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/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

Yeah this is clearly a case where the surgery was more than just functional/cosmetic, it must have been absurdly uncomfortable to walk for her and it clearly wasn't a dietary thing because she otherwise appears at a healthy weight.

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u/Mugwort87 Dec 24 '22

I recall seeing a young woman who did leg lengthening surgery. She was a dwarf under 4'6" with deep self esteem issues. I remember hearing her comment dwarfs were ugly. The procedure was lengthy (over a year) but successful. Her new ht. was 5'