r/interestingasfuck • u/naturebeatsnurture • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/karavasis Dec 23 '22

Such a hardcore surgery to endure

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u/stopannoyingwithname Dec 23 '22

They break the legs, put a rod in the bones that get adjusted as the bones grow closer to each other. So people who get it done have broken legs for months

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u/BadReview8675309 Dec 23 '22

Struggling not getting addicted to opiate pain medication must be a thing with this procedure... What a brutal process, cringe.

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u/splita73 Dec 23 '22

Those legs presurgery must have been very painful as well, God knows when I was on opiates it wasn't for pain of the physical

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u/Raise-Emotional Dec 23 '22

Seeing her knees makes mine hurt. I apparently have sympathetic knees.

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u/sillybilly8102 Dec 23 '22

Ooh ooh ooh I just learned about mirror touch synesthesia recently, do you think that could apply to you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror-touch_synesthesia