Lengthening Amount Recommended

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Quote from: SirStretchAlot on June 14, 2021, 08:19:46 AMHonestly, goals are one thing. Your suffering tolerance and function recovery is another. Lengthening past 6cm will feel quite different than the first 3cm. If your body says stop, then you should, or you will likely never return to normal functions without a follow-up surgery.
This is the correct answer.

Personally I am doing 5cm. It's not worth the risk and long-term work you need to put into your body to recover.

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Quote from: PerfectBody on June 18, 2021, 07:03:44 PMThis is the correct answer.

Personally I am doing 5cm. It's not worth the risk and long-term work you need to put into your body to recover.

How much easier & less risky is it to recover from doing 5 cm vs doing more than that?  I know that Dr. Donghoon Lee has said that going over 5 cm leads to more serious strength / ability losses, but it would be nice to see supporting evidence of better recovery / less complications in the form of patient diaries and studies, etc.

-Hercules

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Quote from: Hercules on June 21, 2021, 07:56:02 PMHow much easier & less risky is it to recover from doing 5 cm vs doing more than that?  I know that Dr. Donghoon Lee has said that going over 5 cm leads to more serious strength / ability losses, but it would be nice to see supporting evidence of better recovery / less complications in the form of patient diaries and studies, etc.

-Hercules

Yeah apparently from reading diaries and YouTube vids, on the femurs the first 3-4cm is very doable and it starts to get exponentially more difficult past around 5-6cm. That’s why I’m aiming for 5-6cm when I do it hopefully. But if your body can handle it and it’s safe, then you can do more. Listening to ur body is very important.

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UNOFFICIAL GRAPH SHOWING HOW DIFFICULT LENGTHENING GETS AS YOU GAIN LENGTH (in CM) (LINK AT BOTTOM):   

Below is a link to a "generalized and unofficial graph that shows how difficult lengthening gets as you gain length." The graph is from the patient diary of one of Dr. Assayag's patients.  The patient says that the graph is "based on the reports of experts in the leg lengthening field, specifically the doctors, physical therapists, and actual leg lengthening patients who have described the difficulty levels based on the length. Of course it doesn’t apply to everyone, but this is a general overview."   You can see that GRAPH in the patient's diary here:

https://heightjourney.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/day-36-end-of-week-5-journey-getting-tougher-3-15cm-1-24-inch/

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Seems like Dr.Betz being devoted into making jokes?10-12cm in one operation?

Alright what I've heard is that it's just a piece of fake news and one friend in my Wechat group paid a visit to Betz and it was a coincidence that he asked the question about lengthening amount recommend and Betz's answer was '5-6cm in tibias and 7-8cm in femurs'.

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Hey guys, I am a 5'3" male. I am looking to get to the 5' 6.5" general height. I would want to do both femurs and tibias for good proportions and safety as it seems that 5cm (about 2 inches) is the safety limit to extending a bone. I was considering 2 inches in the femurs and another 1.5 in the tibias. Would this be a good option?

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Quote from: Tennis-freak1997 on August 31, 2021, 09:16:51 PMHey guys, I am a 5'3" male. I am looking to get to the 5' 6.5" general height. I would want to do both femurs and tibias for good proportions and safety as it seems that 5cm (about 2 inches) is the safety limit to extending a bone. I was considering 2 inches in the femurs and another 1.5 in the tibias. Would this be a good option?
Totally safe.But you have to be warned against nails being called back and for instance,now Indian surgeons cannot provide intramedullary rods for patients and you have to buy rods through companies.

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Is simultaneous/sequential quadrilateral lengthening worth it, heard there is more risk for complications? And who would be the better option, Dr. Donghoon Lee or Dr. Parihar for it?

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Quote from: Medieval European on September 02, 2021, 07:56:08 AMTotally safe.But you have to be warned against nails being called back and for instance,now Indian surgeons cannot provide intramedullary rods for patients and you have to buy rods through companies.


Is simultaneous/sequential quadrilateral lengthening worth it, heard there is more risk for complications? And who would be the better option, Dr. Donghoon Lee or Dr. Parihar for it?

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Quote from: Tennis-freak1997 on September 03, 2021, 05:29:52 PM
Is simultaneous/sequential quadrilateral lengthening worth it, heard there is more risk for complications? And who would be the better option, Dr. Donghoon Lee or Dr. Parihar for it?
I said Indian surgeons cannot provide rods anymore and absolutely Dr.Donghoon Lee is the better opinion