Is arm lengthening as dangerous as leg lengthening?

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I might do arm lengthening but am afraid I won't be able to move my arms again. For those who lengthened their arms what is a safe amount?

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I've always read that 1.5 inches or 4cm is pretty good. You can only lengthen the humerus and as far as I know the forearm is too risky.

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Quote from: ThatGuy on November 21, 2018, 08:47:28 PMI've always read that 1.5 inches or 4cm is pretty good. You can only lengthen the humerus and as far as I know the forearm is too risky.

Yeh I agree I can't think of a single surgeon that does forearm lengthening.  However, humerus lengthening should in principle be less risky than leg lengthening - it is not a support limb and therefore there is little or no load on it - provided you don't do any heavy lifting or try to push anything heavy.  Precice is good enough or even an external fixator - though the scarring may be less acceptable.

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the bigger problem i've found with humerus lengthening is that it will make ur forearms look even smaller if they are which they are in short statures.

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Quote from: Sanity on November 22, 2018, 06:05:23 PMthe bigger problem i've found with humerus lengthening is that it will make ur forearms look even smaller if they are which they are in short statures.

I doubt if people will notice - but one might be paranoid that they will.  I am sure if I was presented with pictures of people who have and have not performed humerus lengthening I wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless the amount lengthened was greater than 30% of the original.  Even when they are wearing t-shirts.

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Does anyone here know the typical ratio between forearm and humerus? It's a rough estimate, but I think my humerus is 13.5-14 inches and my forearm is about 12 inches long.

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Quote from: ThatGuy on November 22, 2018, 06:21:57 PMDoes anyone here know the typical ratio between forearm and humerus? It's a rough estimate, but I think my humerus is 13.5-14 inches and my forearm is about 12 inches long.

There are a couple of pictures of IamReady's arms after lengthening on this page:
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2556.651
Had I not known of his arm lengthening and unless someone told me I would have never known.

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Quote from: Ascending on November 22, 2018, 06:29:12 PMThere are a couple of pictures of IamReady's arms after lengthening on this page:
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2556.651
Had I not known of his arm lengthening and unless someone told me I would have never known.

You're a god, thanks.

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Quote from: ThatGuy on November 22, 2018, 07:32:07 PMYou're a god, thanks.

Happy to have helped 

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Only some surgeons can do this surgery without complications. Too risky. Arms don't support your weight but surgeons have less experience doing this and so more dangerous