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Title: possible for clavicle?
Post by: mixivat on November 26, 2014, 10:39:56 PM
Hello guys! does anyone have any news on clavicle lengthening? it would be a really helpful procedure should it be done..
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: ReadRothbard on November 26, 2014, 11:23:58 PM
Technically, distraction osteogenesis can be applied to any bone, but I don't know of any doctors whom regularly do it.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: mixivat on November 27, 2014, 07:22:28 PM
here it was described it was done for cosmetic reasons by one doctor yet i havent got any reply from him.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on November 27, 2014, 08:06:07 PM
Yes I think it's possible and I can imagine it being relatively easy as the clavicle has less soft tisse connected to it than the femur or tibia.

Here is a study on the subject. It hasn't been done for cosmetic purposes as far as I know but apparently all patients in this study were "extremely satisfied with their results".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23482270

Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: ReadRothbard on November 27, 2014, 08:10:37 PM
It actually kind of makes sense. Broad shoulders are considered more attractive, but that can mostly be done through just some shoulder workouts. But I suppose that lengthening the clavicle could also help.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on November 27, 2014, 08:36:48 PM
Yes if you've got a small frame there is only so much you can do. Shoulders aren't supposed to be just broad but apparently what's attractive is a certain ratio between hips and shoulders. You'll '' often hear girls talk about the "V-shape" but I've never heard anyone mention the "T-shape".
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: KrP1 on November 27, 2014, 09:44:37 PM
Yes if you've got a small frame there is only so much you can do. Shoulders aren't supposed to be just broad but apparently what's attractive is a certain ratio between hips and shoulders. You'll '' often hear girls talk about the "V-shape" but I've never heard anyone mention the "T-shape".

clavicle lengthening will give you V shape not T shape
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: ReadRothbard on November 27, 2014, 10:29:14 PM
Having broad shoulders is part of having the V-shape. The second part of the formula is having big lats through heavy barbell rows or weighted pullups.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: mixivat on December 03, 2014, 01:21:35 AM
i've heard of the study yes. it would be nice to be done cosmetic. not only for the broad shoulders aesthetically but also for better support of the spine and better blood circulation i suppose. the smaller the clavicle the more you have to slouch.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: mixivat on December 10, 2014, 12:11:11 PM
anyone heard of any doctors performing that operation?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 12:27:48 AM
Very interested in this.  Should I start by emailing Paley? Bump for meursault as I see he is interested in clavicle lengthening.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 02:07:21 AM
What's the point of this "clavicle lengthening"? Just work on them delts to get big shoulders
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 02:53:29 AM
What's the point of this "clavicle lengthening"? Just work on them delts to get big shoulders

Why don't we just wear shoe lifts and call it a day? Here is your answer to that question BTW
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2ro44le.jpg)





































































































































(http://i.imgur.com/AZebk9H.jpg)



Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Smallguy on March 22, 2015, 03:03:51 AM
What's the point of this "clavicle lengthening"? Just work on them delts to get big shoulders

This is America btw. There is cosmetic surgery for just about anything. I'm done with this forum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVrLuMIbdc
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 03:11:00 AM
This is America btw. There is cosmetic surgery for just about anything. I'm done with this forum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVrLuMIbdc
It's a tough world out there if you're born ugly. I'm interested in clavicle lengthening so I can better pull off my leg lengthening. It's the only other long bone osteotomy  and really the only other cosmetic surgery I would be willing to undergo and take the time recovering from, because a potential gain of 3" of shoulders would be a huge difference aesthetically. These long bone surgeries make quantifiable improvements, versus a lot of facial cosmetic surgery which is oftentimes just smearing lipstick on a pig.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Smallguy on March 22, 2015, 03:17:36 AM
It's a tough world out there if you're born ugly. I'm interested in clavicle lengthening so I can better pull off my leg lengthening. It's the only other long bone osteotomy  and really the only other cosmetic surgery I would be willing to undergo and take the time recovering from, because a potential gain of 3" of shoulders would be a huge difference aesthetically. These long bone surgeries make quantifiable improvements, versus a lot of facial cosmetic surgery which is oftentimes just smearing lipstick on a pig.

