Hello everyone,
I'm very new to this whole world of LL and never knew it existed until... now!
I'm going to start reading more into it, but wanted to ask some questions that I could come back to later while I'm reading on the forums.
1) What is typically the most amount of inches one can gain from LL if in good shape and overall good health? What has been the most done?
2) I have EU and US citizenship, while money is still a factor, would it be better to get it done in EU or US?
3) Who is considered the best doctor, but on the "cheaper" side? I saw Pasley was over 100K, my bank account said no.
4) I'm 5'4 and would love to gain 5 inches, is this realistic?
5) How long are you out of commission for? I run my own business and pretty much runs on autopilot, but the only thing that is seriously not wanting me to do this is the time it may take to heal. I feel as if I may go crazy!
6) Do you eventually fully heal? (not including scars)
Thanks everyone, looking forward to learning much about this!
P.S if it matters, I'm from NY
On the old forum, everyone used to talk of doing 10+cm by doing 7-8 in each segment. What people quickly learned is that this caused a very long multiyear recovery with large losses of mobility and perhaps permanent leg pains.
Now, the "smartest" decision is to do 5cm in tibia, and 5cm in femurs. You could go up to 7 in femurs perhaps, but for tibias it's not recommended to go past 5. It depends on whether you're willing to do 2 surgeries, or perhaps you want to just get 7 from femur (because there is a risk of permanent knee pain when you do Tobias).
You can do this in the US or the EU with your tried and true options being Paley and Guichet respectively. Paley has an entire institute dedicated to limb lengthening and is by far biggest sorry living. Guichet is also well regarded and places lots of emphasis on ore training and atheletic recovery. Guichet is much cheaper, if memory serves correctly, but I highly suggest going with Paley as his patients, from the diaries I've read, have the shortest recoveries and I feel like for an American WPB is a very nice, warm location to recover in.
My two favorite journals so far have been Iamready and DoingItForMe. They both did what I would call very "smart" lengthening journeys and both showed really good results. I feel like the 5+5 framework will continue to be followed and it really is your best bet for best mobility and recovery time.
I'm sure someone will answer the other questions, but if not, I'll come back and pick them up. I'm 5'4 as well lol so I understand. I think 4 inches may just be better for our size in terms of proportion, I have the frame and torso of a 5'4 person and I feel like even if I were to do 4 inches and work out extensively I will look slightly narrow. But that's just my body type.
Welcome to the world of LL!
Thank you for the response, greatly appreciated and informative.
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