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[I want 8,07 cm]

@average hello how are you. Is the clicking painfull?

[Average]

Hi, the clicking initially takes time, especially the first 2cm, taking 14-20 mins a side.   Then it got very easy, getting done in less than 5mins per side.  It is not painful.  The noise is freaky to others but I had no problem with it.  It becomes a morning ritual….. wake up, shower, light stretch etc. 

[Average]

Light stretch 5mins, then click! 

[I want 8,07 cm]

I meet another becker patient. It seems smooth with your journeys. Im not sure what i can do. Of Becker of Birkholtz.🤔

[Average]

I can only speak about Dr Becker.  It took me a few years to decide, doing research online etc.  No one really can make this decision for you…..it’s a long time commitment….. but I have to say, being 7 cm taller from 167.7cm to 174.9cm has being fantastic for my confidence and social enjoyment. Next is tibia to get close to 180cm. 

[Taller90]

Hi Taller90, can you talk more about how your femur recovery went versus what you are now experiencing with your Tibias.   I am super interested as I had Femurs done with Becker in January 24, and want to do Tibias in January 25.  I am recovering well ( 7.2cm on Femurs) but it has been slower than I had hoped for the stiffness to go away.  No running yet! Any info comparing the two would be great. Ta

Regarding my femur recovery I can’t add anything to my diary but I was finally recovered when I had my rod removal (1,5 year after lengthening). The tibia recovery is much easier for the muscles. The only issue is the pressure on the ankles so that I can not walk so much per day as I was hoping for. 2000-3000 steps is my limit at the moment, of course without crutches. I need to wait until the bone gap has fully consolidated before I can go ahead with more steps. Overall all in plan I guess as I have stopped lengthening three months ago, so hopefully in another 2-3 months I should be back to normal life. Obviously sports, jogging etc will still take a while I guess.

[peanutbutterpizza]

photo you uploaded is deleted. can you upload new photos. also what was the cost?

[JaceDevana]

I'm sorry to have to say this.

I don't understand why you're insisting that you look good. I've met you in person, and several patients have pointed out, right to your face, that your arms didn’t look quite right—even before you did the tibia lengthening. It's risky to tell others that everything looks good when it really doesn't. You almost couldn't hold your crutches properly because your arms were too short compared to your leg length.

Now, with the tibia lengthening, it’s bound to look even more disproportionate, like a T-Rex.

It seems rather arrogant to keep saying, again and again, that you think you look good and that everyone else has said the same. That's simply not true.

I’d suggest you post a picture and be open to receiving genuine comments from people about how you look, rather than just ignoring the reality.

[Mario2003]

Thank you for this diary, people are being way too over-analytical with the proportions, no one apart from this forum cares, in reality, no one gives a crap.

[Precise2.2]

Part of the reason why people lengthen is because their height insecurities, the disproportion between wingspan and height does come into effect at a certain point and can become an insecurity itself. I kept it at a 1:1 ration based on my wingspan and current height, and I'm glad i stopped where I did.

People are giving their honest opinion of someone they actually met and to others that are considering this procedure should see, good or bad feedback. People will notice this so called over analytical perception, if you're standing next to them at same height but you arms are 5-6 inches shorter than theirs and you have tiny hands.

[Taller90]

I'm sorry to have to say this.

I don't understand why you're insisting that you look good. I've met you in person, and several patients have pointed out, right to your face, that your arms didn’t look quite right—even before you did the tibia lengthening. It's risky to tell others that everything looks good when it really doesn't. You almost couldn't hold your crutches properly because your arms were too short compared to your leg length.

Now, with the tibia lengthening, it’s bound to look even more disproportionate, like a T-Rex.

It seems rather arrogant to keep saying, again and again, that you think you look good and that everyone else has said the same. That's simply not true.

I’d suggest you post a picture and be open to receiving genuine comments from people about how you look, rather than just ignoring the reality.

I am not sure if you have really met me as from the patients I have met there was just one who had this opinion. In fact I have met with some after the second surgery as well and they did not see it like you said. Also I am pretty sure that those would have the decency to tell it in person to me instead of posting it in an anonym forum… Anyway I am not here to get ratings on a forum which is super analytical and sensitive on proportions due to their research. I am here to share my experience in lengthening. I think the most will always „destroy“ some of their proportional figures, either the wingspan to body ratio, t/f ratio or leg to body ratio when they are doing this surgery. The majority will start from normal figures, that’s fact. In my case it is the wingspan to body ratio which was 1:1 before the surgery, so „normal“. However even now I am far away from T-Rex arms, I can functionally do everything like before….

But, I had not a normal leg to body ratio before the surgery which is now in particular in the perfect range according to most studies. So, if I would have to chose between having to short legs compared to my body height or having a decent leg to body and healthy t/F ratio with slightly short arms compared to my peers, I would go again for those surgeries. Before the surgery the people looked at me because I was really short and had short legs compared to my body. It is not that I had problems with that, I had always good portion of self-confidence, probably even too much as I have never seen me as being too small. However, I have noticed that now I don’t raise any attention when I am walking in public.

That’s why I say, I look good

What counts for me is the real life and the before after comparison.

[I want 8,07 cm]

I am not sure if you have really met me as from the patients I have met there was just one who had this opinion. In fact I have met with some after the second surgery as well and they did not see it like you said. Also I am pretty sure that those would have the decency to tell it in person to me instead of posting it in an anonym forum… Anyway I am not here to get ratings on a forum which is super analytical and sensitive on proportions due to their research. I am here to share my experience in lengthening. I think the most will always „destroy“ some of their proportional figures, either the wingspan to body ratio, t/f ratio or leg to body ratio when they are doing this surgery. The majority will start from normal figures, that’s fact. In my case it is the wingspan to body ratio which was 1:1 before the surgery, so „normal“. However even now I am far away from T-Rex arms, I can functionally do everything like before….

But, I had not a normal leg to body ratio before the surgery which is now in particular in the perfect range according to most studies. So, if I would have to chose between having to short legs compared to my body height or having a decent leg to body and healthy t/F ratio with slightly short arms compared to my peers, I would go again for those surgeries. Before the surgery the people looked at me because I was really short and had short legs compared to my body. It is not that I had problems with that, I had always good portion of self-confidence, probably even too much as I have never seen me as being too small. However, I have noticed that now I don’t raise any attention when I am walking in public.

That’s why I say, I look good

What counts for me is the real life and the before after comparison.

Hello taller90 with both of your surgery did you have any no-union problems?

[Taller90]

Hello taller90 with both of your surgery did you have any no-union problems?

Not so far and even the tibias have almost growth together. Think they will recover fully as well with the time going on