Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: berkeclor123 on May 06, 2016, 05:17:45 AM
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I am debating whether to do 5.0 cm (2 inches) or 7.5 cm (3 inches).
For those of you who did 2, is this noticeable?
I think in lifts which puts me at 5'11 from 5'9. I feel like the 2 inches is somewhat noticeable. However from afar, I don't feel like 2 inch is all that. I think 3 inches is when things start to look quite noticeable.
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From what I have learnt from the diaries here, this is kind of the wrong thinking when it comes to LL.
You don't "decide" beforehand what amount you lengthen.
You start lengthening, and then you see how far you can go without getting yourself disabled.
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2 inches is noticable but it is more noticable if you are average or somewhat below averega. I am 175 and after LL I will become 180. That means, from being shorter than 65% of males I will be taller than 75% of males (in Western Countries). My friends are between 178 and 185, so they will certainy notice that I became taller than some of them or close to them. Further, with some shoes such as AirMax that add 4 cm, I can go up to 184 that is above 6 foot. That is noticable.
However, if I were 165, 5 cm at least from my perspectice wouldnt mean that much. You need to add 7-8 to make things interesting )
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Cheez has reason and you mustn listen to carelessness people in the forum who say you can do the maximum without consequences. It's your body which decides. ALWAYS. You mustn't force NATURE
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Normally, body allows doing 6.But there are people who can do more or even less.
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Do not do more than 5 cm in one operation. Just wear lifts as well or do a second one.
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Do not do more than 5 cm in one operation. Just wear lifts as well or do a second one.
You think people coming to this site arent already wearing lifts?
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There are some that don't like to use them. Some that might even get really scared if they have to take them off in public. What I was telling him was to combine the cm he gains from surgery with the lifts instead of doing a big amount for the operation which can cause a lot of complications.
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come on guys 5 cm is really not worth the pain a money, why not spending 20 more days for 7 cm? then it all depends on our body if we can go to 8.5 why not, maybe 2 as well
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It's really depends on your body a lot of people go past 6cm and are fine some can't even make it to 6cm. Personally if you have decent proportions and you can get passed 6 why not you're already spent a lot of money on surgery make it worth your while.
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Personally if you have decent proportions and you can get passed 6 why not you're already spent a lot of money on surgery make it worth your while.
come on guys 5 cm is really not worth the pain a money, why not spending 20 more days for 7 cm? then it all depends on our body if we can go to 8.5 why not, maybe 2 as well
Because maybe you could lengthen that much but your recovery and functions will be wrecked. I recommend to talk with Sweden, he is few years after the surgery and he still has big problems.
That's how people get crippled or lose big part of their functions, because they were cheap and greedy.
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Sweden is a respected member but i think he did the surgery with Sarin the butcher + external surgery.
so lets assume i didn't have complication and was smooth lengthning and doctor said go for 8, do you think he will expect how my recovery will be? can he now how the nerves reacting?
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Sweden claimed by himself that Sarin did everything alright. Recovery, biomechanical functions and your proportion will be wrecked after 8cm. What's the point of being taller if you move like 70 year old man.
Have some imagination, people like Birkholtz don't put 6cm as a limit for nothing.
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But he did external which know for a bad recovery, many people lengthened to 9.3 cm and doing very well, its all depend on your doctor's advice
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But he did external which know for a bad recovery, many people lengthened to 9.3 cm and doing very well, its all depend on your doctor's advice
Who?
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A woman called Hannah
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with Dr Betz
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She didn't update about her walking after. Her bones didn't even consolidate back then.
Everybody will think that they feel "normal" comparing to the lengthening phase.
Doingitforme did 8cm with Paley and still have pains and few problems.
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He's right don't do it you'll be handicapped for life :-*
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Do you think 8.5 cm is too much if my nerve allowed me and doctor give me a green light?
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Why stop at 8,5cm doe? Let's go for 69cm, so we can finally hit average height of 7 foot.
So many examples and people learn nothing. I guess people don't appreciate their health until they lose it.
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Me personally if your body allowed you dr said it was no problem and you would be happy with your proportions I don't think it would be too much. 8.5 is a lot and would be hard to achieve but it's been done before.
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I really respect your opinion, but you telling 5 cm, i rather not doing the operation. i know 8.5 is pushing it, what about 8 or 7.5
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Might as well do two surgery's 5 cm on tibia and then 5 cm on femur since you will recover faster on internal femur than external tibia and if you want more why not 5cm on the humerus then you can be brothers with Apotheosis :D.
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She didn't update about her walking after. Her bones didn't even consolidate back then.
Everybody will think that they feel "normal" comparing to the lengthening phase.
Doingitforme did 8cm with Paley and still have pains and few problems.
what is your desired length? and which method?
