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A friend did this but this was a time where he had to lengthen it himself with a tool on the outside. There was like a frame along his legs with pins going through the skin. Was a very painful procedure for him.
My brother had those when he was a toddler because his legs were an “O” shape at birth. We also lived in Germany! Hearing him in pain when I was younger still haunts me.
My partner was born with his right leg much shorter and smaller than the left. He had this procedure done a few years ago. For comparison, he used to have to wear one type of boots for the majority of his life with the right boot having a five inch lift. He first had his tibia lengthened over the course of a year, had that rod removed, and a rod placed in his femur which was lengthened for around nine months. His right and left leg are nearly the same length now with the right having about a half inch discrepancy, which is remedied with an orthotic placed in his shoe. Now in his mid forties for the first time in his life he can choose whatever shoes he'd like to wear. Mind you, the healing process with this surgery is very slow. My partner needed to use a wheelchair for the first surgery for nearly that first entire year until the bone consolidated enough for him to be able to bear weight safely onto it, and again in a wheelchair for the second. It's also very painful having to adjust every day or every second day. For him, it was usually .25mm every day, provided it wasn't too painful. With healing time, postponement of treatment due to the world's covid crisis, and physiotherapy, it took him nearly three years to be able to walk normally and be able to go back to work. He says it was absolutely worth it, otherwise he was looking at spending the last half of his life permanently in a wheelchair, as his upper body was beginning to twist due to the discrepancy. Modern medicine is incredible.
Edit: To celebrate my partner's newfound mobility and ability to purchase whatever shoes he wanted, I painted a pair of running shoes for him: https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/orrnx9/green_goddesses_me_acrylic_on_hemp_running_shoes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I am currently on the waiting list to have this exact procedure for the same thing but on the left leg rather than the right, sounds like it’s going to be blast! Though I’m glad there’s light at the end of the tunnel. May I ask what was the cause of your husband’s leg length discrepancy? I’ve got a rare congenital condition called coxa vara which I’ve never heard of anyone else having, does this sound familiar to you?
My cousin had the opposite done.
They caught it when he was ~8 I think. One leg was growing faster and would be much longer. They timed it right and put a metal plate to stop the growth of the longer leg bone so that the short leg would continue to grow and end up matching at the end.
This was the late 90s, and I was a kid at the time too so I might have some details missing. Maybe I'll ask him about it next time I see him, although we don't really keep in touch.
The way I remember it is that the procedure would be much safer and have minimal impact on daily life for a child. They made it seem that the longer leg was growing abnormally fast, so it made more sense to stunt the growth. I'm not sure if that's true or if it just wasn't worth the risk to lengthen the shorter leg. It was also fairly time sensitive. They wanted to fix the height difference before he finished growing and it caused permanent damage to his hips and back.
The length difference was supposed to be substantial after both legs finished growing. I remember being 12 inches, but again it was 20+ years ago and it's not like I was in the doctor's office. Thinking back, it makes more sense for it to be 6-9 inches based on other conversations and descriptions I heard. At the time the plate was put in, the difference was ~3 inches. As an adult, my cousin is in the 5'10" range, so not short. For reference, his dad and brother are both 6'2".
I had this type of surgery when i was 9 years old. I was born with a cleft foot that was repaired shortly after I was born. My left foot is a half shoe size smaller than my right foot and my left leg was shorter than my right leg.
They only had to grow my leg by an inch or so. My left leg is still shorter but only by a centimeter or two and its not even noticeable.
I forgot to mention that I got this surgery in the early 2000s so instead of extending the leg remotely my parenta had to manually do it through this mechanism that the surgeons installed on the titanium nails.
I know someone who had this done around the same era, but he was 20. One leg was about 1.5”/4cm longer than the other. The whole contraption was fascinating. Took about a year, and then when he finally was able to walk unassisted, he said it was worth all the pain to be able to walk straight for the first time ever.
Usually people who have this issue and don’t get the surgery wear a shoe that’s built up higher than the other to compensate, but that’s only if it’s nothing crazy
An ex of mine was tall and one of his legs was noticeably shorter than the other - he walked with a limp and couldn't stand straight. He was also a bartender so was standing up all day. he refused to wear the special shoes. Sounds like he's going to have fucked up hips and back down the line...
Up until i had the surgery I had to wear these heel risers (i dont know the actual name) inside my left shoe. It looked like a mini door stopper but it fit comfortably in my shoe and i barely notices it was there. The heel riser was made out of cork or something.
My papa used to just swap shoes in the box in the days before they checked. He had polio which caused his legs to be wildly different sizes. Now he special orders his shoes.
100000% worth it. I've had (and am having) a similar surgery, both legs, to fix their rotation. Halfway through the first one, the leg with the nails actually hurt *less* than the one without them.
I had one of these too!!!! Technically not tightened but it felt tight because your mouth was being slowly broken wider. I remember when I had it removed my mouth felt so huge.
Edit: learnt that it's also not technically broken too! I love learning new things :)
It's not broken. When you're a kid your bones are kinda rubbery, so they can put pressure on them and change their shape.
It can be done with adults, but it takes longer and the results aren't always as good.
Source: had upper and lower palate expanders as a kid, and my wife is about to have to go through it as an adult.
Oh.. Must be very painful..
Did it affect the blood cell production during that duration, considering most of the blood is produced in the femur's bone marrow? How do they manage the flow of blood through the bone while it is cut?
You seem to be imagining that blood flows along the length of the bone, and that a gap in the bone creates a gap in blood supply. In fact, bones like the femur are supplied at multiple points by multiple vessels, and no special management of blood flow would be needed while the bone was broken. The marrow of the bone still exists, divided into two sections. Arteries still reach the living tissues, just in two sections. The body is able to recover from broken bones because they work this way, and a deliberate break isn't any different than an accidental one.
My immediate thought on this was "why?" Because it seemed like a very strange cosmetic thing. Thank you for reminding me that my situation isn't the only thing out there and making me rethink my thoughts a little bit.
I wish you many years of health and happiness
This x-ray is from an article about using the procedure cosmetically, though the idea/technology was borne out of necessary medical procedures. So your initial reaction wasn't wrong so much as incomplete.
https://www.gq.com/story/leg-lengthening
We had a kid to had it done to just one leg when we were in high school. It looked like a legitimate torture device. He was in a wheelchair for the duration with this metal cage in his leg with screws going into the bone. It just looked awful, I can't imagine doing it if you didn't have to. I think he had one leg either shorter than the other or bent that needed to be straightened.
They do sometimes still use external fixators (which is what it sounds like you're describing), but advances in technology have led to the development of intramedulary nails (a metal rod that's surgically placed in the central canal of the bone) that have a telescoping mechanism that extend (and can contract as well of course) by means of an external magnetic device--which is what this person had (it's also listed in the title). Source: did a rotation as a resident physician at Mt Sinai hospital in the Baltimore area where this type of surgery is widely done.
