Limb Lengthening Forum

Would you know the cost of frames removal?

You have to be realistic of how much can you lengthen safely. Beware of tibia LL, don't go with unknown docs incapable of doing corrections on that segment. Basically, tibia is really challenging to lengthen as there are 2 bones and misalignment risks are higher. Just do 5 cm and don't bother going higher cause the recovery time increases exponentially after that amount. Disregarding recovery time, complications such as ballerina foot becomes very problematic so 5 cm is good for tibia, it's very noticeable for that segment because it's shorter than femurs. After 5 cm on tibia which will take about 7-10 months depending on your healing rate, you can go with femurs and do up to 8 cm relatively easily. At least up to 6.5 cm on femurs is achievable without much troubles. IMO, 11.5 cm total is not a joke and anyone will be satisfied with that amount from 2 LL, no matter what their starting height is.

That would be incredible, I can't even imagine such a difference.....

All I need now is to make some money

It would be incredible, I can't even imagine such a difference..... it would change my life in so many ways, not least my self-confidence. Confidence...

All I need now is to make some money
Thanks You

Hello, I'm looking very closely at a bone lengthening of the femur or tibia.

I would like to find someone with the skills to make a model for me. This would be a great help to me, and would enable me to plan ahead.

I have photos of myself to share.

Thank you in advance if this is possible.

He can't be healthy with such a severely bent tibia until he fixes that.

He did LON femurs with Buldu for 9 cm. Most of you guys say that LON femurs is crippling, especially more than 8 cm. It seems that he got better results with it compared with his first LL of 6 cm tibia with unknown fixators which caused severe bowleg on one of his leg.

You can gain up to 6 cm on tibia safely. Becoming at least 165 will make you normal short. After that, you have to either accept your height or go with the 2nd round for femurs and do up to 8 cm for maximum height gain. IMO, your best bet for 2 LL is 173 cm which is significant boost from 160.

Are there still 20-30k places? Even Turkey nowadays charge 40k+ with prices increasing every year + the loss of income from that 4-6 month downtime.

I'm ready to go through with this operation, I'm wringing my neck so much. Everything comes back every time because of my size.

Thanks for your quick reply,
In France, this isn't really a subject we talk about, but more and more I'm seeing cases of complaints about the size and I can see that it's really worldwide...., so I've found a French surgeon.
I have an appointment on 16 September, with the Precice Nail.
Otherwise I'm thinking of going to Germany. In France, part of the operation can be paid for by the social security system if you are a man of 1M60 or less. Given that I have no money, this could really help me. Hopefully I'll pass. You really shouldn't be over 1M60.
I have also taken information concerning Dr GUICHET
But I realised that Dr Betz /Becker has a good reputation in Germany.
So I'm waiting to see in September, time is so long now....
I'm really affected...

It does tend to depend on a lot of factors, but a lengthening of that magnitude generally does not impact athletic ability in the long term for most people.