Wish you all the best bro. Once you finish all your surgeries make sure you call Dr Drew at 1-855-373-7395 to share your story. Cheers.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 03:22:49 AM
Wish you all the best bro. Once you finish all your surgeries make sure you call Dr Drew at 1-855-373-7395 to share your story. Cheers.
Let's be real here. If you're willing to undergo the most serious cosmetic procedure there is you shouldnt have some sort of superiority complex towards others who go through these milder surgeries. While there are a lot of average looking people who clearly have BDD who cut up and ruin their faces, there are even more butt ugly people who do the same. And can you really blame the latter group? If ugly people fully grasped the severity of their plight with no outlet for hope like plastic surgery or the gym, they would probably become deranged.

 I'm not interested in plastic surgery but then again I was lucky enough to be born with a non-deformed face with no discernable yet fixable flaws.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Smallguy on March 22, 2015, 03:40:56 AM
Let's be real here. If you're willing to undergo the most serious cosmetic procedure there is you shouldnt have some sort of superiority complex towards others who go through these milder surgeries. While there are a lot of average looking people who clearly have BDD who cut up and ruin their faces, there are even more butt ugly people who do the same. And can you really blame the latter group? If ugly people fully grasped the severity of their plight with no outlet for hope like plastic surgery or the gym, they would probably become deranged.

 I'm not interested in plastic surgery but then again I was lucky enough to be born with a non-deformed face with no discernable yet fixable flaws.

Dude, you need to tone down. No need to file a bunch of insults. This is not the first time you became argumentative out of nowhere and put off veteran.

Ugly face? Is that the best you have against me? You're obviously not bright enough to get my joke. At least my insecurity is not turning me into a woman. Like I said, you can do whatever you want. No one is stopping you. But as you chose to share your surgery online your idea is subject to public's opinion. Don't be overly sensitive about it and get rude. Cheers.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 03:55:22 AM
I feel that considering clavicle lengthening for cosmetic reasons is a tell tale sign of going down the BDD path (height neurosis's ugly cousin). As unhealthy as height neurosis is for our mental status, BDD much worse.

What's next, penis augmentation, humerus lengthening, spinal elongation surgery, botox, facial surgery...?

Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 04:12:25 AM
Dude, you need to tone down. No need to file a bunch of insults. This is not the first time you became argumentative out of nowhere and put off veteran.

Ugly face? Is that the best you have against me? You're obviously not bright enough to get my joke. At least my insecurity is not turning me into a woman. Like I said, you can do whatever you want. No one is stopping you. But as you chose to share your surgery online your idea is subject to public's opinion. Don't be overly sensitive about it and get rude. Cheers.
Don't act all innocent and pretend it was a harmless joke when you were actually disparaging me. It appears you are the one who has has trouble grasping things if you thought I called you ugly in my last post. Reread it please. I know you have a tendency to mix up information from my posts because you assumed I was 5'11" yesterday even though I never claimed anything of the sort. I have a feeling you cant explain to me where you got your superiority complex from. Is it just a defense mechanism? "Well, I did do X, but at least i'm not as bad as the people who do Y."


If you think i'm going to tolerate ignorance just because you're a veteran you're in for a long road ahead.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 04:16:56 AM
I feel that considering clavicle lengthening for cosmetic reasons is a tell tale sign of going down the BDD path (height neurosis's ugly cousin). As unhealthy as height neurosis is for our mental status, BDD much worse.

What's next, penis augmentation, humerus lengthening, spinal elongation surgery, botox, facial surgery...?
Clavicle and Humerus lengthening may very well be essential for some of us who don't want to look outrageously disproportionate after LL, like LittleWhiteMan in particular. Also some of those things listed are perfectly reasonable in the correct circumstance; are you really going to expect a man to 'man up' and 'deal with it' if he's packing a 2"?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 04:22:08 AM
Why don't we just wear shoe lifts and call it a day? Here is your answer to that question BTW
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2ro44le.jpg)





































































































































(http://i.imgur.com/AZebk9H.jpg)

I think the guy in the first pic does too much arm work and not enough shoulder work, which exaggerate his relatively narrow shoulders. I'm pretty sure he could get much bigger shoulders if he wanted to. Also, I would rather have the third guy's physique than the second guy's.

What woman would turn down the third guy's physique even though his clavicle is not as long as the second guy's?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 04:28:30 AM
Clavicle and Humerus lengthening may very well be essential for not looking outrageously disproportionate after LL, like LittleWhiteMan in particular. Also some of those things listed are perfectly reasonable in the correct circumstance; are you really going to expect a man to 'man up' and 'deal with it' if he's packing a 2"?