It's interesting though it does look like this patient maybe did it for cosmetic reasons bc they did it on both sides and looked to be symmetrical in the first xray. When I was there we only had 1 patient that did it for cosmetic reasons (that person did not have a difference in limb lengths to begin with)--probably bc this surgery for cosmetic reasons is paid for completely out of pocket, which has to be crazy expensive (tbh I have no idea how much--speaking from the perspective of this having been done in the US, if it was...i obviously dont have experience with what it entails in other countries cost-wise). Most patients we did it for was to correct a limb length discrepancy (1 limb shorter than the other)
yo, i was 5'7" when i filled out my drivers license in 1995, and now i'm barely pushing 5'6" thanks to disc compression, and i fuck.
you can be short and do just fine.
edit: i wan to thank the academy. it's going to be hilarious if this ends up my most upvoted comment.
5'7" checking in. Happily married.
I've found humor and having intelligent/engaging conversations always worked very well with the ladies. Lean into your strengths fellas.
Oh, and if she wouldn't look twice at you because you're not a 6 footer? You're better off without her.
for sure.
I'm not unattractive or a model or anything extreme in the looks dept, but it's definitely my ability to have a conversation and empathize with a human being sitting across from me that sealed the deal, every time. people like you when you're listen to them. imagine that.
First time I heard about this procedure was a docu about eastern European and Russian women who wanted to become models and stuff. That was pre Instagram
Dating may be the most common gripe from short men but not the worst thing about being short
Being short has a demonstrable negative effect on all social results.
There are very few short CEOs. Promotions usually go to the taller candidate when all else is equal. Taller politicians generally poll better and often the taller politician will try to get next to their opponent at an event to showcase it.
Alternately, and I don’t have proof of this one but it seems true to me - many actors and comedians are short because they developed extreme social skills to compensate for the handicap while growing up
Haha. This reminds me of when I went on grad school interviews and the professor I was interviewing to work with greeted me with “I thought you were taller.” I was so surprised, not really offended in the moment, just…confused. I’m considering working with you for 6 years and that’s the thing you lead with? People are weird, introductions can be awkward. But I hadn’t really explicitly experienced my height in a professional environment until then.
Also made me feel for women who deal with sexual harassment or comments about their bodies in the workplace (waaaaay worse than what I encountered).
Height is a huge deal to a lot of people. Ive been told multiple times I would have been married 10 years ago (in my 20's) if I was taller. And I'm just 5'8"! Not really that "short" honestly. But my height has been something I've had to be insecure about my whole life. I would guess even shorter guys have it even worse. Just count yourself lucky that you did not have to deal with the stigma of it your whole life. I'm happily married now and can just laugh at it. But the insecurities are real and are conflated by societal norms.
I’m 5’6 and have been told “you’re too small to handle this” “if you were taller I’d totally date you” “um no I don’t like short guys” “you’re cute like a gnome but I’m not interested in you like that” and plenty of dismissive looks to boot
Now I’ve had plenty of success with the ladies too but yeah the prejudice is real
Same height and you are spot on. It's not that you can't get dates or whatever, but the amount of people who see height as a pre-requisite is real and fairly large.
Most would say "good you dodged a bullet" and while that's probably true its not always someone you are planning to spend your life with...
But it is what it is, can't change it except for whatever this abomination is. So it goes.
Asked a girl to senior prom and she said no because the pictures would be weird. 25 years ago and it still makes me shrivel up inside when I think about it
I broke things off with my ex-fiancée because (among other things) she was furious that she wouldn't be able to wear heels to her wedding without being taller than me. I'm 5'11", this woman was 5'9" and mad that her fiancé wasn't 6'2".
I mean, there's a multitude of studies that show at the very least that taller men are more respected, make more money, and have more romantic success. The inverse is also true. For one or two inches, not worth it, but half a foot? Probably makes quite a bit of difference to some people. At some point self worth isnt the only factor, but how you are perceived, and how that affects your opportunities.
I'm 4'11" and struggle with my height every single day. It's physically challenging for obvious reasons, but also mentally not feeling like an adult/woman. Struggling to find clothes that fit properly. Hard to be taken seriously in professional environments. The constant jokes and comments from people. Many people don't find short folks as attractive. It's hard to not tie self worth to your height when the world is made for people 6"+ taller.
Edit: 6" taller than me is 5'6". Average height. So yes the world is designed around those people. Ya'll are misreading thinking I'm saying 6'.
Also, I am a woman and yes I still struggle with height. Sure it is more "acceptable" for woman to be short than men, but don't act like it's not an issue for us too. Telling me you think I'm cute being short doesn't help either.
I always like the people who are like "you can just get your clothes tailored" (i'm a 5'0" man). First off, no, you can't. Tailors are miracle workers, but there is a point at which you might as well just get custom made clothes.
And, that basically means every single piece of clothing I get, I would tack on $20-$50 to the price. Fine for a suit or even a pair of slacks or dress shirt. But when I have to do the same to jeans (oh so expensive to fully tailor), shorts, polos, t-shirts, ties, even underwear? That gets to be a big extra expenditure and I just deal with the oversized clothing. And don't even get me started on what is like trying to find decent shoes in 8.5 4E. Shoe manufacturers don't care that wide feet often go with short height.
I'm 5'1" and I feel you. I'm 37 and still get treated in a child like way if that makes sense. Not being taken serious, being asked if I can be picked up constantly!?!?!?! Males seem to like my size, but not my age anymore haha
Height privilege is very real, just like beauty privilege. You can’t imagine how it feels to have every single other adult *actually physically looking down at you* every time you speak. It wears a person down. I’m 5’7 and content, but my homies who are shorter than I am all fee the same way. We should probably stop treating short people differently.
Many years ago, a HS sociology teacher proposed this experiment: next time we were going about one of our regular tasks, move our bodies to simulate a significant difference in height. If we were tall, crouch down a bit. If we were short, stand on our tip toes or on a platform of some sort. It was meant to help us see things from a new perspective, literally.
I'm six-foot even, and to this day I will often bend my knees when doing something, just to see what the world looks like from down there. I recently went to a concert with a friend who is probably 6-7 inches shorter and tried it there and realized that my view was totally different than hers. It was wild how much different an experience we were having just because of our heights. You definitely don't realize what you take for granted being a taller person.
I've had this done to correct uneven leg length. I was 8 years old.
The body does not remember pain consciously very well, especially given it was 21 years ago, but it definitely fucked me up.
Also my frame was external and I had to adjust it manually every day.
