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[alps]

Why are you leaning forward in this pic? are you normally like that or did you happen to lean forward for this pic?

[darkchylde]

I was wondering if you are able to do a squat? If so, could you post a photo?
When I do one now with my legs together my butt is about 5cm from the ground.
I guess I can lean more forward and then it is more than 5cm.
It's actually a very comfortable position and I could hang out like this for hours.
I imagine that if I lengthened by 7cm my butt would be now touching the ground ?!
(Interestingly, my friend who is very tall can't even get in that position because he falls behind.
He seems to have a totally different gravity center than me.)

I have a pretty good balance and am very good with sports like skiing, rollerskating or surfing, but I am somewhat concerned that getting LL will throw off my balance.
Have you noticed any significance changes in your balance?

Thank you!

[Gichelu]

Shyshy's pictures make me think Dr Guichet is one of the best lengthening options especially if you want to return to sports. But I wonder does he do internal tibias also?

[ShyShy]

Great photos Shyshy. Is it a lot more difficult for you to bend over and touch the ground after having lengthened?

I feel the same as before surgery when i bend over, it's just that i lost some flexibility n i can't go as far as i could before, but don't forget that the ground is now 7,5 cms farther from my hands than it was before^^

Wow man, looking sexy there! Lol. Thanks for sharing those pics and vids. They really gave me a ton of hope. You don't even look like you had LL! You look completely natural! And 175,5CM: what an awesome height to be for the rest of your life! Congratulations!

Sexy legs, I like 
Hope you continue posting your recovery phase, great insight for us potential future LLer's, thanks

I'd like to ask if you dont mind, how many trips in total as in flights, have you had going back and forth to Dr Guichet already?

Ty ty.
I never used a plane, only train and cars since i live in France so not very far from Milano. In total, it's been 3 trips, 1 for the first consultation in Marseille, another for the consultation 1 month pre-op in Milano and the last trip for surgery and LL.

hi ShyShy!
you look awesome!!
great proportions, nice physic and great flexibility!!
i honestly couldn't put my palms on the floor before starting training for limb lengthening, and it didn't cross my mind it would be possible to do it after limb lengthening!!
how long it took after finish lengthening to put your hands on the floor?
was Dr. Guichet that push you to continue training and stretching to this level!?

I lost a lot of flexibility during the LL process but i was still in a normal range so i been able to do normal stuffs very quickly. Just by walking and doing like 5-10 mins of stretching everyday i got back a lot of strength and flexibility post LL.
I really didn't try to push hard since i stopped LL, i can touch the ground with my palms since 2 weeks so 7,5 months post-op or 5 months post-clicking. Now the question is: Is it very useful to put palms on the floor in daily life? Lol probably not, it's just for fun!

Palms on the floor WITH his shoes on!!  He's just showing off!

Ah yea i didn't even think about the shoes lol

Why are you leaning forward in this pic? are you normally like that or did you happen to lean forward for this pic?

actually i was alone to take those photos. I was using a 10 sec timer n was checking quickly in the mirror in front of me how i was looking, so yea i guess none of my postures in my photos r perfect. The point of this photos was the proportions but if u care about my posture, i can assure that it's great since a long time already^^

I was wondering if you are able to do a squat? If so, could you post a photo?
When I do one now with my legs together my butt is about 5cm from the ground.
I guess I can lean more forward and then it is more than 5cm.
It's actually a very comfortable position and I could hang out like this for hours.
I imagine that if I lengthened by 7cm my butt would be now touching the ground ?!
(Interestingly, my friend who is very tall can't even get in that position because he falls behind.
He seems to have a totally different gravity center than me.)

I have a pretty good balance and am very good with sports like skiing, rollerskating or surfing, but I am somewhat concerned that getting LL will throw off my balance.
Have you noticed any significance changes in your balance?

Thank you!

Err, many questions lol
There r many things to say about that position u describe. Due to the flexibilty of my ankles, i never been able to be so close from the ground, neither i am now.
I doubt that your butt would touch the ground after LL, u will just naturally adapt to a very slight different position.
About sports, it's nearly the same answer, the biomechanic changes so u might get accustomed to it as i did for running and squat.
I think i'll make a quick video to show squat.

Shyshy's pictures make me think Dr Guichet is one of the best lengthening options especially if you want to return to sports. But I wonder does he do internal tibias also?

He does but it's a different procedure, u can check it on his website.

[ShyShy]

Just to show squat movement

[Übermensch]

ok ok ShyShy! enough with the show-off.. we are all impressed!! 
let me turn things around.. at the moment what kind of things that you regularly did before, you still avoid to do!?