You still haven't adequately answered my question about doing shoulder work at the gym (which would have the effect of wider shoulders) and I think your comparison of building shoulder muscles to wearing lifts is not logical
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 04:42:17 AM
You still haven't adequately answered my question about doing shoulder work at the gym (which would have the effect of wider shoulders) and I think your comparison of building shoulder muscles to wearing lifts is not logical
The effect of building faux large shoulders via muscles is inferior to having legitimately large shoulders via clavicle length, both functionally and aesthetically. Dont assume you are fooling anyone by pumping up your shouder muscles. Gaining shoulder mass may very well be enough for your average guy to look proportionate after LL, but there are some whose clavicles are too small to be workable.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/29gjrbm.jpg)




If your clavicles are small enough, no amount of working out will give you a v taper or wide shoulders. Refer to this picture for proof.
(http://i.imgur.com/AZebk9H.jpg)




The deltoids are also one of the most androgenic muscles in the body and thus have the most androgen receptors. If you simply don't have the delt genetics they will look deflated if you aren't roiding.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 22, 2015, 04:57:01 AM
I think the guy in the first pic does too much arm work and not enough shoulder work, which exaggerate his relatively narrow shoulders. I'm pretty sure he could get much bigger shoulders if he wanted to. Also, I would rather have the third guy's physique than the second guy's.

What woman would turn down the third guy's physique even though his clavicle is not as long as the second guy's?
You honestly believe the guy on the left isn't working out enough? I can guarantee the guy on the right does less shoulder work than him.

I would rather have the third guy's physique than the second guy's.

What woman would turn down the third guy's physique even though his clavicle is not as long as the second guy's?
(http://tom-simpson.com/laugh.gif)
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: KiloKAHN on March 22, 2015, 05:08:23 AM
One thing that I'd be concerned about for clavicle lengthening is doctor experience. There would be even less studies out there about long term effects of clavicle lengthening then there are for leg lengthening. I'm not sure even Dr Paley lengthens them.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Smallguy on March 22, 2015, 06:13:51 AM
Don't act all innocent and pretend it was a harmless joke when you were actually disparaging me. It appears you are the one who has has trouble grasping things if you thought I called you ugly in my last post. Reread it please. I know you have a tendency to mix up information from my posts because you assumed I was 5'11" yesterday even though I never claimed anything of the sort. I have a feeling you cant explain to me where you got your superiority complex from. Is it just a defense mechanism? "Well, I did do X, but at least i'm not as bad as the people who do Y."


If you think i'm going to tolerate ignorance just because you're a veteran you're in for a long road ahead.

Me feeling superior? Disparaging you? Your self-esteem seems to be at an all time low.

I was referring to the other two people who wrote diary as veteran. I wouldn't be one as I no longer contribute to this forum. I'm not interested in quarrelling with you. If you wish to say something further to me, please use PM. Cheers.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 09:23:25 AM
One thing that I'd be concerned about for clavicle lengthening is doctor experience. There would be even less studies out there about long term effects of clavicle lengthening then there are for leg lengthening. I'm not sure even Dr Paley lengthens them.

I would be very concerned as well, there is only one report on clavicle lengthening via a distraction device. It has been done for medical reasons and seemed to be a success, what speaks for lengthening the clavicle is that there doesn't seem to be much soft tissue attached to it.

As we all know, when lengthening the bone itself really isn't the bigger problem but rather the muscles, nerves and tendons around it. When lengthening the clavicle this could be much less of a problem, however like KiloKahn says the main issue is that it just hasn't been done cosmetically before -at least not that I know of.

Longer clavicles would give two important benefits for us LL patients it would:

-Improve proportions drastically as it makes our wingspans fit our new height and accentuates our torsos rather than our lengthened legs.
-Improve balance by making us broader, this is important now that we will become taller.

In the study average length gained was 31mm but since he patients had abnormally short clavicles to begin with this represented an increase of about 25% on average. Assuming we cosmetic patients are a bit more conservative we migt aim for a 10% increase which in my case would be around 4-5CM. That may not sound as much but when it comes to shoulder width it will be a massive difference.

