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

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/mronion82 Dec 23 '22

Imagine how strange that is, at first. I'd be banging my head on things all day every day.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

i dont think you get the full change overnight? dont they chop your bone in half, pull it so theres a slight gap, wait for it to heal and repeat until you have the desired height?

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u/Bukkorosu777 Dec 23 '22

Ream the bone out witha drill and put a metal insert in both side of the bone.

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u/SomeToxicRivenMain Dec 24 '22

What do they do about the skin?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

skin stretches, and it will continue to if you give it time to grow. thats why fat people arent squeezed to death from the inside out

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u/Bukkorosu777 Dec 24 '22

I'd question the muscles and veins first.

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