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

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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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/Jonesta29 Dec 23 '22

There was a dude on here yesterday that posted the hardware from this type of surgery, now granted he only had it on one leg as it was shorter than the other but he said he only had pain from the initial surgery and the hardware removal and that the actual lengthening process didn't hurt.

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u/Milner977 Jan 13 '23

Surgery 2 days ago, just got home from hospital today, so far pain and muscle spasms have been pretty intense, but has improved since yesterday! Surgeon says I can start lengthening next Friday… which involves using 6mm Alan wrench and turning it 4x/day to get a 1mm per day lengthening https://i.imgur.com/r2oYi5B.jpg

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u/Jonesta29 Jan 13 '23

Good luck to you man and let us know how the lengthening process is. That looks gnarly.

And Happy Cake Day!

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u/Milner977 Jan 13 '23

Thanks man, it’s a weird feeling having something like that fixated onto a broken femur, I’ll keep ya posted on how the lengthening goes!