Limb Lenghtening with Dr Guichet 2017

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I will be doing internal femurs since it seems to be easier and let you go up to 8 cms.

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Quote from: Mariobro on October 22, 2017, 10:30:08 PMI will be doing internal femurs since it seems to be easier and let you go up to 8 cms.

Right,   I'll be doing the same with Dr. Mahboubian in Los Angeles.  Hoping for 7.6 cm but the full 8 cms would be better.  I am doing lots of stretching in preparation.

Have you already met with Dr. Paley?   What is your starting height?

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Quote from: Mariobro on October 22, 2017, 10:30:08 PMI will be doing internal femurs since it seems to be easier and let you go up to 8 cms.

Are you worried about looking disproportional after adding that much height to your legs?

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Quote from: farmerjohn1324 on October 23, 2017, 12:37:04 AMAre you worried about looking disproportional after adding that much height to your legs?

Yes, I met Paley but I did not set an exact date yet, however, most probably I will schedule for late March.
 My starting Hg is 169.7

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Quote from: Mariobro on October 22, 2017, 12:19:20 AMHi LLSouthAmerica. 
Could you please tell me if while consolidating you did PT by your own or you paid a physician?
And how old are you?, curious bc Im 52 and planning to do ll with Paley next year

PT during lengthening was included in the surgery price and after that the Dr. forbids us from using a PT not trained by him and I didn't consider it necessary so since returning from Milan around 3 months post op no PT.

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Thank you for your response. Do you have your rods removed yet?, if so, was it painful?, and how long to recover?

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And, why you stopped  at 6cm?

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Im barely 7 months post op so no removal.

Stopped at 6 / 6.5 cm for safety reasons

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Hello LLSouthAmerica  !

I have a question : What's your opinion about your proportions legs - thigh(limb)  after after your gain of 6 centimeters ?


I have this desire to do this operation in the futur but ''the proportions'' is a brake to my motivation.

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I feel like my proportions thigh vs legs are even better/ more aesthetically pleasant. I honestly believe that for 1 lengthening with a target gain of no more than 6 - 8 cm for the vast majority of people, proportion should not be an issue. I've seen many people from different background (asians, caucasians, middle-eastern) lengthening these amounts and they look completely normal. Now, I wonder whether I would still look fine if I did 5 cm tibias, perhaps my upper body/lower body would be unbalanced.

As of now however, I look better than before.