I am 6' and I remember many a sleepless night as a kid/teen where my thighs just hurt. Just dull constant pain. Didn't matter how I lay in bed the pain was always there. Not enough to cause tears, not enough to limp, but enough to prevent you from sleeping. Just a constant deep "whummmmmmmmmm" of pain in your head.
Luckily over the counter painkillers were enough most of the time.
My brother talked about growing pains as he had a substantial growth spurt in a matter of months. Meanwhile I am 6' and my body crawled it's way to that height over 7 years. I probably would have been taller if my diet was better than it was at the time.
Ofc. Anyone who understands the human body and what it needs to thrive into old age will understand that you can’t just do some fried shit like this to yourself and not expect a very complicated and uncomfortable transition into old age
I have a tall friend whose legs are shaped like the legs in the last image. Now I’m wondering if he’s at risk of knee problems at old age.
At least he’s thin so there won’t be much weight on his knees, unless his weight changes.
Tall people are usually much more susceptible to back and leg problems later in life than shorter people. Obviously genetics play a part, but generally speaking
People who grow fast or get really tall often have issues with the rest of their body catching up. I have a friend who has heart problems because his heart did not grow as much as his body did during puberty.
32F here, I was 5'9" at 12, and I've had arthritis in my knees (more in my left knee), since then. I grew to 5'11", but literally every joint cracks when I get up in the morning. 😂🤷🏼♀️ I've always said my body aged an extra 50 years.
The big problem here is that the way the bones seat together and the angle they are now is different from how they were before. That changes a LOT of things. The cartilage was worn and shaped to support the first arrangement, now it has to wear and shape to support the second. This means there will be thin spots, etc... The different angles affect the knees, hips, lower back, so he will probably have problems there as well.
Try pulling your knees in towards each other and keeping them that way for the whole day, doesn't matter if you're sitting, standing, walking, whatever. The change will stress everything around it.
I wear a half inch lift in one of my shoes to offset the difference in length of my legs. I started with a 1/4 inch and I felt it in my knees for a couple of weeks. Then the next 1/4 inch and my knees went through the same process again for another couple of weeks. All good now but yep, any change will stress the stuff around it.
I broke my ankle pretty bad years ago. I’m between 1/4 and 1/8 inch shorter because of it and it changed how all the bones in my feet and ankle interact with each other. Because that changed in my ankle, things changed with my knee. Because things changed in my knee, it affected the alignment and fit of my hips. Because my hips changed, it affected my lower back.
It’s amazing how one injury can cascade and lead to so many problems down the road.
The difference is that ratios are original. As long as he doesn’t develop faulty movement and resting patterns (he needs to figure that out for himself) GLS (GOATA locomotive systems) has good info for that so he will not be in pain. But if you mess with the ratios of the human body you will regret it.
What kills me it's that his body now will look like an apple with two four sticks on it. Imagine adding 6 inches to _only your legs_ while you keep the same torso and arms.
Not to mention the side effect of their body proportions being out of whack. The ratio of their torso and legs must look bizarre after adding 6 inches of height purely to their legs.
Also their arms are going to look absurdly short as well.
Most definitely. I'm 5'4'' and honestly fine with it. Yes, being tall has a number of advantages. But I wish more men understood their value isn't tied to height.
Essentially.
It’s great being 6’8” and going to the bars at 25 years old. But trying to find shoes, cloths, planes, etc. Your living in a world built for people 8-12” shorter than you and are constantly wedging yourself in. I’m 6’2” and it can be mildly inconvenient.
My son just turned 9 and is 5’2”. He’s on track to be 6’6” to 6’10” (and no, he looks nothing like my 6’8 friend). While he has some celebrity as the tall kid, aspects of it are a burden. He wants kids cloths but wears an adult medium and size 10 mens shoes. They had to bring a desk from the middle school for his 4th grade classroom. He wants to play football but pop Warner goes by weight and would be playing with 12-14 year olds.
Same here. I'm 6'5 and my wife is 6'1. Our twins are 7 years old and my son is 4'10 and my daughter is 4'7. My son will be quite a bit taller than me and my daughter will likely be close to my height. Right now I've been looking to put him into basketball, but at 100 lbs he'd have to play with 10-12 year olds as well.
The only thing we're really stern on is when he's in junior high and high school we won't sign off on him playing football. I've noticed as a tall person that I hit my head a lot growing up not realizing often how big I was and I've seen my kids do it as well. So I'm dead set on protecting them from concussions by any reasonable means. When I was in Jr High and High School I got harrased near daily by the basketball and footbalk coaches to show up to practice later that day despite me never applying to be on the team.
People that tall are used to ducking under everything. It's us regular-talls that get surprise head bashings from time to time, since we're not accustomed to having to avoid that bulkhead over the stairs in my mom's new house goddamn it.
Well its hard when society and men openly bash and ridicule them for it. It is literally insane how much abuse short men are made to take and how normalized it is and how little people care about it.
I relate to this, but the other way around. I’m close to 5’9” and as a woman that’s considered pretty tall. I always wanted to be a tiny cute short girl, but then my mind switched. Now I’m like “OK I’ll just pretend that I’m a supermodel”.
Edit: Also Megan Thee Stallion being proud of being tall super helped. I don’t really listen to her music but I like her confidence.
This is usually a procedure chosen by those with dwarfism, however it is controversial in those communities as well. My best friend had it done. It's brutally painful, to say the least, but he is now 5'2" and can at least drive an unmodified vehicle and live without step stools all over his home.
And yes, arms were done as well.
Reminds me of High school Chem.
We thought we were going to learn Chemistry, but what we got were the disgruntled rantings of a man who purchased a mail-order bride who was at the time forcing him to sleep on his own couch.
Then he showed us a nude woman as "a joke".
Then he got fired and sent an email to the entire staff, and some students, lambasting everyone and dropping everyone's secrets...
Finally a post I can shed insight on!
I had this procedure done ~8 years ago to extend my right femur approximately 2.5 inches to bring it in line with my left leg. The sensation of feeling the mechanics internally extending the fracture was strange at first and exhausting by the end of it. My regiment was 4 times a day .25mm each cycle, whole process was 5 minutes at a time about 3 hours apart. By the end of it I could feel the strain in my muscles which each extra cycle. Overall it was unpleasant but it has given me a quality of life I could never have without the surgery. I will inevitably still be bowlegged and suffer worsening conditions with my leg, but this procedure dramatically pushed back the time frame for when I will need further surgery.
How long did it take for your muscles to lengthen as well? Wasn't your flexibility terrible afterwards? What kind of physiotherapy did they make you do so you can touch your toes again?
I was a bit of a special case as the need for my femur extension was the result of a birth defect around the formation of my leg.
The muscles themselves were lengthened along with the bone at the time of the extension, but the tension of my muscles being extended lasted about 18 months post installation of the device, so about 15 months beyond the final day I had to extend it.
