Hi everyone, I've been following this forum for a long time (even before registering) and I constantly read people's diaries.
But usually, people only post negative reviews (trying to find support).
I’ve been wanting to share my own experience for a while now, but I kept putting it off.
I think this might help someone decide to go through with the surgery, because when I was reading a few years ago, there were very few positive long-term results (especially after two surgeries)
I had my first surgery in 2019 (on the femurs, gained about ~7 cm), and my second surgery was in 2022 (about ~6 cm).
I had the surgeries in Turkey. I don’t mention the names of the doctors (so no one thinks it’s an advertisement). The doctors were different, but I believe that these surgeries are quite common in Turkey now, so many doctors have the same experience.
Overall, the issues were similar to what most people experience (some pain, difficulty sleeping, inability to sleep on the side, numb legs).
90% of the time I had almost no pain, so I was able to walk around the city with lon fixators, celebrate New Year’s, visit doctors, and so on without much trouble.
My first surgery images.
Second surgery
How I was walking toward the end of the second surgery (before the LON frames were removed).
Not sure how to insert a video here.
video with LON frames
A video of how I was walking about 3 months after the second surgery
video after ~3 months
I was also riding a bicycle at that point, and by 6 months I was already riding a motorcycle
Around half a year later, I started going to the gym, and these were my results about a year after the surgery.
video after 1 year
It's been about 3 years since the surgery. You can see the length of my legs in relation to my body.
(I don't have any photos or Instagram, so this is the first time I've taken a photo of myself in 3 years.)
A couple of weeks ago, I bought an enduro motorcycle, and for those who think that after two surgeries you'll be left with a disability 
If someone isn’t sure that it’s me on the motorcycle, here’s my gear 
Feel free to ask your questions -I'm happy to share my experience.
I hope some people will decide to go for it instead of suffering for half their life.
How I recovered after two surgeries
Quote from: ChasingTheDream555 on April 22, 2025, 11:55:07 AMYour lower body/legs looks proportionate to your upper ngl, what's ur wingspan and how much years have u been going to the gym
My arm length is around 170–175, but I don’t care about that. People worry about it for no reason. I don’t know anyone who’s ever noticed it - mostly, it’s only mentioned here on the forum.
As for the gym, I had some experience before (mostly at an amateur level), but after the surgery, I basically started from scratch.
After the surgery, I started going to the gym six months later, and I’ve been training for almost 2.5 years since then.
By the way, a little life hack: bones heal in just a couple of months when using testosterone
Quote from: sxxa on April 22, 2025, 06:59:58 PM
Yeah the proportions thing is pretty much a inside approach of the community, but I must say your proportions look absolutely natural and normal. That's why is a bit impressive.
My legs were short for my height. My friend is 160–165 cm tall and could reach the ground on a motorcycle just like me, even though I was 172 cm. So I made them more proportional xD
Quote from: sxxa on April 22, 2025, 07:26:54 PM you probably have not measured your wingspan properly, you must be close to 1.80 because your proportions are like if your natural height was your current
Weird, maybe my arms grew? But now they're almost 180 
Quote from: ChasingTheDream555 on April 23, 2025, 07:47:16 PMBTW what did you mean by using test makes the bone heal better? Were you using steroids durning your lenghtening or after? Tell me more about it pls
Yes, I was taking minimal doses of Sustanon (it’s freely sold in Turkey) after the healing stage had begun.
Since I know about HRT/post-cycle therapy, etc., it wasn’t a problem for me.
This helped accelerate consolidation and healing
1 may 
17 july (~2.5 months)
Quote from: ChasingTheDream555 on April 23, 2025, 08:36:41 PMCan you measure your wingspan to see how much exactly is, because I'm planning to do the surgery but after the surgery my wingspan is going to be 4cm less than my height and im scared im not going to look proportionate
~178 cm
Do you really think people will notice a few centimeters difference in arm length? My friend, who is slightly shorter than me, has hands that are a whole palm longer. That doesn’t affect proportions. Everyone has different proportions—there are no perfect ones.
The forum added so many pointless worries.
Quote from: robindarke on April 23, 2025, 11:10:35 PMWhat was the cost of each of your LL surgeries?
First operation 2019 (LON femur) 18k $ + 2k lon removing
Second 2021 (LON tibia) 20k + 2k
taking into account flights, medicines and other related expenses, I think less than 45k, but now it will be a little more expensive.
Quote from: ChasingTheDream555 on April 24, 2025, 06:38:20 AMWhich surgeon did you go to?
First operation Halil Buldu
Second operation Fatih Arslanoglu
Both doctors are good.
I contacted the assistant again for the second operation (with the same company), their doctor changed, I do not know why, but everything went just as well.
Quote from: Charizard on April 25, 2025, 11:01:28 AMYou legs looks awsome bro. Congratz..
I asked about it aswell why have they have changed Halil with Fatih back in 2020. They said because Dr Halil was making too many errors during surgery and they were getting complaints from patients, so they changed him. I never heard anything bad about Dr Fatih.
Yes, I also read that message somewhere on the forum - maybe it’s true.
Dr. Fatih was wondering why the previous doctor inserted the rods into the femur through the knees (instead of the pelvis).
As far as I understand, that's worse for the knees. But in my case, it actually helped. Maybe it was just luck?
A small note about my knees:
I had two surgeries (on the femur and tibia) through the knees. I don’t know why, but my knees stopped hurting. Before my first surgery, I couldn’t walk a couple of kilometers without knee pain.
No joke, sometimes the pain level was worse than wearing the LON fixators. I couldn’t sleep and was taking tons of painkillers. I hadn’t had any injuries or anything else, and my weight was about 70 kg.
Now I weigh 90–95 kg, and I can walk 20,000 steps with no pain in my knees. Including riding enduro and working out (squats/leg press, etc.)
When comparing both doctors, I didn’t notice any significant difference in their professionalism. Maybe it really was just my luck?
PS thought my legs would be skinny after the surgery, but it turns out my calves are now bigger than anyone else’s at the gym - about 44–45 cm. I don’t even train them.
A tip for anyone who wants to grow their calves
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