Internal or External Methods

Edit Post

Good to know. How about Betz! Reading the report he is not bad! Depending what method to use! My son's tibias are shorter than femur. Originally I was thinking about femur lengthening, now since I measured should be tibia. I read about blood clots possibly after tibia!

Edit Post

Quote from: suzannaxyz on January 17, 2015, 04:07:20 PMGood to know. How about Betz! Reading the report he is not bad! Depending what method to use! My son's tibias are shorter than femur. Originally I was thinking about femur lengthening, now since I measured should be tibia. I read about blood clots possibly after tibia!

why are you doing all these things if your son didnt tell you anything about his height? maybe he is happy with it , stop looking things that you dont even now if he want to do

Edit Post

Quote from: KirP1 on January 17, 2015, 04:21:06 PMwhy are you doing all these things if your son didnt tell you anything about his height? maybe he is happy with it , stop looking things that you dont even now if he want to do

Her son I think is about 5'3".  I'm pretty sure he is not happy with his height.  He's already getting things like GH.  She would know if he was happy with his height.  I wish my mom cared this much about my height and the affects it would have on my life.  My mom cared, but all she would actually do is say things like "don't worry, you will grow" or "you'll have a late growth spurt". I wish she would have done more.

Edit Post

Quote from: Blackhawk on January 17, 2015, 04:44:49 PMHer son I think is about 5'3".  I'm pretty sure he is not happy with his height.  He's already getting things like GH.  She would know if he was happy with his height.  I wish my mom cared this much about my height and the affects it would have on my life.  My mom cared, but all she would actually do is say things like "don't worry, you will grow" or "you'll have a late growth spurt". I wish she would have done more.

My parents kept lying to me. They kept telling me I would end up 5ft 11 or 6ft. 
In other words they didnt know what to do about it and couldnt be bothered to put up with my concerns.

Edit Post

she is doing pretty well right now with HGH but i think is not the moment to think in LL maybe in 3 years

Edit Post

Quote from: suzannaxyz on January 16, 2015, 06:16:09 PMHave no idea. I have spent a lot of money on medical tests, GH, Lupron. After doing some research found that tibia will work for me. What would be the reasonable price? There is one doctor in la close to us, Mahboudian very expensive. With that price I can go to Germany. The question is should I do both femur and tibia. I think moneywise I will not be able to afford both ops.Any suggestions?

ALL the good and reputable internal cosmetic LL doctors are similar in price to Dr. Mahboubian. Dr. Mahboubian is actually one of the cheaper ones. He has also performed cosmetic leg lengthening on several teenagers (like one boy who went from 5'3 to 5'6 for $45,000). He'll do tibiae for $45,000 with a Taylor Spatial frame. If you want cheap LL in the United States, and don't mind going to a doctor who uses advertising that sometimes takes advantage of the insecurities of short people, then I think that Dr. Mahboubian is a very solid choice.

Edit Post

Yeah, I've never had a problem with Dr. M, but I didn't recommend him to her because I didn't know he was that inexpensive.

Edit Post

I don't have any problem with him either.  He's a licensed orthopedic surgeon in the USA who's been in business for years.  That means something.  Bad doctors will get sued out of practice really fast in America.

Edit Post

Because I know later on he is going to have problems. I know from my personal experience. He is only 15. If his peers start passing him in height, one day he will ask if he is going to be tall. I would say no, it is too late. Especially for men this is important.

Edit Post

I don't think dr M. is cheap though. With that price you could do the same operation overseas. He also does not have that much of an experience. Internal precice is 75,000.