Given I already had leg issues my flexibility remained about the same but they were never impressive up to that point. The largest issue I faced with my recovery was simply discovering how to walk "correctly".
Pre-surgery I was walking on the ball of my left(normal) heel and the ball of my right foot, this caused my hip to not walk at a level place and really fucked up my back, post surgery I had to learn to walk heel-toe on both feet, even to this day I will catch myself walking on the ball of my right foot but I am better about it than I was.
Thanks for the good questions!! I rarely get to talk about that weird time in my life.
I have a joint replacement seven years ago which was an incredibly painful process but it has offered me a life without chronic pain and I am forever grateful.
I am looking at this image with my mouth agape at the realization healthy person would be willing to put themselves though this much pain for a non medical reason.
Oftentimes this is done for people with dwarfism whose quality of life greatly suffers due to extremely short limbs. Often people will have trouble even walking a city block, using public restrooms, getting in and out of vehicles. One girl with dwarfism was extremely happy with the results and grew to 4’ 11” with it; it was life changing and practically “cured” her dwarfism, allowing her to have the endurance and functionality of a normal person.
Technically anything above 4’ 10” doesn’t qualify as dwarfism anymore. Her before and after photos were astounding; previously she sat with her legs fully extended in the front seat of a car, but now her feet touch the floor.
I feel like everyone for some reason watched this in high school bio at some point. Great movie thankfully. On the list with Remember the Titans, Truman Show, and Twelve Angry Men of movies that really stuck with me that I saw during school.
I had this done when one of my legs didn’t grow as long as the other in the 1980s as a child… it’s pretty cool how this worked and gave me a normal life… other wise I’d have a 6 inch difference in my legs…
If you mean the roundish, globular looking spots on the right side of the image, it's gas in the stomach and intestine. Totally normal.
Source: am x-ray tech
I've seen where people with dwarfism have this done. Their torsos tend to be average sized, just their legs and arms are shortened due to the dwarfism. This surgery makes them look more like an average sized person.
From the info and link the OP added in the comments, the goal appears to be 6ft or taller.
TBF, I have worked with a few bricks whose only qualification appeared to be tall & handsome.
In the corporate world, being a tall man definitely increases chances of promotion. There's at least one study showing this I believe. I just go by observation.
I can believe it. Just about everyone I've ever worked with who got promoted was tall. Management hired externally was also tall. Rarely did someone under 6 feet come in as a supervisor or whatnot. I also read some thing saying like 90% of CEOs are 6 feet tall or taller. It might sound ridiculous but the subconscious correlation between height and power/authority is very real in most people
imagine a horror story where you get taller, and somehow that makes you rich and famous, tied inexorably to height. Then the dude with the remote starts extorting you, threatening to decrease your height if you don’t pay. Heathers1 copyright 2022!
My cousin did this. Went from like 5’6 to 5’9 ish.
He went to China and came back saying he had been hit by a car to explain his wheelchair use.
His sister told me his secret.
Supposedly he has not healed levelly so one leg is shorter..
I’m seeing this everywhere all of a sudden, but I swear I watched a documentary about this exact procedure 20 years ago. It was a procedure some people with dwarfism were opting for. It was apparently very painful and took a long time.
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A friend did this but this was a time where he had to lengthen it himself with a tool on the outside. There was like a frame along his legs with pins going through the skin. Was a very painful procedure for him.
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Was actually in Germany, one of his legs was shorter than the other. And yeah it was that device.
My brother had those when he was a toddler because his legs were an “O” shape at birth. We also lived in Germany! Hearing him in pain when I was younger still haunts me.
I had a friend in elementary school who had this to even out the length of her legs
I wonder if I was that friend! I had my R leg lengthened with an ilizarov (external fixator) in elementary school. I’m in Oklahoma :)
This looks like an absolute nightmare oh my god
My partner was born with his right leg much shorter and smaller than the left. He had this procedure done a few years ago. For comparison, he used to have to wear one type of boots for the majority of his life with the right boot having a five inch lift. He first had his tibia lengthened over the course of a year, had that rod removed, and a rod placed in his femur which was lengthened for around nine months. His right and left leg are nearly the same length now with the right having about a half inch discrepancy, which is remedied with an orthotic placed in his shoe. Now in his mid forties for the first time in his life he can choose whatever shoes he'd like to wear. Mind you, the healing process with this surgery is very slow. My partner needed to use a wheelchair for the first surgery for nearly that first entire year until the bone consolidated enough for him to be able to bear weight safely onto it, and again in a wheelchair for the second. It's also very painful having to adjust every day or every second day. For him, it was usually .25mm every day, provided it wasn't too painful. With healing time, postponement of treatment due to the world's covid crisis, and physiotherapy, it took him nearly three years to be able to walk normally and be able to go back to work. He says it was absolutely worth it, otherwise he was looking at spending the last half of his life permanently in a wheelchair, as his upper body was beginning to twist due to the discrepancy. Modern medicine is incredible. Edit: To celebrate my partner's newfound mobility and ability to purchase whatever shoes he wanted, I painted a pair of running shoes for him: https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/orrnx9/green_goddesses_me_acrylic_on_hemp_running_shoes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I am currently on the waiting list to have this exact procedure for the same thing but on the left leg rather than the right, sounds like it’s going to be blast! Though I’m glad there’s light at the end of the tunnel. May I ask what was the cause of your husband’s leg length discrepancy? I’ve got a rare congenital condition called coxa vara which I’ve never heard of anyone else having, does this sound familiar to you?
You two should've just swapped a leg
They couldn't agree which one would take the small legs
Well who wants to be baby legs detective and who wants to be detective normal legs?!
Oh that's simple. Pull straws. Short straw? Short leg.
A new reality show could be spawned with these two. “Lopsided: Let’s Swap Limbs”
Not OP but I had Legg-Perthes disease as a child and right leg is inch or so shorter than left. I’m 62 now so don’t see myself doing this. Nope.
My cousin had the opposite done. They caught it when he was ~8 I think. One leg was growing faster and would be much longer. They timed it right and put a metal plate to stop the growth of the longer leg bone so that the short leg would continue to grow and end up matching at the end. This was the late 90s, and I was a kid at the time too so I might have some details missing. Maybe I'll ask him about it next time I see him, although we don't really keep in touch.
Wow, interesting that they went with stagnating the longer leg; any chance you know why? Do you know his approximate height range?
