Neko Female lengthened 11.5cm (quadrilateral) at age 52 as seen on Cyborg4Life

Hey everyone, you all may know me from @cyborg4life youtube channel. I am a japanese female patient Neko, I did quadrilateral lengthening at the Limb Lengthening Center in Istanbul with Dr Serkan Gurcan and Mr Liam (also was on cyborgs channel). I am currently in my consolidation phase and finally walking on crutches yayyy

The reason I have chosen to write my atory is to support others wanting to have this surgery, especially females and elder patients. I feel there are not many and most patients are males but, females too have this surgery!

I also would like to share my experience at the limb lengthening center because the the care provided to me was second to none! I feel it’s important to share everything, the good the bad in order for prospective patients to make the right decision.

Please let me know what you would like me to cover and also what I cant discuss as I don’t want to go against the rules, I am new here.

Many thanks
Neko

Quote from: 52.Female.lengthened.11.5 on May 20, 2022, 08:42:20 AMHey everyone, you all may know me from @cyborg4life youtube channel. I am a japanese female patient Neko, I did quadrilateral lengthening at the Limb Lengthening Center in Istanbul with Dr Serkan Gurcan and Mr Liam (also was on cyborgs channel). I am currently in my consolidation phase and finally walking on crutches yayyy

The reason I have chosen to write my atory is to support others wanting to have this surgery, especially females and elder patients. I feel there are not many and most patients are males but, females too have this surgery!

I also would like to share my experience at the limb lengthening center because the the care provided to me was second to none! I feel it’s important to share everything, the good the bad in order for prospective patients to make the right decision.

Please let me know what you would like me to cover and also what I cant discuss as I don’t want to go against the rules, I am new here.

Many thanks
Neko

Neko San

Welcome to the forum. I read some news saying that there were some Japanese men who also did LL in other countries to get taller. One person that I have impression is a man who works as a doctor was 167, he did LL and now he is 178. Do you know that news?

It would be interesting if you could share your limb lengthening story in words and video format so better to understand how it did.

Out of curiosity, Japan is a country well known in medicine. Why there has not been any hospital in Japan that offers LL? I believe this LL surgery could become very popular in Japan if it is safe and painless.

It is not common to hear people at age od 52 did LL. I am very interested in your story as well as others, I believe.

Congratulations to you, getting taller is a new world experience.

a ri ga tou.

Hi Neko,

Thank you for being willing to discuss your experience!

How has your flexibility been since the surgery?

Hello, yes we did, I was actually lengthening at the same time as he was. The Dr did absolutely amazing he lengthened 9.2cm I think and now he is walking without crutches and just shared a video of his excellent range of movement. He was young and took his physiotherapy and rehabilitation as well as diet very seriously and thanks to the Limb Lengthening center in Istanbuk for always pushing us and supporting us to achieve the best possible outcome.

Being short affected my life for so long, What made me feel most safe was the services and expertise provided by Dr Serkan and the limb lengthening Center. They had a nutritionist make all the diets for all meals; including bone broth and foods to promote repair and healing , which is extremely important for rehabilitation after surgery. They also provided many supplements including magnesium, vitamin d3, vitamin K2, calcium etc.

What Appealed to me the most was having a 24hr care service throughout the lengthening and consolidation. The expert physiotherapists also deserve a mention, we had 2 hours sometimes more each day but, they split this so sometimes 45-1hour in the morning and then another session in the evening, what I found helpful was the acupuncture, cupping and electric therapy, I found all these very beneficial for my flexibility and range of motion.

In addition to this, a couple times a week, I would have hydrotherapy and omg a session at the sauna which felt amazing on my muscles, it made me feel relaxed and more flexible.

Honestly, I had researched so many LL centre's world wide but, for the reasons mentioned abovve and what I will post in future posts, is the reason I chose Dr Serkan Gurcan and Mr Liam at the Limb Lengthening Center in Istanbul. I am Japanese and I was extremely impressed by the professionalism and expertise at the center.

Please if anyone has any questions about my lengthening and my time at the limb lengthening center, don’t hesitate to ask me some questions and what more would you like to know about my journey.

May I just add, I am now walking on crutches and have ditched the walker, I feel so happy and tall, there is still some time until I am fully healed but, reaching these milestones makes me so happy.