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Honestly, I would go with 5cm.
5cm in your femurs
around 4-5cm on your tibias.
I say this because recover and lengthening will be easier from what I have read and heard online.
If you take 0.75 increase a day it's essentially around 2 months of lengthening and then you're done.
The hardest part is during the lengthening process, two months mentally seems doable.
You can also decide to go back and get your tibias done an add 4cm if your proportions after LL accept it.
I'm personally looking at doing 4-5cm on my femurs but will consider a second surgery if I am financially and proportionally able.
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Honestly, I would go with 5cm.
5cm in your femurs
around 4-5cm on your tibias.
I say this because recover and lengthening will be easier from what I have read and heard online.
If you take 0.75 increase a day it's essentially around 2 months of lengthening and then you're done.
The hardest part is during the lengthening process, two months mentally seems doable.
You can also decide to go back and get your tibias done an add 4cm if your proportions after LL accept it.
I'm personally looking at doing 4-5cm on my femurs but will consider a second surgery if I am financially and proportionally able.
No, lengthening is the easiest part. Recovery is what we should concerned of
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Lengthening is when your bones are under the most stress.
Recovery is easy in comparison to the tension your body faces during lengthening.
Lengthening is not easier than recovery it is harder.
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Lengthening is when your bones are under the most stress.
Recovery is easy in comparison to the tension your body faces during lengthening.
Lengthening is not easier than recovery it is harder.
recovery takes months and sometimes years. I told you its more difficult when you under go the surgery you will remember that. good luck
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If you've undergone the surgery then I respect your thought and apologise for arguing. however, I've just read and spoken to people who have said that lengthening was the hardest for them since the leg was under a lot of tension but we are all different and I was also talking in reference to people having done >5cm
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If you've undergone the surgery then I respect your thought and apologise for arguing. however, I've just read and spoken to people who have said that lengthening was the hardest for them since the leg was under a lot of tension but we are all different and I was also talking in reference to people having done >5cm
so lets talk rationally. if i finished two months lengthening, will i be ok or i need hell of time to recover?
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lol you guys are talking about your desired lengthening amount like your ordering a pizza. I'll take 7cm with a side of hot wings 😁. Like someone said earlier, you're only going to lengthen the amount your body and doctor will allow you to.
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are you posting? 8.5 will fk you up. You either do the most 7.65 or be safe and do 6cm or lower.
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"7.65" WRONG. It's 7.645
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"7.65" WRONG. It's 7.645
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Incorrect, safe limit is 7.6445.
7.645 will give you AIDS
Now seriously, I think he converted 3 inches to cm (7.62)
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I would say 5 cm tibia and 7 femur.
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I would say 5cm in femurs and 4cm in tibia. For a maximum of 9cm, otherwise while looking yourself nked if front of the mirror you could be not in peace with your heart because of the arms length not anymore in balance with the new height achieved.
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Just go for femurs, tibias are very complicated, if you decice both, do arm lengthening.
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And then feet lengthening with additional hand lengthening.
One surgery costs tons of effort what about three.....
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Once again I agree with you onemorefoot. Even if the ideal will be to replicate the original crural index (for example if it's 80: you should lengthen 4CM the femurs and 3.2CM the tibia; knowing that with +7,2cm you will not need arm lengthening), a good compromise under the light of safety and proportions, if considering only 1 surgery, also in consideration of the merely aesthetic post I made in the Height & Proportions section, will be +5CM in femurs.
We have also an example of +5cm femurs recovery: OldieButGoldie, whose results are objectively very good in terms of proportions, recovery, videos with running.
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Yes, your point is 100 correct, that why I say you just should go for tibias or femurs( better femurs), because after 10+ more I realized your arms will look bad.
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YourSpaceBoyfriend, you forgot ulna & radius lengthening with External Ilizarov, in order to maintain unvaried the brachial index:))... I'm just joking, don't get me serious:))...
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I'm 162.5cm (64"), I strongly believe that 5cm will not be worth the money, time and stress. I believe that 6-6.5cm will be a great and noticiable amount to lengthen. My ex-girlfriend was 1/4" taller than me and it was noticable, so that extra 1-1.5cm will really be a game changer.
I think anything past 7.5cm is extreme during one surgery.
This surgery is not cheap, girls have it so good these days. They turn into super models with less than $10,000USD
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why would u wear lifts after doing LL thats the point of doing LL so u dont have to hide in uncomfortable ass lifts all day. whatre u gonna do when u take a girl u like home and take ur shoes off? u think she wont notice the 2" loss? wear lifts in special occasions and why are u guys using sweden as an example? he had crap PT. now, if someone did PT everyday,ate good,went easy on walking and did 5-6 cm and still had a crappy recovery then, use them as a example as to why u shouldnt lengthen more than that.