LON on femur

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Quote from: Body Builder on February 06, 2018, 01:09:39 PMAnything else than fully internals is comoletely stupid and barbaric for femurs.
Monorails is the worst nethod of lengthening and having external frames on femurs (even monorails) means that you'll suffer from pins cuting through your muscles. Cemurs are not like tibias, there are muscles everywhere and if someone thinks that having screws cuting through them is something easy then he'll learn from the hard way.

I've said it before, no respectable doctor does externals on cemurs, if some people here think that they are very clever to lengthen femurs with minimum cost with these crap devices (holyfix! what a name) then so be it. But if they end up cripples then the responsibility is all up to them.

So what we should do? I am sure that I will never be able to afford internal femur,it is hard reality. I already have  long tibias and if I lengthen my tibia, I will look so disproportionatal. I talked to the patient of my doctor who lengthened with Holyfix method, he even didn't say it is that much difficult as you said.  I know there will be much more pain, but he said it can be manageable with painkillers

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Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 01:42:15 PMSo what we should do? I am sure that I will never be able to afford internal femur,it is hard reality. I already have  long tibias and if I lengthen my tibia, I will look so disproportionatal. I talked to the patient of my doctor who lengthened with Holyfix method, he even didn't say it is that much difficult as you said.  I know there will be much more pain, but he said it can be manageable with painkillers

Do 5cm on tibias and your proportions will be fine.
If you don't have enough money external tibias is the ONLY option.
Doctors, especially not the top ones, never telle the truth of the consequences of LL. Veterans like me try to tell the truth so future LL'ers have more information of what they are going to face.
For your own good don't do external femurs.
You'll end up with huge scars and almost sure malunions and your rehabilitation will be much longer because externals make pt even harder.
I don't think that your tibias are so ling that they can't handle aesthetically 5-6cm more.

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My height is 162,  so doing 5 cm  will make me  167 which is not worth to spend more than 15.000 euro I think.  I will withdraw from University,  separate from society just for 5 cm? if I were 165+,  it would be worth. But for my height i am not sure. Anyway,  before deciding which segment to choose, I will ask my doctor to introduce me his patients who have done femur lengthening

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Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 01:42:15 PMSo what we should do? I am sure that I will never be able to afford internal femur,it is hard reality. I already have  long tibias and if I lengthen my tibia, I will look so disproportionatal. I talked to the patient of my doctor who lengthened with Holyfix method, he even didn't say it is that much difficult as you said.  I know there will be much more pain, but he said it can be manageable with painkillers

LL mostly can't make your legs look disproportional. It's all in your head. This is why BDD is often mentioned here.

Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 02:13:40 PMMy height is 162,  so doing 5 cm  will make me  167 which is not worth to spend more than 15.000 euro I think.  I will withdraw from University,  separate from society just for 5 cm?

Try to forget about LL for now.

You shouldn't be doing LL when you haven't finished your higher education. You can't risk something like that for LL. People need to have their lives sorted out and be in a clear state of mind before they can decide on a dangerous surgery like this. You need to look into a psychiatrist or psychologist and live with your height until you have finished your education.

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Any doctor willing to do LON with femurs or external femurs,or involving crappy devices like monorails must be avoided at all costs
It is quite simple:the safest method for tibia is pure Ilizarov while femur must be performed with internals
I can't belive in 2018 there are still such scumbags

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 06, 2018, 02:31:26 PMLL mostly can't make your legs look disproportional. It's all in your head. This is why BDD is often mentioned here.

Try to forget about LL for now.

You shouldn't be doing LL when you haven't finished your higher education. You can't risk something like that for LL. People need to have their lives sorted out and be in a clear state of mind before they can decide on a dangerous surgery like this. You need to look into a psychiatrist or psychologist and live with your height until you have finished your education.

i will not quit my university, just will withdraw for 1 year 3 month.  There is really no way for me, especially for people who are below 165.  I am studying in the best University of my country but I can't concentrate on my lesson well because of my height.  I have been wearing elevator shoes which increase my height by 5 cm for 2 years. But you know what? Just one week ago, my friends said me that it seems like you are wearing heels. And can you imagine how it hurted my heart?  I can't hang out with my friends in the society because of feeling too short, every day when I wake up, I am checking the forum hoping and praying that I can find something new that can help me to feel good. I am really soo tired. And just 2 years left to my graduation day from University.  And  I can't imagine that I will be short till that time

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Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 02:50:57 PM i will not quit my university, just will withdraw for 1 year 3 month.  There is really no way for me, especially for people who are below 165.  I am studying in the best University of my country but I can't concentrate on my lesson well because of my height.  I have been wearing elevator shoes which increase my height by 5 cm for 2 years. But you know what? Just one week ago, my friends said me that it seems like you are wearing heels. And can you imagine how it hurted my heart?  I can't hang out with my friends in the society because of feeling too short, every day when I wake up, I am checking the forum hoping and praying that I can find something new that can help me to feel good. I am really soo tired. And just 2 years left to my graduation day from University.  And  I can't imagine that I will be short till that time

I know that you won't quit, but depending on your major it might be hard to get back into proper shape. You could fall back on your studies. Also, LL recovery is really hard, and could take years. That's why it's safer to finish your education first. 

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 06, 2018, 03:23:58 PMI know that you won't quit, but depending on your major it might be hard to get back into proper shape. You could fall back on your studies. Also, LL recovery is really hard, and could take years. That's why it's safer to finish your education first.

I will try to study at home, so that i can continue my education well,  I wiil have 1 year 3 month, I hope everything will be as I am planning.  Thanks everyone for your advice)

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Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 03:40:54 PMI will try to study at home, so that i can continue my education well,  I wiil have 1 year 3 month, I hope everything will be as I am planning.  Thanks everyone for your advice)

How many centimeters are you planning?

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Quote from: Tiger9898 on February 06, 2018, 02:13:40 PMMy height is 162,  so doing 5 cm  will make me  167 which is not worth to spend more than 15.000 euro I think.  I will withdraw from University,  separate from society just for 5 cm? if I were 165+,  it would be worth. But for my height i am not sure. Anyway,  before deciding which segment to choose, I will ask my doctor to introduce me his patients who have done femur lengthening

With femurs the max you can do without risking permanent disabilities is 8cm which add a real height of less than 7cm due to q angle
With tibias you can hit 6-6.5cm which is the same add.

So at your height 6 or 7 cm make no real difference so do the best to avoid longterm consequenses and when you have money and you want it you can always do another one LL.
Don't ruin yourself to become 1.70 than 1.68-9 because both these heights are the same.
Not very short but still short. So do the best, don't hunt 1cm more that has no real difference.