More exposure for LL patients: Short actor gets LL and is making Documentary

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Proportions are really going to start mattering. This surgery is getting exposed to the mainstream more every year. Anyone with way too long femurs or tibs or who just flat out did too much lengthening get prepared to be called out. I don't think this is beneficial for patients.

https://people.com/health/actor-rich-rotella-has-cosmetic-limb-lengthening-surgery/

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on November 15, 2022, 05:28:02 PMAlright well... to conceal it, so the best strategy is to do a modest amount of lengthening, do scar treatment with laser to decrease/flatten it, and then a tattoo if that doesn't fully disguise it?

I'm not sure about your last points but I think modest amounts will be the way going forward. Sort of like how people getting cosmetic dentistry have to get a more subtle natural look otherwise it looks like big fake teeth which people now know are veneers or crowns.

Because so few people knew about this surgery in the past if your proportions were a unnatural no one would even think you had LL surgery, simply because they didn't know it was a thing. Now with increasing exposure that time is coming to an end.

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I don't think scarring is the major issue but you don't ever want to be in a situation like

https://twitter.com/roywoodjr/status/1443967124691722254
Who flat out lengthened too much, even if he lengthened his humerus his body was just too small to do 15cm.

or

http://drpiliortopedico.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PRIMA-E-DOPO-8-cm-1-mese-post-rimozione-11-mesi-post-op.jpg
Who lengthened one section way too much.

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Quote from: AllinStryde on November 16, 2022, 08:04:13 PMI don't see that the 15cm guy looks out of proportion, he looks pretty good.  The other pic...I do believe the dude went way too far with the tib/fib.

I guess it is subjective to an extent but 15cm guy received overwhelming negative feedback by regular people who saw his photo where it's been posted. I believe the arm length is what people find shocking.

My point being that prospective LL patients will want to avoid these obvious signs of surgery as awareness grows.