I will indeed go for forearm lengthening

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Forearm lengthening is very stupid IMO. Would you want to not have the full use of both of your arms for months? Not having use of legs is bad enough, but arms are much worse. The structure and mechanics of the wrist, hand, and forearms are also much more complicated than those of the legs, and I would imagine there would be a high rate of complications. I would never want to mess with the forearms.

Humerus lengthening is fine though, as the structure of that part of the arm is more simple, and lengthening will not affect daily life as much as forearm lengthening.

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you need to focus on one LL surgery, do it and then think in another leg lengthening surgery if you want more, all goes step by step. The final step could be arm lengthening but maybe you dont need it if you do 10cm in total

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Quote from: NewHeights on April 30, 2015, 01:16:36 PMForearm lengthening is very stupid IMO. Would you want to not have the full use of both of your arms for months? Not having use of legs is bad enough, but arms are much worse. The structure and mechanics of the wrist, hand, and forearms are also much more complicated than those of the legs, and I would imagine there would be a high rate of complications. I would never want to mess with the forearms.

Humerus lengthening is fine though, as the structure of that part of the arm is more simple, and lengthening will not affect daily life as much as forearm lengthening.
Arm lengthening and this applies also to forearm lengthening, is still easier to tolerate than LL, as you get to keep your walking ability. Which means you're able to move rather freely. Also, from the paper by Dr. Solomin and Dr. Kulesh about forearm lengthening I've read that their FL patients have about 45 degrees of hand rotation straight after the surgery. And considering that you'd rarely want to lengthen more than 3.5 cm on any of your arm segments, you won't have to wear the externals for too long. It's a valid option.

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Arm lengthening only at the end and only if very necessary!

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Exilde, are you still going to try forearm lengthening?

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Quote from: Taller on April 30, 2015, 08:14:05 PMExilde, are you still going to try forearm lengthening?
Most likely not. I'll do humerus that's for sure. But I'd rather not touch my forearms. I've wasted too much time as is, can't afford another full year just for FL.

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Quote from: exclide on April 30, 2015, 09:34:41 PMMost likely not. I'll do humerus that's for sure. But I'd rather not touch my forearms. I've wasted too much time as is, can't afford another full year just for FL.

Wise decision, bro.

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I will most likely do forearm lengthening as mine are only 9 inches long. Sitting height does not matter in real life as I have two friends who are literally my sitting height and they are both 6ft3, but they both have long arms and forearms which is how you can just tell they are tall. And only lengthening the upper arm will literally make you look like a freak unless they are already short to begin with. if your wingspan is shorter than your height by anymore than 7cm you need AL IMO. Time would not be my issue as long as the surgery is a success. I am pretty sure there have been many patients who have had FL done, they're just not on these forums. Only about 5% of LL patients are probably on this forum lol

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The 5'1 guy wants forearm lengthening has the same forearm length as me and im 5'8. Wats happening ppl