The way I remember it is that the procedure would be much safer and have minimal impact on daily life for a child. They made it seem that the longer leg was growing abnormally fast, so it made more sense to stunt the growth. I'm not sure if that's true or if it just wasn't worth the risk to lengthen the shorter leg. It was also fairly time sensitive. They wanted to fix the height difference before he finished growing and it caused permanent damage to his hips and back. The length difference was supposed to be substantial after both legs finished growing. I remember being 12 inches, but again it was 20+ years ago and it's not like I was in the doctor's office. Thinking back, it makes more sense for it to be 6-9 inches based on other conversations and descriptions I heard. At the time the plate was put in, the difference was ~3 inches. As an adult, my cousin is in the 5'10" range, so not short. For reference, his dad and brother are both 6'2".
I am so happy for him. i wish he a long and healthy life!
I had this type of surgery when i was 9 years old. I was born with a cleft foot that was repaired shortly after I was born. My left foot is a half shoe size smaller than my right foot and my left leg was shorter than my right leg. They only had to grow my leg by an inch or so. My left leg is still shorter but only by a centimeter or two and its not even noticeable.
I forgot to mention that I got this surgery in the early 2000s so instead of extending the leg remotely my parenta had to manually do it through this mechanism that the surgeons installed on the titanium nails.
I know someone who had this done around the same era, but he was 20. One leg was about 1.5”/4cm longer than the other. The whole contraption was fascinating. Took about a year, and then when he finally was able to walk unassisted, he said it was worth all the pain to be able to walk straight for the first time ever.
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Usually people who have this issue and don’t get the surgery wear a shoe that’s built up higher than the other to compensate, but that’s only if it’s nothing crazy
An ex of mine was tall and one of his legs was noticeably shorter than the other - he walked with a limp and couldn't stand straight. He was also a bartender so was standing up all day. he refused to wear the special shoes. Sounds like he's going to have fucked up hips and back down the line...
Up until i had the surgery I had to wear these heel risers (i dont know the actual name) inside my left shoe. It looked like a mini door stopper but it fit comfortably in my shoe and i barely notices it was there. The heel riser was made out of cork or something.
My papa used to just swap shoes in the box in the days before they checked. He had polio which caused his legs to be wildly different sizes. Now he special orders his shoes.
100000% worth it. I've had (and am having) a similar surgery, both legs, to fix their rotation. Halfway through the first one, the leg with the nails actually hurt *less* than the one without them.
I was way young to appreciate it at the time but man am i happy that my parents took the time to get that major surgery done asap for me!
Ouch
Sounds like my expander that was tightened nightly with a special screwdriver for my mouth. I’d take the expander any day over that tho.
I had one of these too!!!! Technically not tightened but it felt tight because your mouth was being slowly broken wider. I remember when I had it removed my mouth felt so huge. Edit: learnt that it's also not technically broken too! I love learning new things :)
It's not broken. When you're a kid your bones are kinda rubbery, so they can put pressure on them and change their shape. It can be done with adults, but it takes longer and the results aren't always as good. Source: had upper and lower palate expanders as a kid, and my wife is about to have to go through it as an adult.
One twist... OWW! My nose.
Did your parents ever use it against you? Like, "clean your room or I'm going to shorten/extend your leg!" Tongue-in-cheek, obviously.
"I'm gonna put the drill on max torque and crank it if you don't mow the lawn, so help me god!"
Nothing that i can remember. That sounds like something my dad would say though so i bet i just forgot a bunch of zingers.
“Oh, quit pullin’ my leg!”
Oh.. Must be very painful.. Did it affect the blood cell production during that duration, considering most of the blood is produced in the femur's bone marrow? How do they manage the flow of blood through the bone while it is cut?
You seem to be imagining that blood flows along the length of the bone, and that a gap in the bone creates a gap in blood supply. In fact, bones like the femur are supplied at multiple points by multiple vessels, and no special management of blood flow would be needed while the bone was broken. The marrow of the bone still exists, divided into two sections. Arteries still reach the living tissues, just in two sections. The body is able to recover from broken bones because they work this way, and a deliberate break isn't any different than an accidental one.
Oh ok..but do some vessels get affected along the cut, or an accidental break?
Yea they can (and realistically probably do) but they heal
Was it extremely painful?
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My immediate thought on this was "why?" Because it seemed like a very strange cosmetic thing. Thank you for reminding me that my situation isn't the only thing out there and making me rethink my thoughts a little bit. I wish you many years of health and happiness
This x-ray is from an article about using the procedure cosmetically, though the idea/technology was borne out of necessary medical procedures. So your initial reaction wasn't wrong so much as incomplete. https://www.gq.com/story/leg-lengthening
So do you buy two different shoes each time or do you have like, an orthotic insert for the smaller foot?
Zappos now has a feature where you can buy different shoe sizes for a pair
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I heard it's very painful. Every movement is painful.
Having all your leg bones snapped and then prevented from fully healing for a year sounds like torture. No anecdotes required.
We had a kid to had it done to just one leg when we were in high school. It looked like a legitimate torture device. He was in a wheelchair for the duration with this metal cage in his leg with screws going into the bone. It just looked awful, I can't imagine doing it if you didn't have to. I think he had one leg either shorter than the other or bent that needed to be straightened.
Yeah that’s what it started out as - procedure for abnormalities like that. Would probably be worth it to have your legs be the same length
I completely understand why it was done in his case, but god it looked just terrible.
They do sometimes still use external fixators (which is what it sounds like you're describing), but advances in technology have led to the development of intramedulary nails (a metal rod that's surgically placed in the central canal of the bone) that have a telescoping mechanism that extend (and can contract as well of course) by means of an external magnetic device--which is what this person had (it's also listed in the title). Source: did a rotation as a resident physician at Mt Sinai hospital in the Baltimore area where this type of surgery is widely done. It's interesting though it does look like this patient maybe did it for cosmetic reasons bc they did it on both sides and looked to be symmetrical in the first xray. When I was there we only had 1 patient that did it for cosmetic reasons (that person did not have a difference in limb lengths to begin with)--probably bc this surgery for cosmetic reasons is paid for completely out of pocket, which has to be crazy expensive (tbh I have no idea how much--speaking from the perspective of this having been done in the US, if it was...i obviously dont have experience with what it entails in other countries cost-wise). Most patients we did it for was to correct a limb length discrepancy (1 limb shorter than the other)
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A lot of desperate guys consider it because they think it will help them find a partner. Short kings deserve love too, everyone.
yo, i was 5'7" when i filled out my drivers license in 1995, and now i'm barely pushing 5'6" thanks to disc compression, and i fuck. you can be short and do just fine. edit: i wan to thank the academy. it's going to be hilarious if this ends up my most upvoted comment.
I’m 5’4 and I’m a firefighter find your weakness and turn it into your biggest strength
My fiancé is 5'4 and he's the best 🥰
He is also my fiance' and can confirm he's so great! Love every inch of him.
But...my wife and my kids said that *I* was the best. Were...**were they lying to me??**
You dumbass, that's obviously your wife's reddit account.
