You will never be 100% after the surgery, here is some proof.

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my guess is he's not very athletic to begin with. i was an athlete before and have lifted HEAVY weights all my life. when i recovered enough (after LL surgery) I hit the gym everyday to the extent where I would pass out at home afterwards....that's when things started to get really good. the recovery rate increased exponentially with how hard I lifted weights.

first i could only do machines at the gym then went on to compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench and military after 2 months. I'm stronger now than before the surgery and will continue to improve. the original post is nonsense.

do the LL surgery. achieve your dreams and work out like you've never done before. you'll be great.

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Quote from: jlk on July 08, 2023, 07:55:15 PMmy guess is he's not very athletic to begin with. i was an athlete before and have lifted HEAVY weights all my life. when i recovered enough (after LL surgery) I hit the gym everyday to the extent where I would pass out at home afterwards....that's when things started to get really good. the recovery rate increased exponentially with how hard I lifted weights.

first i could only do machines at the gym then went on to compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench and military after 2 months. I'm stronger now than before the surgery and will continue to improve. the original post is nonsense.

do the LL surgery. achieve your dreams and work out like you've never done before. you'll be great.

Be careful with this. Your center or gravity changes from lengthening a segment (tibia or femurs).

Depending on how much you lengthened etc. the strain on your knees etc. may become too big if you squat more than your own body weight.

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Quote from: jlk on July 08, 2023, 07:55:15 PMmy guess is he's not very athletic to begin with. i was an athlete before and have lifted HEAVY weights all my life. when i recovered enough (after LL surgery) I hit the gym everyday to the extent where I would pass out at home afterwards....that's when things started to get really good. the recovery rate increased exponentially with how hard I lifted weights.

first i could only do machines at the gym then went on to compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench and military after 2 months. I'm stronger now than before the surgery and will continue to improve. the original post is nonsense.

do the LL surgery. achieve your dreams and work out like you've never done before. you'll be great.

Be careful with this. Your center or gravity changes from lengthening a segment (tibia or femurs).

Depending on how much you lengthened etc. the strain on your knees etc. may become too big if you squat more than your own body weight.

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while the center of gravity may very well have changed, the human body is highly adaptable. going slow and steady is the key to allowing the rest of the body to "catch up" to the new changes.

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Quote from: V on June 02, 2020, 12:14:51 AMI basically asked a question to a LL veteren who had the surgery in 2007 about if his legs we're back to 100% or not and if he felt like his legs felt like they were older than the rest of his body.

My question:

Well, you did the LL surgery in 2007 and its 2020 now, so after those long 13 years do you feel like your legs are in good health for your current age or do you have the feeling that your legs are like 10+ years older then the rest of your body?


The answer I got from member 'Medium Drink Of Water':

No, I don't feel like they're as healthy as the rest of my body:

They're stiff and I feel like I've reached maximum flexibility with them.
They get tired easier than I think they should/would without LL.
The skin looks a little bit splotchy and veiny, especially over the tibialis anterior muscles, and is injured more easily and takes longer to heal.  I bumped my shin two years ago (spring 2018) and broke the skin, and I can still see the mark.  If that had been on my arm, no way would it show right now.

My conclusion:

You'll legs will never be 100% after the surgery and they will feel older than the rest of your body. If you still think about having the LL surgery I wish you all the luck in the world and hopefully you'll make a quick and healthy recovery!

it's a tradeoff but worth it for many.

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Quote from: Kogi314 on June 23, 2020, 12:19:49 PMOut of the thousands of people who did it in Korea, less than 10 diaries on this forum regarding what its like, and what it's like after with Dr lee, it must be because of the language barrier, if you are korean or understand Korean, please try to find someone from Korea who has done this with Dr lee. 

There are plenty of diaries out there and Dr. Lee has his own forum where his patients talk in a daily basis (25,000 total posts):
https://cafe.naver.com/limblengthening

There's also a blog channel of a 36 year old guy that got it with Dr. Lee - lengthened 7.4cm LON



This is his recent video, post 20 months b-boying.

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So I'm your opinion if someone got the surgery and they been fine for 10 years 0 proble s or complications in the future like long long term it's going to hit them ?

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on June 02, 2020, 02:14:50 PMHard to say how much you can generalize from my case.  I lengthened a lot, but I started out with very flexible lower legs anyway.  I did gymnastics as a kid, and whenever we'd stretch our calves I'd barely feel anything and wonder if I was even doing the stretch right.

Medium Drink Of Water
If you can go back in time what would you change if anything at all? Would you do less cms?

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Never base all patient's recovery outcome and potential from one dude's journey.
I love medium drink of water and feel bad that he feels he is not recovering well, but he also legthened over 7 cm with surgeon who is less than elite.

As a current patient of donghoon lee who is currently at 4.4 cm in LON tibias, my condition is fantastic and see no reason why I can't recover well when i'm done legntheing. Most patients here get average 6 cm in tibias, and I have met a few patients who are fully recovered and they are all in great condition. PT here is fantastic and my PT says many of his patients who lengthened around 6 or more have no problem snowboarding, dancing, and climbing etc.

Surgeon skill is very important, and you get what you pay for. That's why I chose donghoon lee, who has the highest tech in south korea, and renown skill in cutting the bone, etc.

Everyone is different, and not everyone will have the same great outcome. But not everyone had an elite surgeon, with elite PT, and a great rehab ethic, etc. so many factors are in play here. Don't base entire LL outcomes on one dude. Look at those who recovered well, those who recovered not so well and see what the differences lie. And don't fade the best surgeons for LL, they are the most expensive for a reason and they are worth it.

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Fully agree with the reply above!

Also palm tree I sent you a PM, mind replying to me