That's what I'm planning on doing, since I'll be doing at least tibiae externally. I saw your scar pics, MDOW, and would love to have scars as minimal as yours after LL. Scar removal specialists do usually charge by the scar, and it's length, depth, type, and area, correct? Ilizarov leaves so many scars that in afraid that the cost of removing them will be quite high. Still, scars are not the worst of my concerns, athletic recovery and proportions are, so if there is a little scarring, I don't care much as long as it isn't gruesome or scary looking and as long as it doesn't look blatantly surgical. Maybe I can just slowly remove them scar by scar as the spare funds to do so become available. LL will take a good chunk of my money when I do go through with it, so I'll need to be careful what I spend on (ie scar removal) afterwards.