Quote from: exclide on September 09, 2014, 02:52:18 AMThe scars are pretty much invisible if you've got hair. And if you don't, they still lose color with time and are not easy to notice. That should be the least of your worries lol
Alright, that's great to know! RGKEY's scars are really noticeable in the pics he posted though.
Mine are not, though. If you get scar revision surgery it'll be fine.
That's what I'm planning on doing, since I'll be doing at least tibiae externally. I saw your scar pics, MDOW, and would love to have scars as minimal as yours after LL. Scar removal specialists do usually charge by the scar, and it's length, depth, type, and area, correct? Ilizarov leaves so many scars that in afraid that the cost of removing them will be quite high. Still, scars are not the worst of my concerns, athletic recovery and proportions are, so if there is a little scarring, I don't care much as long as it isn't gruesome or scary looking and as long as it doesn't look blatantly surgical. Maybe I can just slowly remove them scar by scar as the spare funds to do so become available. LL will take a good chunk of my money when I do go through with it, so I'll need to be careful what I spend on (ie scar removal) afterwards.
I know one leg-correction forum, where main users are women. There's like thousands of them, with albums and such, their scars are barely visible. I mean if they don't care about it, we definitely shouldn't.
Quote from: exclide on September 09, 2014, 10:16:01 AMI know one leg-correction forum, where main users are women. There's like thousands of them, with albums and such, their scars are barely visible. I mean if they don't care about it, we definitely shouldn't.
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Quote from: Taller on September 09, 2014, 04:30:45 AMThat's what I'm planning on doing, since I'll be doing at least tibiae externally. I saw your scar pics, MDOW, and would love to have scars as minimal as yours after LL. Scar removal specialists do usually charge by the scar, and it's length, depth, type, and area, correct? Ilizarov leaves so many scars that in afraid that the cost of removing them will be quite high. Still, scars are not the worst of my concerns, athletic recovery and proportions are, so if there is a little scarring, I don't care much as long as it isn't gruesome or scary looking and as long as it doesn't look blatantly surgical. Maybe I can just slowly remove them scar by scar as the spare funds to do so become available. LL will take a good chunk of my money when I do go through with it, so I'll need to be careful what I spend on (ie scar removal) afterwards.
Plastic surgeons' criteria for what they charge for scar removal probably varies from surgeon to surgeon. I went to a surgeon I was familiar with and didn't ask him about how he came up with the grand total, I just had him do it because I knew him and trusted him. I did it just like you said, removing the scars gradually over a few years whenever I got the money for it.
Imo,scars are irelevant to women,height is.U can say you had a car accident or injury from football,but if u 180+ they will look more in your eyes than your legs 
Quote from: wannabetaller on September 09, 2014, 08:53:04 PMImo,scars are irelevant to women,height is.U can say you had a car accident or injury from football,but if u 180+ they will look more in your eyes than your legs
scars are hot if few
So if i go 5 cm past my wingspan i won't look disproportionate?
and if i don't want scars stay away from external?
oh yea and when lengthening legs should one lengthen evenly like 3cm on BOTH femur and tibia or would it be better to do like 2cm on femur and 4cm on tibia for example and make one part longer?
Quote from: RobinKing44 on September 10, 2014, 03:09:27 AMSo if i go 5 cm past my wingspan i won't look disproportionate?
and if i don't want scars stay away from external?
oh yea and when lengthening legs should one lengthen evenly like 3cm on BOTH femur and tibia or would it be better to do like 2cm on femur and 4cm on tibia for example and make one part longer?
You won't look too disproportionate if you lengthen 5cm past your wingspan, and yes, if you want fewer scars you should lengthen with an internal nail.
Regarding the 3cm/3cm vs. 2cm/4cm, it really doesn't matter. A cm here or there won't make any noticeable difference to your proportionality.
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