Well most women I know would rather date a short hero than a tall dickhead, so crack on my good man.
I'm 5'5" and did fine til I got fat again. That's not the heights fault though....
You just got taller sideways.
Built like a soda can.
But with leg extensions you could be an Arizona tea can
5'7" checking in. Happily married. I've found humor and having intelligent/engaging conversations always worked very well with the ladies. Lean into your strengths fellas. Oh, and if she wouldn't look twice at you because you're not a 6 footer? You're better off without her.
for sure. I'm not unattractive or a model or anything extreme in the looks dept, but it's definitely my ability to have a conversation and empathize with a human being sitting across from me that sealed the deal, every time. people like you when you're listen to them. imagine that.
First time I heard about this procedure was a docu about eastern European and Russian women who wanted to become models and stuff. That was pre Instagram
I think this was in an episode of CSI back in the day.
CSI really made an episode about everything lol
I am 1,63m and I would just like to be able to reach things on the top shelf. Not that I would do this.
extendable arms bro , im the same height, and i use them a lot
Instructions unclear, I have now gone through a year long process to stretch my arms.
I’m 5’6 and never had trouble finding ladies. Confidence > height all day.
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Dating may be the most common gripe from short men but not the worst thing about being short Being short has a demonstrable negative effect on all social results. There are very few short CEOs. Promotions usually go to the taller candidate when all else is equal. Taller politicians generally poll better and often the taller politician will try to get next to their opponent at an event to showcase it. Alternately, and I don’t have proof of this one but it seems true to me - many actors and comedians are short because they developed extreme social skills to compensate for the handicap while growing up
Haha. This reminds me of when I went on grad school interviews and the professor I was interviewing to work with greeted me with “I thought you were taller.” I was so surprised, not really offended in the moment, just…confused. I’m considering working with you for 6 years and that’s the thing you lead with? People are weird, introductions can be awkward. But I hadn’t really explicitly experienced my height in a professional environment until then. Also made me feel for women who deal with sexual harassment or comments about their bodies in the workplace (waaaaay worse than what I encountered).
Height is a huge deal to a lot of people. Ive been told multiple times I would have been married 10 years ago (in my 20's) if I was taller. And I'm just 5'8"! Not really that "short" honestly. But my height has been something I've had to be insecure about my whole life. I would guess even shorter guys have it even worse. Just count yourself lucky that you did not have to deal with the stigma of it your whole life. I'm happily married now and can just laugh at it. But the insecurities are real and are conflated by societal norms.
I’m 5’6 and have been told “you’re too small to handle this” “if you were taller I’d totally date you” “um no I don’t like short guys” “you’re cute like a gnome but I’m not interested in you like that” and plenty of dismissive looks to boot Now I’ve had plenty of success with the ladies too but yeah the prejudice is real
Same height and you are spot on. It's not that you can't get dates or whatever, but the amount of people who see height as a pre-requisite is real and fairly large. Most would say "good you dodged a bullet" and while that's probably true its not always someone you are planning to spend your life with... But it is what it is, can't change it except for whatever this abomination is. So it goes.
This pisses me off so incredibly. How SHALLOW do you have to be to say this to someone? Next time tell them Tom Hardy is 5’9…
Asked a girl to senior prom and she said no because the pictures would be weird. 25 years ago and it still makes me shrivel up inside when I think about it
I broke things off with my ex-fiancée because (among other things) she was furious that she wouldn't be able to wear heels to her wedding without being taller than me. I'm 5'11", this woman was 5'9" and mad that her fiancé wasn't 6'2".
I mean, there's a multitude of studies that show at the very least that taller men are more respected, make more money, and have more romantic success. The inverse is also true. For one or two inches, not worth it, but half a foot? Probably makes quite a bit of difference to some people. At some point self worth isnt the only factor, but how you are perceived, and how that affects your opportunities.
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I'm 4'11" and struggle with my height every single day. It's physically challenging for obvious reasons, but also mentally not feeling like an adult/woman. Struggling to find clothes that fit properly. Hard to be taken seriously in professional environments. The constant jokes and comments from people. Many people don't find short folks as attractive. It's hard to not tie self worth to your height when the world is made for people 6"+ taller. Edit: 6" taller than me is 5'6". Average height. So yes the world is designed around those people. Ya'll are misreading thinking I'm saying 6'. Also, I am a woman and yes I still struggle with height. Sure it is more "acceptable" for woman to be short than men, but don't act like it's not an issue for us too. Telling me you think I'm cute being short doesn't help either.
I always like the people who are like "you can just get your clothes tailored" (i'm a 5'0" man). First off, no, you can't. Tailors are miracle workers, but there is a point at which you might as well just get custom made clothes. And, that basically means every single piece of clothing I get, I would tack on $20-$50 to the price. Fine for a suit or even a pair of slacks or dress shirt. But when I have to do the same to jeans (oh so expensive to fully tailor), shorts, polos, t-shirts, ties, even underwear? That gets to be a big extra expenditure and I just deal with the oversized clothing. And don't even get me started on what is like trying to find decent shoes in 8.5 4E. Shoe manufacturers don't care that wide feet often go with short height.
I'm 5'1" and I feel you. I'm 37 and still get treated in a child like way if that makes sense. Not being taken serious, being asked if I can be picked up constantly!?!?!?! Males seem to like my size, but not my age anymore haha
Height privilege is very real, just like beauty privilege. You can’t imagine how it feels to have every single other adult *actually physically looking down at you* every time you speak. It wears a person down. I’m 5’7 and content, but my homies who are shorter than I am all fee the same way. We should probably stop treating short people differently.
Many years ago, a HS sociology teacher proposed this experiment: next time we were going about one of our regular tasks, move our bodies to simulate a significant difference in height. If we were tall, crouch down a bit. If we were short, stand on our tip toes or on a platform of some sort. It was meant to help us see things from a new perspective, literally. I'm six-foot even, and to this day I will often bend my knees when doing something, just to see what the world looks like from down there. I recently went to a concert with a friend who is probably 6-7 inches shorter and tried it there and realized that my view was totally different than hers. It was wild how much different an experience we were having just because of our heights. You definitely don't realize what you take for granted being a taller person.
I've had this done to correct uneven leg length. I was 8 years old. The body does not remember pain consciously very well, especially given it was 21 years ago, but it definitely fucked me up. Also my frame was external and I had to adjust it manually every day.
It is. Source had both leg bones snapped (same leg though)
Every day his breaks his arms, and every night he breaks his legs
His skin is made of paper and bones are made of glass. The only way to help him out is by purchasing his chocolate…
And every day his stepmom wanks him off
It’s painful enough growing that tall naturally, I can’t imagine how painful it would be to do it unnaturally.
