is 8cm on tibia safe?

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Hi all

Im quite confused. Ive read of people here increasing by 8cm or more and im strongly thinking of going to Dr Pili or Catagni in italy for LL. id like to aim for 8cm.

However, im reading others on this forum saying 5cm max for tibia.

Ive not ready anything bad about above doctors both of which say that 8cm is possible. So my question is if I do 8cm on tibia what are the chances of serious complications?

Pili does not mention it but Im assuming achilles lengthening would be required as Catagni states its usually is after 3-4cm of lengthening.

Pili mentions that lenghtening is at 0.75mm per leg per day so I wonder by keeping it at this small amount can side effects other experience past 5cm be reduced/eliminated?

Does this increase the risk of serious consequences like not being able to walk again?

For the record, dont care about athleticism post LL as I hate sports.

Has everyone lengthening on tibia as much as 8cm had to get achilles lengthened? The whole ballerina foot thing would not bother me too much as long as i could walk without being in pain.

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Thanks, I guess I could live with only 6cm increase if I had to. id hope that with would not be less than that though upon consolidation.

I'll be 31 early next year and reckon it will be another year or two at max hopefully before I can sort out other issues to allow me to pull the trigger on this.

is the achilles tendon lengthening common once you go over 3-4cm? I watched a video of the surgery for this on youtube and it is not a pretty sight  .

If could heal and walk without severe pain id be ok with this but not if there a real risk of being crippled for life.

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Thanks you suggest internal femurs but i dont see much doctors offering such at least not the more established or higher profile doctors offering this.

Like im open to correction but from his profile page, I only see Dr Pili and Dr Catagni refer to lengthening through the tibias. Im also not to keen to do the internal route as Ive read there is strong chance of permanent knee pain.

Do external femurs carry as much risk of permanent knee pain?

Bodybuilder I read your own experiences with ATL and i can understand why you would advise against it. Do you know though if you were an unlucky exception or is it common to experience complications from ATL?