Scars depend largely on each person scarring but a good surgeon can help doing a good job. Dr Paley is good for that. He does good stitches.
It's true you can take care of scars using some products after surgery but scarring is highly dependent on each skin qualities. In some cases they do nothing.
Well for example, I really didn't care for scars on my legs because mine are hairy. But this time with the arms I took measures to prevent scarring and it works great. First and foremost you must keep them covered from the sun. Second, I use Maderma cream with spf over my scars to reduce the appearance. Make sure if you go out to the pool or in front of the sun you keep them covered with a band aid. And last, as Whimsical said, the stitches were done so well on my arms that i'm confident no scars will be left.
Thanks!
What would you rate that pain out of 10. I know there are millions of posts about pain on the forum but it helps having more experiences firsthand about the pain.
-FiveSix
Hey Iamready. I just read some parts of your diary, and it looks like this surgery was a great decision for you. You prepared well and long for it, so that probably helped. I'm really happy to see you are enjoying your new height and wish you all the best.
I saw that your pants waist size is 30 inches. Mine is as well, so I'm also quite skinny. I was also pretty skinny and thin as a teenager, did you ever wonder if your lifestyle when growing up stunted some of your height potential? Or did you have a better lifestyle than me during that time? Personally, I still ponder a lot what I possibly did wrong during my teenage years, even though I will never know.
You said that arm lengthening is pretty painful, but overall I imagine it must be easier than leg lengthening, because you can still walk and don't have to burden your arms in everyday situations. Anyway, I'm really curious how it will turn out, so keep posting your experience, please. 
Also, I was wondering how you managed to arrange so much free time for all your surgeries. You said you saved up money, but did you quit your job when the surgery date came closer? Were you self-employed and could simply arrange time off? You don't have to go into details, just some vague information on how you did it would be enough.
So how much did you lengthening in your legs in total ?
At some points the pain was 8 out of 10. I did a lot of crying as therapy. I had a particularly difficult time; I'm not sure anyone else in the group of people lengthening with me had it close to as bad as I did. I've blocked out a lot of the experience. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger but that is bs. It's not healthy to endure the pain I did but what's done is done.
I don't think anything I did stunted my growth. My parents were short, and I grew up athletic and playing sports. Can't say I didn't try every method under the sun to try and get taller before accepting limb lengthening as the realistic option.
Arm lengthening is different than limb lengthening but I wouldn't call it easier. Not being able to use your hands or arms the first few weeks is like being trapped in a straight jacket. I actually felt more free with the wheelchair and being able to move and transfer with a strong upper body and no legs.
I have a business I run with my cousin and fortunately he was able to take over my responsibilities. It wasn't the best thing for the company for me to be away but this was a step in my life that I felt needed to be done and could no longer be postponed.
I lengthened 11.5 in my legs total. I wouldn't recommend doing as much as i did unless you are ok with the possibility that you may want to get your arms done as well. It's not so much about proportions as it is about harmony between the upper and lower limbs. Basically the only issue I had was with where my arms fell on my body. I became bottom heavy. Right now at 4.3 cm I feel amazing and extremely confident. This is a feeling I missed when I just did my legs. I feel like I reaped a lot of the benefits of being taller but ultimately I felt like I needed to get my arms lengthened to complete my journey and I feel totally right now that I'm nearly done.
The plane ride back and forth to Florida was really rough on my body. I fell asleep with my head between my legs and have severe neck pain and shoulder pain. So for now I'm putting a pause on lengthening to see if I feel good enough to continue to 5 cm. I'll make that decision soon. But of course safety first.
Is it possible to get the images Pm:ed if I promise not to share them? I really wanna see the differences.
Here. But please guys when I say that I don't want to post pictures please respect that from now on, if I want to post a picture, I will post it on my terms only. I'm skinny as all hell now, there's no muscle to distinguish the forearm and bicep as there was before, i'm in a lot of pain, and the last thing I want to do at this stage is take pictures. I realize that you guys want to see what it looks like but for the first time in a long time I am happy with my appearance and I don't want to become some case study that people constantly want pictures of to scrutinize. Try and see this from my perspective.
That arm looks good!
hey nice arm do you have pics of your legs ? I' m very interested .
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