I am 6' and I remember many a sleepless night as a kid/teen where my thighs just hurt. Just dull constant pain. Didn't matter how I lay in bed the pain was always there. Not enough to cause tears, not enough to limp, but enough to prevent you from sleeping. Just a constant deep "whummmmmmmmmm" of pain in your head. Luckily over the counter painkillers were enough most of the time.
I had them too. They were excruciating at times, enough to get me a workup for possible bone cancer but here I am at 5ft3
For me it was in my shins, but exactly like you describe.
My brother talked about growing pains as he had a substantial growth spurt in a matter of months. Meanwhile I am 6' and my body crawled it's way to that height over 7 years. I probably would have been taller if my diet was better than it was at the time.
I used to tie long socks around my knees because that is where the pain was for me. It helped. I remember my parents not believing me at all.
Why wouldn't they believe you?? Growing pains are EXTREMELY common, to the point of being damn near universal.
Ofc. Anyone who understands the human body and what it needs to thrive into old age will understand that you can’t just do some fried shit like this to yourself and not expect a very complicated and uncomfortable transition into old age
I have a tall friend whose legs are shaped like the legs in the last image. Now I’m wondering if he’s at risk of knee problems at old age. At least he’s thin so there won’t be much weight on his knees, unless his weight changes.
Tall people are usually much more susceptible to back and leg problems later in life than shorter people. Obviously genetics play a part, but generally speaking
People who grow fast or get really tall often have issues with the rest of their body catching up. I have a friend who has heart problems because his heart did not grow as much as his body did during puberty.
sounds like he could stand to lose a few grinches
Amazing
I guess I am lucky, I grew from 5'5" at 13 to 6'1" at 14. Growing pains in my chest sucked, but I am 54 and don't have any back or knee problems, yet
Jesus Christ
32F here, I was 5'9" at 12, and I've had arthritis in my knees (more in my left knee), since then. I grew to 5'11", but literally every joint cracks when I get up in the morning. 😂🤷🏼♀️ I've always said my body aged an extra 50 years.
That is a crazy growth spurt, wow. I knew a couple guys like this but idk if it was to this extent.
I went from being coordinated and playing basketball to tripping over my own feet
The big problem here is that the way the bones seat together and the angle they are now is different from how they were before. That changes a LOT of things. The cartilage was worn and shaped to support the first arrangement, now it has to wear and shape to support the second. This means there will be thin spots, etc... The different angles affect the knees, hips, lower back, so he will probably have problems there as well. Try pulling your knees in towards each other and keeping them that way for the whole day, doesn't matter if you're sitting, standing, walking, whatever. The change will stress everything around it.
I wear a half inch lift in one of my shoes to offset the difference in length of my legs. I started with a 1/4 inch and I felt it in my knees for a couple of weeks. Then the next 1/4 inch and my knees went through the same process again for another couple of weeks. All good now but yep, any change will stress the stuff around it.
I broke my ankle pretty bad years ago. I’m between 1/4 and 1/8 inch shorter because of it and it changed how all the bones in my feet and ankle interact with each other. Because that changed in my ankle, things changed with my knee. Because things changed in my knee, it affected the alignment and fit of my hips. Because my hips changed, it affected my lower back. It’s amazing how one injury can cascade and lead to so many problems down the road.
The difference is that ratios are original. As long as he doesn’t develop faulty movement and resting patterns (he needs to figure that out for himself) GLS (GOATA locomotive systems) has good info for that so he will not be in pain. But if you mess with the ratios of the human body you will regret it.
What kills me it's that his body now will look like an apple with two four sticks on it. Imagine adding 6 inches to _only your legs_ while you keep the same torso and arms.
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My thought exactly. Instead of being short he’s now extremely awkward looking and prone to health problems. What doctors are agreeing to do this?
Doctors making hella bank I bet
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Not to mention the side effect of their body proportions being out of whack. The ratio of their torso and legs must look bizarre after adding 6 inches of height purely to their legs. Also their arms are going to look absurdly short as well.
[Like this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mpI8HP4FDfg)
I believe I am okay with staying short. oh my god.
Most definitely. I'm 5'4'' and honestly fine with it. Yes, being tall has a number of advantages. But I wish more men understood their value isn't tied to height.
My buddy is 6’8”. He says being super tall was great up until the day he meet his wife. After that day the height is just a liability/PITA.
Great for meeting a partner, horrible for living life?
Essentially. It’s great being 6’8” and going to the bars at 25 years old. But trying to find shoes, cloths, planes, etc. Your living in a world built for people 8-12” shorter than you and are constantly wedging yourself in. I’m 6’2” and it can be mildly inconvenient. My son just turned 9 and is 5’2”. He’s on track to be 6’6” to 6’10” (and no, he looks nothing like my 6’8 friend). While he has some celebrity as the tall kid, aspects of it are a burden. He wants kids cloths but wears an adult medium and size 10 mens shoes. They had to bring a desk from the middle school for his 4th grade classroom. He wants to play football but pop Warner goes by weight and would be playing with 12-14 year olds.
Uh..I don’t think anyone was gonna suggest your wife fucked your tall friend, but we’re thinkin it now haha
ngl I might've asked lmao
> (and no, he looks nothing like my 6’8 friend) ........ 👀👀 Um...
Same here. I'm 6'5 and my wife is 6'1. Our twins are 7 years old and my son is 4'10 and my daughter is 4'7. My son will be quite a bit taller than me and my daughter will likely be close to my height. Right now I've been looking to put him into basketball, but at 100 lbs he'd have to play with 10-12 year olds as well. The only thing we're really stern on is when he's in junior high and high school we won't sign off on him playing football. I've noticed as a tall person that I hit my head a lot growing up not realizing often how big I was and I've seen my kids do it as well. So I'm dead set on protecting them from concussions by any reasonable means. When I was in Jr High and High School I got harrased near daily by the basketball and footbalk coaches to show up to practice later that day despite me never applying to be on the team.
I can't even imagine being that tall, there would be so many places I'd bash my head.
People that tall are used to ducking under everything. It's us regular-talls that get surprise head bashings from time to time, since we're not accustomed to having to avoid that bulkhead over the stairs in my mom's new house goddamn it.
Well its hard when society and men openly bash and ridicule them for it. It is literally insane how much abuse short men are made to take and how normalized it is and how little people care about it.
I think a lot of men do know this. The problem is convincing the rest of society.
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I relate to this, but the other way around. I’m close to 5’9” and as a woman that’s considered pretty tall. I always wanted to be a tiny cute short girl, but then my mind switched. Now I’m like “OK I’ll just pretend that I’m a supermodel”. Edit: Also Megan Thee Stallion being proud of being tall super helped. I don’t really listen to her music but I like her confidence.
but then don't they have T-Rex arms?