I'd be very interested to learn more about this, especially since I myself could benefit greatly from broader shoulders, if anyone is in contact with a trustworthy surgeon know that it would be greatly appreciated if you ask him about it.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Sean Connery on March 22, 2015, 09:42:47 AM
How would lengthening the clavicle be able to make your shoulders wider? Taking a look at this x-ray here, it looks like your clavicle would hit the part that juts out of the scapula and would be prevent it from lengthening past that point:

(http://drbrinker.com/attachments/wysiwyg/5/ComplexFractureClavicle2.jpg)
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 11:49:27 AM
Yes I believe longer clavicles will also mean longer shoulders, but I'm no surgeon.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: meursault on March 22, 2015, 11:52:29 AM
How would lengthening the clavicle be able to make your shoulders wider? Taking a look at this x-ray here, it looks like your clavicle would hit the part that juts out of the scapula and would be prevent it from lengthening past that point:

(http://drbrinker.com/attachments/wysiwyg/5/ComplexFractureClavicle2.jpg)
That's the acromioclavicular joint. The clavicle is also attached to the scapula by the coracoclavicular ligament. This would be like saying "how would lengthening your legs make your legs wider, wouldn't your bones hit each other/your knee", because they're interconnected by joints and ligaments (although the bone structure of the shoulders is far more complex than those of the knees/legs, this metaphor still applies).

According to this one study on distraction of the clavicle, clavicular lengthening shows extreme potential for cosmetic purposes.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23482270

The paranoia/doubt toward clavicle lengthening by some members (more because of their own disapproval and biases toward the surgery they deem "useless" rather than geniune concern and interest- just like non-LLers and LL) in this thread is silly. Any bone can be distracted, the question is how effective it is. Wide shoulders are an extremely masculine and attractive trait. Pumping the weights will only get you so far, as hadrian said. It won't change your bones and narrow clavicles with big deltoid muscles just looks 'off' compared to naturally wide shoulders.

Women want broad shouldered men, just like they want tall men. So much so, in fact, that their standards and ideals are often inhumanly unrealistic when you subject them to analysis (far more so than height even, we're talking more than two standard deviations from the mean here, it would be like an average woman's ideal height in a man being something that's absurdly, repulsively tall by the standards of most of the posters on LL Forum). Shoulder breadth is one of the most sexually dimorphic traits after all, and it's not how many weights you pump, it's ironclad in your bones:

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Nonetheless, even the tallest, broadest-shouldered and best-endowed digital hunks that the researchers generated fell short of perfection. "The optimum values appear to lie outside the tested range," they note, adding that the "maxima are more than two standard deviations from the population mean for each trait." That means that, for each trait, fewer than 2.5% of the men whom women encounter in the real world will be as generously proportioned as they might hope. Men with perfect scores in all three traits will be rarer than hen's teeth.

http://www.businessinsider.com/female-standards-of-male-attractiveness-are-way-unrealistic-2013-4
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 12:02:05 PM
Yes that was the study i refered to earlier, I also found another study not cosmetic unfortunately but results seem satisfying. Two out of the ten patients suffered complications one non-union and one deep infection (gnarly) the other eight went through it fine with no "significant" decrease in range of motion, eight say they would do it again with one unsure and one who wouldn't.

Hoever this surgery was done on people who had fractured clavicles that had fused at a shorter lenght then before so their bodies might already have be adapted for the longer length, I'm not sure.

Anyway here's the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2322841/

EDIT- also there used to be a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills who advertised shoulder broadening "up to one inch or more" but now I can't find it which might be a bit worrying.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: KiloKAHN on March 22, 2015, 12:12:48 PM
This is the guy who does it.

http://www.leifrogersmd.com/site/old%20site/male_shoulder_widening.html

It says the plates inserted are permanent.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 12:21:49 PM
Thanks KiloKahn, if anyone feels like calling him and finding out more about the potential risks, the procedure and the cost it would be a great addition to the forums information library.

2,5CM in increased width is more significant than it sounds.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 12:56:31 PM
You honestly believe the guy on the left isn't working out enough? I can guarantee the guy on the right does less shoulder work than him.
(http://tom-simpson.com/laugh.gif)

Here is a guy who has transformed/widened his shoulders, so let's not discount or minimize the benefits of lifting.

(http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120725/640/bodybuilding_before_and_after_640_06.jpg)

Admittedly though, some people's shoulder muscles grow/respond better to weight training than other people's do.

Muscular anatomy around shoulders....


