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

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Noone is fully recovered after LL. Thats a fact.
From how close to your pre LL condition you'll be has to do with many things like not having any malunion, not lengthen too much, not do both segments, not have any knee damage with internals, your age etc etc.
But for sure nobody would be the same after LL as before. The best is to be about 95% but most LLers will be somewehere between 80-90% if everything go well.

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i disagree. Can you tell us how you came to these conclusions?

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Quote from: Body Builder on July 10, 2023, 01:42:41 PMNoone is fully recovered after LL. Thats a fact.
From how close to your pre LL condition you'll be has to do with many things like not having any malunion, not lengthen too much, not do both segments, not have any knee damage with internals, your age etc etc.
But for sure nobody would be the same after LL as before. The best is to be about 95% but most LLers will be somewehere between 80-90% if everything go well.

Why not both segments? If you do both segments with a conservative amount you will be better than doing one segment and pushing it. With that your biomechanics wont be as much changed as doing only one segment.

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Quote from: Zib on July 10, 2023, 07:16:59 PMWhy not both segments? If you do both segments with a conservative amount you will be better than doing one segment and pushing it. With that your biomechanics wont be as much changed as doing only one segment.
Better biomechanics on one hand but two stretched out segments on the other hand. I'd believe doing one segment would be better overall.

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Quote from: Temoc on March 14, 2024, 02:57:41 PMBetter biomechanics on one hand but two stretched out segments on the other hand. I'd believe doing one segment would be better overall.


disagree, with some nuance. Each segment has an “elasticity buffer” in the soft tissues, on avg lower leg 2-2.5 cm and upper leg 3-3.5 cm

from from there the problems begin, first linearly then exponential

so it depents how much is lengthen, hypothetical 3 cm tib + 4 cm fem  is gona be better overall than 7 cm only femur,  mind you not by much

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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!

He is correct. In fact, even without the surgery most people here wouldn't be 100% in 2-3 years simply because you get older, which after the age of 22-25 means it is going downhill slowly but surely.

The extent to which LL accelerates the process depends on a lot of factors, such as how the surgery went, which complications arose and the amount lengthened. For some people the difference will be little. For others, like the person quoted, some more. And a few unlucky ones remain permanently disabled.

What is for certain though is that no one goes back 100%, not if you do this to your body. Carefully weight up if the extra height is worth it, that is my advice.