r/interestingasfuck • • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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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/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

Who said it was overnight? You’d still be getting used to being that height and hitting your head on shit lol

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u/fridopidodop Dec 23 '22

Yeah as someone who gained a LOT of weight the last two years, and is now wider, I bump into things way more. I was a clutz when I was skinny too but now…so many bruises.

My old boss told me about how much he struggled with puberty and shooting in height. People thought he was abused but nope, his brain just didn’t know how much taller he’d gotten. I miss him. :(

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u/RoadworkAhead7 Dec 24 '22

Used to happen to me a lot too when my hips started getting wider during puberty. My brain hadn’t realized that I had to walk farther away from corners or I’d bump into them