(http://ptd.yolasite.com/resources/body_pic/shoulder%20anatomy.jpg)
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: greatheight on March 22, 2015, 03:36:37 PM
This seems crazy to me. If it were possible, it would be nice though.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 04:31:50 PM
Newheight that guy already had decent shoulders, if you look like this you're pretty much fukked:

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2d7wsn8.jpg)
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 05:00:16 PM
Newheight that guy already had decent shoulders, if you look like this you're pretty much fukked:

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2d7wsn8.jpg)

Not necessary. The guy in the pic I posted already had some muscle mass on his shoulders before he got huge.

In your pic there is little muscle mass on the shoulders, so that guy may see some huge benefits from hitting the weights. As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, bodybuilding alloys you to sculpt your body by adding and subtracting clay (adding muscle and removing fat analogy)
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 05:05:12 PM
Anyway he would look better with wider shoulders and so would I, especially after getting 7CM taller. So I'm very excited about this surgery, I don't need it but it would drastically improve my look post LL, hopefully we can learn more sometime soon.

I hope it's relatively safe and easy compared to leg lengthening.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: NewHeights on March 22, 2015, 05:08:18 PM
Anyway he would look better with wider shoulders and so would I, especially after getting 7CM taller. So I'm very excited about this surgery, I don't need it but it would drastically improve my look post LL, hopefully we can learn more sometime soon.

I hope it's relatively safe and easy compared to leg lengthening.

Why don't you try weight lifting first at least?. Girls generally like a muscular, fit body
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 05:12:13 PM
Anyway he would look better with wider shoulders and so would I, especially after getting 7CM taller. So I'm very excited about this surgery, I don't need it but it would drastically improve my look post LL, hopefully we can learn more sometime soon.

I hope it's relatively safe and easy compared to leg lengthening.

But that it is a form of cosmetic surgery, like a boob job, etc. Its not what real men do. Its like deltoid implants and pectoral implants, just orthopaedic.

And I would not trust this cosmetic plastic surgeon to do orthopaedic surgery!
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 05:15:33 PM
But that it is a form of cosmetic surgery, like a boob job, etc. Its not what real men do. Its like deltoid implants and pectoral implants, just orthopaedic.

And I would not trust this cosmetic plastic surgeon to do orthopaedic surgery!

About boob jobs -don't knock it til' you try it m8

As for the doctor -why not, do you know something we don't?

Also will obviously build muscle but it can only help so much, wider shoulder bones would greatly improve my proportions after the surgery.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 05:18:42 PM
About boob jobs -don't knock it til' you try it m8

As for the doctor -why not, do you know something we don't?

Also will obviously build muscle but it can only help so much, wider shoulder bones would greatly improve my proportions after the surgery.

A board-certified plastic surgeon should do plastic surgery and not bone work.
This surgery is only for sissies, real men don't do it. Its like bodybuilding implants or fat grafting to the muscles.
My doctor I spoke to today said you risk breaking these delicate small bones when you are in your geriatric years so don't do it. Together with hip widening or narrowing, its a no-no.]
Bones like tibia are weight-bearing and will grow back to the same strength over the years. Clavicle is different.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 05:24:28 PM
A board-certified plastic surgeon should do plastic surgery and not bone work.
This surgery is only for sissies, real men don't do it. Its like bodybuilding implants or fat grafting to the muscles.
My doctor I spoke to today said you risk breaking these delicate small bones when you are in your geriatric years so don't do it. Together with hip widening or narrowing, its a no-no.]
Bones like tibia are weight-bearing and will grow back to the same strength over the years. Clavicle is different.

Thanks, I can see how weight bearing bones would be different. Also good point about the surgeon, we don't know his qualification though he may be up for it. The clavicle is weakened by the surgery then, and risk breaking further down the line?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 05:30:46 PM
Thanks, I can see how weight bearing bones would be different. Also good point about the surgeon, we don't know his qualification though he may be up for it. The clavicle is weakened by the surgery then, and risk breaking further down the line?

Yes according to my orthopaedist. Please see this site too FYI:
http://www.osteoporosis.ca/osteoporosis-and-you/osteoporosis-facts-and-statistics/

I quote from this site: The most common osteoporotic fractures are of the wrist, spine, shoulder and hip.

