms as we do for other segments. i.e tibs: 5cm, femur:7 cm , humerus: 5cm.

Any feedback is appreciated.

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Hello there LL community,

I'm sure you've all heard that cosmetic forearm lengthening is an absolute no no. Many respectable doctors have attest to this and refuse to perform this type of surgery. The reason for which I can understand: Hands are intricate structures tasked with very detailed functions and to sabotage this mechanism is not worth the gain. However, I was wondering If this is still the case for minor amounts of lengthening. Say 3-4 cm. I know I'm going to get many backlashes for asking this, but I just want to know more about this matter. Why can't we put a safe lengthening amount on forearms as we do for other segments. i.e tibs: 5cm, femur:7 cm , humerus: 5cm.

Any feedback is appreciated.

can you share a relevant case report at which you've read that this is indeed not permissible? it's possible there could be some clinical utility at this intervention with respect to the context of very specific complex orthopedic cases; but I'm not an ortho bro so wouldn't know.