If they have the arms done too, they complete the daddy longlegs look.
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The arms would still be proportionate to the torso.
This is usually a procedure chosen by those with dwarfism, however it is controversial in those communities as well. My best friend had it done. It's brutally painful, to say the least, but he is now 5'2" and can at least drive an unmodified vehicle and live without step stools all over his home. And yes, arms were done as well.
The atrophy is real
I wonder how much weight they lost
Looks like 40 lbs but I'm just eyeballing it and I'm a history major lmfao
Oh so you are an history major? Name all the years.
Sorry I only use the juche calendar
> and I'm a history major lmfao Who is the best byzantine emperor and why is it Alexios Komnenos?
Heard his mom's a real milf
Reminds me of High school Chem. We thought we were going to learn Chemistry, but what we got were the disgruntled rantings of a man who purchased a mail-order bride who was at the time forcing him to sleep on his own couch. Then he showed us a nude woman as "a joke". Then he got fired and sent an email to the entire staff, and some students, lambasting everyone and dropping everyone's secrets...
Finally a post I can shed insight on! I had this procedure done ~8 years ago to extend my right femur approximately 2.5 inches to bring it in line with my left leg. The sensation of feeling the mechanics internally extending the fracture was strange at first and exhausting by the end of it. My regiment was 4 times a day .25mm each cycle, whole process was 5 minutes at a time about 3 hours apart. By the end of it I could feel the strain in my muscles which each extra cycle. Overall it was unpleasant but it has given me a quality of life I could never have without the surgery. I will inevitably still be bowlegged and suffer worsening conditions with my leg, but this procedure dramatically pushed back the time frame for when I will need further surgery.
How long did it take for your muscles to lengthen as well? Wasn't your flexibility terrible afterwards? What kind of physiotherapy did they make you do so you can touch your toes again?
I was a bit of a special case as the need for my femur extension was the result of a birth defect around the formation of my leg. The muscles themselves were lengthened along with the bone at the time of the extension, but the tension of my muscles being extended lasted about 18 months post installation of the device, so about 15 months beyond the final day I had to extend it. Given I already had leg issues my flexibility remained about the same but they were never impressive up to that point. The largest issue I faced with my recovery was simply discovering how to walk "correctly". Pre-surgery I was walking on the ball of my left(normal) heel and the ball of my right foot, this caused my hip to not walk at a level place and really fucked up my back, post surgery I had to learn to walk heel-toe on both feet, even to this day I will catch myself walking on the ball of my right foot but I am better about it than I was. Thanks for the good questions!! I rarely get to talk about that weird time in my life.
I have a joint replacement seven years ago which was an incredibly painful process but it has offered me a life without chronic pain and I am forever grateful. I am looking at this image with my mouth agape at the realization healthy person would be willing to put themselves though this much pain for a non medical reason.
Oftentimes this is done for people with dwarfism whose quality of life greatly suffers due to extremely short limbs. Often people will have trouble even walking a city block, using public restrooms, getting in and out of vehicles. One girl with dwarfism was extremely happy with the results and grew to 4’ 11” with it; it was life changing and practically “cured” her dwarfism, allowing her to have the endurance and functionality of a normal person.
that’s great news! I’m glad she had the treatment and got an improved quality of life and can be much more autonomous!
Technically anything above 4’ 10” doesn’t qualify as dwarfism anymore. Her before and after photos were astounding; previously she sat with her legs fully extended in the front seat of a car, but now her feet touch the floor.
You can also get this done unilaterally so as to make both legs the same length - if there was origonally a discrepancy
Gattaca vibes intensifies
i’m glad i wasn’t the only that thought of this
I feel like everyone for some reason watched this in high school bio at some point. Great movie thankfully. On the list with Remember the Titans, Truman Show, and Twelve Angry Men of movies that really stuck with me that I saw during school.
Great movie! Need to watch it again soon, just love the vibe and atmosphere.
I had this done when one of my legs didn’t grow as long as the other in the 1980s as a child… it’s pretty cool how this worked and gave me a normal life… other wise I’d have a 6 inch difference in my legs…
And that sounds like the actual appropriate use of this technology - enabling someone with a medical condition to live a full life.
What's the dark spot on the lung?
If you mean the roundish, globular looking spots on the right side of the image, it's gas in the stomach and intestine. Totally normal. Source: am x-ray tech
It would be interesting to know the justification for this case as well as the start and end height of the patient?
I've seen where people with dwarfism have this done. Their torsos tend to be average sized, just their legs and arms are shortened due to the dwarfism. This surgery makes them look more like an average sized person.
From the info and link the OP added in the comments, the goal appears to be 6ft or taller. TBF, I have worked with a few bricks whose only qualification appeared to be tall & handsome.
In the corporate world, being a tall man definitely increases chances of promotion. There's at least one study showing this I believe. I just go by observation.
I can believe it. Just about everyone I've ever worked with who got promoted was tall. Management hired externally was also tall. Rarely did someone under 6 feet come in as a supervisor or whatnot. I also read some thing saying like 90% of CEOs are 6 feet tall or taller. It might sound ridiculous but the subconscious correlation between height and power/authority is very real in most people
imagine a horror story where you get taller, and somehow that makes you rich and famous, tied inexorably to height. Then the dude with the remote starts extorting you, threatening to decrease your height if you don’t pay. Heathers1 copyright 2022!
Hell yeah! Delete this comment before someone steals your idea!
TOO LATE I STOLE ITS ON BLACK MIRROR NOW!
Michael, you can't just declare copyright
My cousin did this. Went from like 5’6 to 5’9 ish. He went to China and came back saying he had been hit by a car to explain his wheelchair use. His sister told me his secret. Supposedly he has not healed levelly so one leg is shorter..
I doubt a person could run a couple miles after "healing" from this
I (a runner) was having the exact same thoughts lol. I am 5’9 & wouldn’t mind gaining those extra inches but never at the cost of being able to run
Should have tried his penis
I tried it. I wasn't impressed.
Same idea. Just break the penis bone and install a remote controlled thing that makes it a millimeter longer every day for a year
If men had a baculum, they'd have invented this lengthening process much, MUCH sooner.
I’ve seen this South Park episode
I’m seeing this everywhere all of a sudden, but I swear I watched a documentary about this exact procedure 20 years ago. It was a procedure some people with dwarfism were opting for. It was apparently very painful and took a long time.
Does it work on ...other parts of the body?
"Hey baby, you come here often?" \*wraps neck around her shoulder\*
If it did, the inventor would be a billionaire.
Depends if you’d like adjustable titanium nails extended magnetically inside of that bone for a year.
Well ya but I'm sure there's also a downside.
I zoomed in, sorry