I would ask about the number of cases and what type of training he received. But whatever training is probably just a weekend course, as he is board-specialised in plastics.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 05:40:45 PM
Yes according to my orthopaedist. Please see this site too FYI:
http://www.osteoporosis.ca/osteoporosis-and-you/osteoporosis-facts-and-statistics/

I quote from this site: The most common osteoporotic fractures are of the wrist, spine, shoulder and hip.

I would ask about the number of cases and what type of training he received. But whatever training is probably just a weekend course, as he is board-specialised in plastics.

The Beverly Hills guy seems to do it with an implant, would that affect the risks in any way?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 05:44:46 PM
The Beverly Hills guy seems to do it with an implant, would that affect the risks in any way?

Life-long risk of infection with silicone implants. My doc said not to dabble with all this plastic surgery, its not healthy. If I want, he can do Taylor Fixator 5 cm for me on tibia, But only after psychiatric assessment for at least one month.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 05:50:36 PM
Life-long risk of infection with silicone implants. My doc said not to dabble with all this plastic surgery, its not healthy. If I want, he can do Taylor Fixator 5 cm for me on tibia, But only after psychiatric assessment for at least one month.

Okay I will still investigate the idea of widening my shoulders after I've had LL, if I deem the risks unacceptable then so be it but hopefully it can be done with reasonable safety.

Also you're 186CM, that makes you the second tallest person interested in doing LL I've ever heard of. What's up, are you a dutch basketball player perhaps?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 05:58:58 PM
Nope I am a New Zealand basketballer. I feel extremely short, and sometimes the shortest kid on the block.

I have only one friend who's shorter (he is 182 cm Forward/Point Guard, but he's popular with girls cause he's very good-looking).

Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy for wanting this. My parents have engaged me a psychiatrist but I feel this is real problem and not just mental :'( I feel like I can't live another day without  being 190 cm.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 06:12:15 PM
I though new zeelanders matched the usual anglo-american average of 175-180CM on average. Do you only spend time with your basketball mates?
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 06:45:44 PM
Nope my high school class guys are minimum 185+. Mostly average around 188. Anything below six-feet is midget here  cause the younger generation is so damned tall. So I am semi-midget. :-\

But yeah I do hang out MOSTLY with basketballers especially during season, so I feel the pinch.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: KiloKAHN on March 22, 2015, 07:28:48 PM
I think if your workout routine is appropriate, anyone can build great shoulders. I developed huge shoulders that everyone comments on, yet my starting height was only 5'5.

(http://s5d4.turboimagehost.com/t/20186883_392592_2677585451630_151941957_n.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/20186883/392592_2677585451630_151941957_n.jpg.html)(http://s5d4.turboimagehost.com/t/20186882_27232_1396041253826_2302713_n.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/20186882/27232_1396041253826_2302713_n.jpg.html)

I don't really remember, but I doubt my shoulders were all that wide to begin with structurally, considering my very low starting height.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 22, 2015, 07:42:21 PM
Nope my high school class guys are minimum 185+. Mostly average around 188. Anything below six-feet is midget here  cause the younger generation is so damned tall. So I am semi-midget. :-\

But yeah I do hang out MOSTLY with basketballers especially during season, so I feel the pinch.

You understand that's anecdotal most young men in New Zeeland isn't taller than 185, actually they're shorter, unless they've suddenly sprung to be the tallest demograƄhic on the planet by far.

KiloKahn Sure we can build shoulders but only so much and for me, who already has a short wingspan to begin with, a larger frame  would improve my proportions a lot.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Smallguy on March 22, 2015, 07:53:55 PM
The Beverly Hills guy seems to do it with an implant, would that affect the risks in any way?

Implant seems like a viable to osteogenesis distraction for broader shoulder (V-shape, T shape, whatever you call it)

The benefit is:
- less downtime. It takes months for osteogensis distraction whereas implants can be done in hours
- less pain
- less invasive surgical procedure

The longterm risk hazard to health for implant is quite debatable. You can insert the same comment for osteogenesis distraction or for any other cosmetic surgery.

Beside, the beverly hill guy looks quite happy and he hasn't complained about any issue. He is living out his dream, dammit. If he undergoes virgina plastic surgery in addition to his already 90 cosmetic surgeries, I wouldn't mind banging him.

I think if your workout routine is appropriate, anyone can build great shoulders. I developed huge shoulders that everyone comments on, yet my starting height was only 5'5.

I don't really remember, but I doubt my shoulders were all that wide to begin with structurally, considering my very low starting height.

