hey all, brand new member here. I’m 21 years old and about 5’6, closer to 5’5 1/2. I have always been just slightly shorter than most of my short friends and that has always really affected my self confidence. I don’t need to be tall or average, but at least within that standard deviation of height would make me feel infinitely better about myself.
Thus, I think I would only want to do surgery to make myself 5’7-5’8. Initially I thought if I’m paying for the surgery I might as well go all out shoot for 5’10 (my dad’s height) but after doing a lot of reading here I’ve learned that there are a lot of long term effects that I would like to avoid as much as possible (arthritis, balance, loss in athletic ability). I know that with any LL at all there are risks and there will be some long term effects no matter what, but how do those problems look when you do say only an inch on the femur and tibia each (which is insanely expensive I know). Would those risks look different than if you did 2 inches on just your tibia?
The real question here is how come you only feel "slightly shorter" at 5'5.5".
I was wondering the same for 5cm on femurs using strydes.
I feel like if you do 2 surgeries to maintain your proportion (your femur:tibia ratio is supposed to be something like 1 to 0.
and you only do like an inch on each, then that could eliminate at least some of the balance stuff. I was reading a post from a guy who did 3 inches done on just his tibia and he said that he loses his balance when he turns his body too much, e.g. getting out of the car. with his tibias 3 inches longer than they should be, his biomechanics are without a doubt very warped. I would rather be my current height than 3 inches taller and a walking jenga stack so if i go through with this, i would want the best possible outcome to better than that.
One of the things I’m interested to know is with the potential nerve damage, if that same nerve damage occurred with a 3 inch surgery vs 1 inch surgery, if the extent of the damage would be more mild on the 1 inch. My guess would be yes.
ok lets try to tackle this one at a time
Quote from: volt on September 27, 2020, 11:23:33 PM how do those problems look when you do say only an inch on the femur and tibia each (which is insanely expensive I know). Would those risks look different than if you did 2 inches on just your tibia?
the risks posed in this question is quite simple
1 operation vs 2
by getting two procedures you are essentially increasing your risks perioperatively (during and immediatly post op)
this can include issues with
anaesthetic reaction
bleeding
infection
damage to structures from the procedure
chances of fat embolism
Quote from: volt on September 28, 2020, 10:41:59 AMI feel like if you do 2 surgeries to maintain your proportion (your femur:tibia ratio is supposed to be something like 1 to 0. and you only do like an inch on each, then that could eliminate at least some of the balance stuff.
now on to the proportion part if you are obsessed with proportion ( you really should) and you want to maintain that ratio: then the most you would lengthenwould be 1inch femur for every 0.8 tibia. so in theory could could do 2 inch femur and 1.6 tibia and still be pretty safe.
now the balance stuff: its not caused by the proportion between your femur to tib. its caused by your leg to torso. the reason why is you shifting you center of balance up. you lived most of your life with a lower centre of gravity, and when you grow naturaly your body has time to adapt to it. some people who have massive growth spurts get very awkward cuz there is not enough time to adapt. but that jsut takes time for your brain to get used to the new height.
finally the nerve damage:
in theory you shouldnt get any permanent nerve damage if youre smart about your lenghtening
these nerve pathologies dont happen suddenly, there are usually a ton of warning signs before you get something like a food drop
that means constant physio. and when you get the signs of impending nerve damage, slow down lengthening, so constant communication with your doc is crucial.
can I ask what a food drop is?
also I feel like many people would take the best care of themselves they can during post op, the ones who get nerve damage are the ones who ignore the warning signs?
Also I think I would do 1.2 inch femur 1.0 inch tibia, or maybe 1.5 inch femur 1.2 tibia. wouldn’t want to hit the 2 inch mark on either. Bad scenarios for doing just 1 inch on a bone is a lot less detrimental than going all out and doing 3 inches on a bone, right?
also irrelevant to topic, but I measured my wingspan and found out I have short arms for my height, about -2 inches my standing height, so that has further discouraged me from wanting to do too much lengthening to maintain my proportions.
Quote from: volt on September 28, 2020, 10:01:25 PMcan I ask what a food drop is?
also I feel like many people would take the best care of themselves they can during post op, the ones who get nerve damage are the ones who ignore the warning signs?
Also I think I would do 1.2 inch femur 1.0 inch tibia, or maybe 1.5 inch femur 1.2 tibia. wouldn’t want to hit the 2 inch mark on either. Bad scenarios for doing just 1 inch on a bone is a lot less detrimental than going all out and doing 3 inches on a bone, right?
sorry mean to say foot drop
most people dont struggle with 2 inches on femurs
you would run into issues if you decided to lengthen both at the same time
however if you spaced your procedures out you wouldnt encounter any reall issues
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