Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: Ascending on November 16, 2018, 01:41:38 PM
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I will go first. If I am totally honest - it is because my height doesn't match my ego. I have suffered very little from heightism and if I have it has been because of myself rather than anyone else. I am sure there will be other advantages too but I know it is for me more about a mismatch between my mental self image and the apparent.
It appears that most guys want LL to improve their status and sxxual attraction - though I have feeling that many will be disappointed as their problems are elsewhere. I am particularly interested in the real reason why women are interested in LL as most men agree that sxxual attraction is not a problem for short girls - in fact taller girls have a harder time.
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I just want to be around average height on my country because I feel really bad by always being the shortest from all groups.
I'm 167cm right now, want to reach 174cm.
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I just want to be around average height on my country because I feel really bad by always being the shortest from all groups.
I'm 167cm right now, want to reach 174cm.
I'm 169cm aiming to reach 180cm+ by lengthening both segments.
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I'm 169cm aiming to reach 180cm+ by lengthening both segments.
That's a pretty good and ambitions goal, I would be more than happy with only 7cm more :)
Just waiting for exam results so I can check which segment would be better for proportions.
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I'm 169cm aiming to reach 180cm+ by lengthening both segments.
I'm 173ish and I'm aiming for 183-184cm, what's your wingspan?
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That's a pretty good and ambitions goal, I would be more than happy with only 7cm more :)
Just waiting for exam results so I can check which segment would be better for proportions.
Yeh - I figure it's going to be once in a lifetime thing - may as well go for the best I can so there are no regrets later. But I am doing the surgeries separately with upto 6 months between them.
I am undecided whether to do the tibs with internals or not - leaning on externals at the moment. The femurs will definitely be with internals - Stryde.
I'm 173ish and I'm aiming for 183-184cm, what's your wingspan?
I measured it as 180cm. More ape than man at the moment. :)
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Yeh - I figure it's going to be once in a lifetime thing - may as well go for the best I can so there are no regrets later. But I am doing the surgeries separately with upto 6 months between them.
I am undecided whether to do the tibs with internals or not - leaning on externals at the moment. The femurs will definitely be with internals - Stryde.
I measured it as 180cm. More ape than man at the moment. :)
Damn, same here. My wingspan is 183-184cm.
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I will go first. If I am totally honest - it is because my height doesn't match my ego. I have suffered very little from heightism and if I have it has been because of myself rather than anyone else. I am sure there will be other advantages too but I know it is for me more about a mismatch between my mental self image and the apparent.
Congratulations on the honesty, and the level-headedness displayed elsewhere here. I'm sure you're doing proper research on this surgery.
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Congratulations on the honesty, and the level-headedness displayed elsewhere here. I'm sure you're doing proper research on this surgery.
Thanks myloginacc, I have met 4 doctors and all were excellent except one who was dodgy in my opinion - mainly for his sales push during the consult, the lack of process to his consult and the blaming of patients for bad outcomes. A well known patient diary of him confirmed my suspicions. I think the key is to find a doctor whose primary role is non-cosmetic treatment - trauma and deformity. These guys know how to prevent things going wrong and they know what to do when things do go wrong.
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Since some of you are wondering who the Dr.s that I met were:
- Paley - the gold standard with an excellent team to support and a very thorough consult which includes a whole body x-ray. A very refined process that includes PT
- Kohne - a highly rated trauma/deformity correction surgeon and very friendly too with excellent pricing and a good consult which includes x-rays
- Salameh/Schmidt - very experienced trauma/deformity correction surgeons who use Prof. Salameh's unique compact hinge based fixator system - friendly, with excellent pricing and a good consult
The 4rth Dr. was a pioneer in LL technology but seems to have lost his way, despite having some excellent qualifications. I won't name him but if you have done your research you will know who.
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Since some of you are wondering who the Dr.s that I met were:
- Paley - the gold standard with an excellent team to support and a very thorough consult which includes a whole body x-ray. A very refined process that includes PT
- Kohne - a highly rated trauma/deformity correction surgeon and very friendly too with excellent pricing and a good consult which includes x-rays
- Salameh/Schmidt - very experienced trauma/deformity correction surgeons who use Prof. Salameh's unique compact hinge based fixator system - friendly, with excellent pricing and a good consult
The 4rth Dr. was a pioneer in LL technology but seems to have lost his way, despite having some excellent qualifications. I won't name him but if you have done your research you will know who.
In the end which surgeon did u pick for ur femur LL?
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In the end which surgeon did u pick for ur femur LL?
I prefer to keep that to myself for now but I can say that my choice was largely due to my current circumstances. I would prefer that you guys do what I did - see some surgeons before deciding. But go armed with a good set of questions such as those posted by Unicorn888. It will likely save you much more money than spent on the consults themselves. Paley is a special case - he has probably answered all the questions on videos of him that were posted on this forum as well as his excellent FAQs on his website.