[darkchylde]

Whoa, not just a squat but a squat with a weight!
Good for you man! 

I have one other question:
How was the speed of moving on crutches throughout lengthening?
Could you walk as fast as before the surgery or was it say 80%?
Also, how was the speed of walking after getting off crutches?
Could the crutches be replaced with 2 canes or those
fitness walking sticks that people use for hiking?

P.S.I've sent you a PM regarding a specific issue post surgery
and am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter.

[MAN-OF-STEEL]

Wow you're like an exceptional case! What a difference with Leechlet

[ShyShy]

ok ok ShyShy! enough with the show-off.. we are all impressed!! 
let me turn things around.. at the moment what kind of things that you regularly did before, you still avoid to do!?

lol, don't be impressed u can do the same or even better.

Right now, at ~ 8 month post-op, there's nothing i used to do before that at least i wouldn't try right now. It's just still a bit less efficient than it was before the surgery.  work in progress... 

Whoa, not just a squat but a squat with a weight!
Good for you man! 

I have one other question:
How was the speed of moving on crutches throughout lengthening?
Could you walk as fast as before the surgery or was it say 80%?
Also, how was the speed of walking after getting off crutches?
Could the crutches be replaced with 2 canes or those
fitness walking sticks that people use for hiking?

P.S.I've sent you a PM regarding a specific issue post surgery
and am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter.

Haha the gas bottle (not even 20kg) was all i found to show u squat, usually at my gymclub i can now push it to 70kg (not the 100kg i used to do before op yet)

About the "walk with crutches" speed, i would say it's more like 50% of normal walking. Also i was pretty heavy n not very muscled on arms so it was tiring but it didn't prevent me from walking at least 1 hour everyday.

I don't think sthg can replace those good old crutches.

About the speed of my walking w/o crutches, the first times were super slow n very tiring but it went back to normal very fastly. i couldn't tell u for sure, but i remember that 2 weeks post-click, it was absolutely impossible to tell that i had LL when i was walking.

Wow you're like an exceptional case! What a difference with Leechlet

IMO, Leechlet is kinda exceptional case lol
As far as i know, from a medical POV he was a perfect candidate. The length of his recovery is only due to his psychological unstability. anyway, i wish him the best 

[connorcranston]

so i was lookin up leechlet's updates on youtube n he said his nail maxed out at 9.5 cm. WTFFFFFFFF. is guichet trying to be a Betz? i know .5 cm isnt a lot but every milimeter counts when ur spending 75K.

[alps]

it could also have been due to muscle tightness you know...

[connorcranston]

yea but isnt that y u stretch/cycle or do whatever u do to get it clicking again? leechlet said he spend 4 hrs trying to click n nothing happened. maybe that was his limit?

[ShyShy]

so i was lookin up leechlet's updates on youtube n he said his nail maxed out at 9.5 cm. WTFFFFFFFF. is guichet trying to be a Betz? i know .5 cm isnt a lot but every milimeter counts when ur spending 75K.

That's not exactly what i understood from his video. Didn't he only say that he couldn't click anymore? That might mean his bones on right leg fused.
Also from what he said, i understood that he miscounted some clicks and he probably understestimated his real numbers of clicks, so over 9,5 cm for sure.
Also not sure, but i think he said he would carry on clicking on his left leg to 9,7 cm due to a natural discrepancy btw his 2 legs (left might have been shorter by 3 or 4 mm).

But i might be wrong, not sure i understood everything 

[Taller]

Your proportions look awesome to me! I wish I could have proportions like that after LL. Like you, I also want exactly 3 inches or 7,6CM. Do you feel that your torso and arms were especially long before the surgery, or were they normal length for your former height? Has anyone ever made a comment suggesting that they noticed anything strange about your proportions after the surgery? I am pretty worried about people suspecting that I had LL after I complete the procedure. I'm very grateful for your helpful posts and comments.

[connorcranston]

to tall, y do u care what ppl think man? ppl will always judge and be bias.its only human nature. i have an arm span of only 165.5 cm but once i do LL i will be 174.5 cm. yea my arms are gonna be short, but the only ppl that will notice are LLers. n besides would u rather be short n have long arms or be tall and have short arms?
shyshy-yea i pretty sure thats what leechlet said. so now i know i have to be even more prepared. i been strecthing almost everyday since march for 2 hrs. i wont get surgery until it looks like august or september now, so i'll definitely be more ready.