Best Wishes
Neko San

With my age and doing a quadrilateral lengthening my flexibility did decrease a bit, but with the help of the rehabilitation center and of course doing my own exercises I found with time to do get your flexibility back, especially after the lengthening period. I mean I couldn’t walk much during the lengthening period but I had maintained my range of motion, Izel the lead physiotherapist made sure of that, physio and rehab is important but it is vital for a successful lengthening and all prospective patients must know yhis.

Thats why I chose the Center because of their expertise and how much rehabilitation they offer but as I said you also have to stay on too of your exercises etc. if you choose to have this surgery you have to go all in, if you want to come out with the best possible outcome and do jot become lazy.

If anyone reading this is currently lengthening or about to have surgery then may I just say that it may be painful but you must push through the pain and carry on with your physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Hydrotherapy and the sauna are a game changer and made me feel so good after each session

I am thinking of writing my limb lengthening journal in stages so before surgery planning etc, when l arrived in Istanbul, my surgery days and the care provided to me by the LLC center, my experience ms of pain and range of movement etc, the good and the bad of limb lengthening etc, the whole point of writing this is to help prospective patients understand what having the surgery is really like and what to realistically expect and to share information about the centers we go to.. i feel us who have been through this surgery can help others by sharing our experiences

So if there is anything that anyone would like me to write, if it should be in a specific way then please do let me know because I want this to benefit prospective patients, I didn’t have much information when I went for my surgery and I wish I had read and been intouch with prospective patients

And any other quadrilateral patients in their consolidation phase, I have just started walking on crutches, I still feel morning stiffness and i get exhausted easily when walking did anyone else experience this and if so, after how long did this ease and at what stage where you able to come of the crutches and independently walk?

I will begin by telling you about how I felt booking my surgery in the next post

So going back to when I booked my surgery, I was nervous, I mean going to a new  country I had not been before in order to have such a huge operation. There were moments I had doubts and feelings of being scared but, I told myself this is all normal, my emotions were all over the place but, I kept telling myself, this is something I have dreamt of for years, I am 52 years old, its either now or never!

Finally I booked my surgery, I chose to have quadrilateral surgery. My starting height was 152cm and I wanted to lengthen as much as I safely could 12cm would be nice but, I would be happy with 10cm also.

Honestly when I booked my surgery, I had mixed emotions, am I crazy? To wow I am finally going to make my dream come true, I was excited yet nervous at the same time and of course this is totally normal. Anyone who is planning this surgery, just know that you will have moments where you feel up and down, sometimes have doubts etc but this is totally normal and to be expected.

The date was booked, SEPTEMBER 3rd 2021 I was going to have the LoN surgery on my tibias… it was all becoming so real and the days crept sooner and sooner.

My next post will be about me arriving in Istanbul and my surgery date: to be continued

Neko San

I have watched the video of you being interviewed by Cyborg 4 Life, I enjoyed it.

In the video, you mentioned that you were 150 cm before the LL, and now you are 163! Also from the video I learned that the average height of Japanese women nowadays are 158.8, correct?

Well, I think your starting height wasn't short. Maybe a little bit below the average but it's not short at all. A lot of Japanese women I met when I was a student were around that height, 150cm.

I also read that the average height of Japanese men are 175cm? Some said 168 and some said 173, some also said 183?

Based on your observation, what is the average height of Japanese men nowadays?

Your English is very good. The video you were being interviewed, your English was very fluent.

Medical LL is indeed available in Japan, but when it comes cosmetic LL, there is none.

I even had a hard time getting X-ray as a prerequisite before going to Turkey. I had to call 17 different clinics/hospitals to get my X-Ray. As soon as I answered their question by saying for cosmetic LL, they said they couldn’t provide their services including the X-Ray.

The doctor who finally accepted my X-Ray request didn't know anything about LL and my assumption is Japanese doctors or orthopedic surgeons are very conservative and they don't want to have anything to do with LL even as trivial as taking a X-Ray...

I guess they are not comfortable performing CLL Surgeries

Thank you for watching the video.

Yes, that's correct. The average height of Japanese women are 158cm.
The average height of Japanese men are 171cm for last 30 years. They haven't grown taller.. It was on the news.

Thank you for the compliment on my English. I'm flattered(^^♪ I still take online English lessons everyday and online pronunciation lessons 2~3 times a week. I'll get better. Hopefully

Are you also having CLL?