Hello guys, how do you do?
I am a 20 year old male 167 cm (5'5.7 ) and I have been interested in LL for quite a while, but since I don't plan to undergo a surgery anytime soon I never actually considered being part of a forum. Well not until I got this question in my head.
We all know that it is believed that short people live longer. The reason for this has to be a gene that protects us from the effects of ageing, according to a quick Google search. But I was wondering about the heart. The fact that it pumps blood through the veins nonstop 24 hours during the whole life should cause heart tiredness. So by increasing the height, by stretching the muscles, aren't we increasing the amount of work the heart has to do during our lifetime? This should lead to heart problems, shouldn't it?
Don't get me wrong, I would gladly sacrifice a couple of years from my life in order to be 10 cm taller, with a condition that those years are in the old age 
Pardon me if it is a naive question : Not a doctor.
Pardon me if I made any grammar mistakes: Not my first language.
You won't live longer. LL is a huge stress for your body. In fact, you may die right on the operating table, when undergoing the surgery. Who cares anyways? Living 50+ is not living. Living in regret isn't too.
Hmmm I don't know of any patient who died during LL. But yeah, it's a huge stress and its theoretically possible to die . Anyway I never said I would do it in the old age, that was mostly a joke!
Nobody knows for sure.
exclude you freaked out this guy, no-death has been caused from LL so far. its another major surgery. I think you may live longer if two identical guys in lifestyle, genes, nutrition
..had just height difference. But thatd impossible, in fact a healthy lifestyle can expand your living period, but why thinking of death when you are still alive? 
Well of course i'm gonna think about death when I'm alive, I cant think about it when I'm dead My question actually was if by performing LL we are reducing our lifespan? But probably this should be the least of worries...
i wondered the same question op, i hope LL does not increase the risks of heart diseases 
LL might reduce life expectancy, but future medical advancements might still increase it. And you might get hit by a truck or asteroid, or die due to some other non-LL related factor right after recovering. There are so many variables involved that we don't know about that it's impossible to answer your question. Medium Drink of Water is correct.
How might LL reduce life expectancy, is there any proof that say it might?
Because if that's a risk I think potential patient deserve to know about it.
The stress the body endures in building new bone and making its soft tissue adapt to it after puberty may have an effect on life expectancy. No studies have been done in this area and anything you hear regarding the effects of LL on life expectancy is speculation at best. The long term effects of bilateral cosmetic lengthening have not been extensively researched in a meticulously scientific fashion. In many cases, case studies, theories from doctors and patients, and general educated guesses are the best sources of information we have to go on.
As Medium Drink of Water simply but wisely put it, nobody knows for sure. But that applies to a lot of medical knowledge outside of LL too. I am in a medically-related discipline myself and would like to say that you'd be surprised by how much people think they "know" in this field when in fact this knowledge is on the brink of being altered by new studies, experiments, and discoveries.
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