[Taller]

Connorcranston, if we didn't care about what people think, or more specifically how society views short stature, then I'm convinced that most of us wouldn't be interested in LL in the first place.

I want to look and feel better about myself through LL. If I feel that I look abnormal afterwards due to my arms and torso being too short, then I'm not sure I'll feel better. I am prepared to have worse proportions after the surgery, but what I'm not wanting, under any circumstance, is to look noticeably disproportionate or even slightly freaky.

I want my post LL proportions to look natural enough that people won't even notice they're odd, but want to make sure that this a realistic goal/hope.

[GeTs]

Connorcranston, if we didn't care about what people think, or more specifically how society views short stature, then I'm convinced that most of us wouldn't be interested in LL in the first place.

I want to look and feel better about myself through LL. If I feel that I look abnormal afterwards due to my arms and torso being too short, then I'm not sure I'll feel better. I am prepared to have worse proportions after the surgery, but what I'm not wanting, under any circumstance, is to look noticeably disproportionate or even slightly freaky.

I want my post LL proportions to look natural enough that people won't even notice they're odd, but want to make sure that this a realistic goal/hope.

don't do more than 5cm then

[Taller]

That's what I may end up doing, but deep down I'd really like to do 7.5, as that would take me to my life long dream height. Now I'm just trying to determine if that would lead to a normal and natural looking result.

[connorcranston]

well i also plan on getting my arms lengthened too. I dont care what ppl think. ever since i was 14 i wanted to be 6'5, but it seems 6'1 is more obtainable. arm lengthen, i heard doesnt hurt as much, and its so much more convience, u can still lead a normal life. i think the price is also the same as tibia ~ 30k i believe. i read somewhere that if your arms span is 10cm or shorter than ur height, ur still be relatively unnoticeable when it comes to proportionality.

[Taller]

Arm span isn't such a good indicator of proportionality. One cab have broad shoulders and short arms or narrow shoulders and long arms.

I honestly wish you luck if you do choose to lengthen your arms. There's a reason that there has never been a cosmetic arm lengtening patient as of yet. I used to dream about it too, but came to the conclusion that it simply isnt realistic for cosmetic purposes with today's technology. But please prove me wrong in a safe way if you can.

Also, we can continue this discussion via PM or in a different section of the forum as we are beginning to hijack ShyShy's thread

[GeTs]

Why would u even do arm lengthening?

[connorcranston]

go on youtube. theres are lots of videos on arm lengthening. uhhh why would u wanna do LL. why would u wanna lose weight. why would u ask stupid questions

[GeTs]

go on youtube. theres are lots of videos on arm lengthening. uhhh why would u wanna do LL. why would u wanna lose weight. why would u ask stupid questions

Do you plan brain lengthening also?

[connorcranston]

i didnt know brain lengthening was possible. thanks man. yea and i also plan on getting eyeball and hair ear lengthening too. man this world is great

[Übermensch]

hi ShyShy!
after coming back from the hospital after surgery is it possible to climb a few stair steps? i was looking for flats but it is hard to find flats without at least some steps in the entry in the center of milan..

[Taller]

How is your recovery progressing? I was very interested in your squatting video. Can you still squat comfortably or do longer femurs make it easy to fall backward? Do you have to put pads or lifts under your heels to squat safely?

[ShyShy]

How is your recovery progressing? I was very interested in your squatting video. Can you still squat comfortably or do longer femurs make it easy to fall backward? Do you have to put pads or lifts under your heels to squat safely?

I'm now at ~ 9,5 months post-op, n LL became like a distant memory for me (that's why i'm not coming oftenly on forums)
At this point not sure it would be appropriate to talk about recovery. It's true i lost some flexibility on harmstrings (currently at ~ 100° on SLR test compared to the 115-120 i had right before surgery) but apart from that, i feel 100% recovered (or let's say 99,9% for the skeptics who think 100% recovery is impossible  ).

As i already said squat never been my favorite movement. Is it easier to fall backward? Yea probably, due to the change of the center of gravity. But since i completely got accustomed to my new body and proportions, i don't really feel the change. I guess i changed a bit my movement with hips and ankles but not that much.
Anyway these r only details, now i'm really doing things w/o even remembering i had LL few months ago 

[Taller]

What awesome news to hear! Did your running speed come back 100% (or at least 99,999999%  )?

[sadboy]

Thanks for posting this! You are giving me hope of doing the surgery with Dr. Guichet! Thanks again

[programdude]

Congrats on the huge success! I envy your position and hope in 9 months I am in the same boat!

[Taller]

Could you run 5 kilometers as quickly and easily as before surgery?