Same with me. I saw some guys at the gym and it seems that no matter how much they workout their deltoid, they can't achieve that V or T shape like body structure. It seems that this is partly genetic. It seems that surgical procedure would be the appropriate solution for them.

For lower height guys like us with already broader shoulder relative to our frame, spinal lengthening would be an awesome possibility.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: spiderman on March 22, 2015, 08:38:10 PM
He is actually quite hot. But a little too fake-looking..?? is It just me... but the implants look fake? if his eyebrows weren't so bitchy I could f him..
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: hadrian on March 23, 2015, 09:30:03 AM
Here is a guy who has transformed/widened his shoulders, so let's not discount or minimize the benefits of lifting.

(http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120725/640/bodybuilding_before_and_after_640_06.jpg)

Admittedly though, some people's shoulder muscles grow/respond better to weight training than other people's do.

Muscular anatomy around shoulders....


(http://ptd.yolasite.com/resources/body_pic/shoulder%20anatomy.jpg)
That guy had quality looking proportions before his transformation upper body wise. Note that a torso v-taper already existed. With that being said he has definitely improved. I can only imagine how much of an immense change it would be for a narrow-clavicled male to get both claviclular distraction and some well-developed shoulder muscles.

I think if your workout routine is appropriate, anyone can build great shoulders. I developed huge shoulders that everyone comments on, yet my starting height was only 5'5.

(http://s5d4.turboimagehost.com/t/20186883_392592_2677585451630_151941957_n.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/20186883/392592_2677585451630_151941957_n.jpg.html)(http://s5d4.turboimagehost.com/t/20186882_27232_1396041253826_2302713_n.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/20186882/27232_1396041253826_2302713_n.jpg.html)

I don't really remember, but I doubt my shoulders were all that wide to begin with structurally, considering my very low starting height.
You look great. How much have you lost of that during LL-ing? With your frame you'll be able to fit your new height well unless you have t-rex arms.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: DoctorGirl on March 23, 2015, 10:38:32 AM
I am a plastics resident. Dangerous to do silicone deltoid implants due to risk of migration unless placed submuscularly (just above periostieum). Even then, there is risk of infection and granuloma. Upon removal of the implant, the skin is permanently stretched and will look very loose. Of course you can do fat grafting instead, but I am not sure how firm it will feel. Plus, even if it feels firm like most fat grafts do, it is risk of unevenness and , fat embolism though unlikely with blunt cannula.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 23, 2015, 11:48:51 AM
Eh, I don't think anyone here would consider musle implants -the thread is about literally lengthening the clavicle thus widening the underlying bonestruture.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: DoctorGirl on March 23, 2015, 12:02:01 PM
Bone surgery is worst, osteoporosis risk (future fractures) and you would trust a plastic surgeon to do bone surgery? Real men don't do cosmetic surgery!
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 23, 2015, 12:41:28 PM
Bone surgery is worst, osteoporosis risk (future fractures) and you would trust a plastic surgeon to do bone surgery? Real men don't do cosmetic surgery!

That's exactly what the user spiderman said -don't tell me you're the same person?

Thanks for bringing up the risks though.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Disobedient on March 23, 2015, 01:37:48 PM
Bone surgery is worst, osteoporosis risk (future fractures) and you would trust a plastic surgeon to do bone surgery? Real men don't do cosmetic surgery!

dear lord .. !
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: ReadRothbard on March 23, 2015, 02:31:37 PM
That guy had quality looking proportions before his transformation upper body wise. Note that a torso v-taper already existed. With that being said he has definitely improved. I can only imagine how much of an immense change it would be for a narrow-clavicled male to get both claviclular distraction and some well-developed shoulder muscles.
You look great. How much have you lost of that during LL-ing? With your frame you'll be able to fit your new height well unless you have t-rex arms.

Overhead presses, man. Once you're overhead pressing 150 lbs for reps, your shoulders will be unstoppably broad. Once you're overhead pressing 200 lbs for reps, you'll be the shoulder king.
Title: Re: possible for clavicle?
Post by: Uppland on March 23, 2015, 03:53:11 PM
Overhead presses, man. Once you're overhead pressing 150 lbs for reps, your shoulders will be unstoppably broad. Once you're overhead pressing 200 lbs for reps, you'll be the shoulder king.

Looks great thanks man