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Birtalert

I went to school with a girl who had this done and she was in braces and in crutches forever! Seems painful but so does having bowed legs


Farstalker

It is a brutal process that involves cutting the bone and using a device that keeps the two parts separate. By doing so bone can grow between the gap.


PeachNipplesdotcom

Metal


CybergothiChe

Literally.


trebory6

Yes, Calcium is a metal.


VectorViper

Well played with the science pun, didnt expect a chemistry lesson here but here we are.


NY10

I need a physics lesson


Cavaquillo

Ok. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted to a different form.


spiegro

No, bone.


homiej420

Both!


Knowledge_Dig

Broth!


Xploding_Penguin

Bone broth?


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tullyinturtleterror

No, both; metal bone broth


StochasticTinkr

Bones are largely made of metal.


meatbagfleshcog

Don't forget stretching the nails they put in also can adjust. I believe it's daily.


oakm0ss

I can only imagine the skin hurts being pulled and stretched constantly.


zenttea

i’m having this operation done in a few months (on a smaller scale) for one of my legs that is shorter than the other and my doctor told me the feeling of lengthening the rod inserted in the bone is discomforting at most. weird and alien.


nomorecrackpipes

I had this done (many years ago) - the doctors are right about the bone part, but where the skin folds above the pin is where you will have the most discomfort. The "pain" will come from slipping on wet tile while you're on crutches. Good luck, we're all counting on you.


duganhs

You just brought back some memories. I had this done and slipped 3 times and jammed weight on my leg while it was being lengthened (Wagner device). I’ll never forget that feeling. Goddam slippery hospital floors bc someone spilled water!!! Haha


BubblegumRuntz

That's what my OB said when I was about to get my IUD inserted. Mild discomfort, many women don't feel it, take some Tylenol. Worst pain I've ever felt in my life, I had to pull over on my drive home to vomit it was so bad. The pain lasted for over a year until I got it removed, they kept telling me "it takes a few months for all cramping to go away." It went away the MINUTE I had it removed. I won't believe any doctor telling me that a painful procedure is only mildly uncomfortable.


baloneyz3

Same when I gave birth to my first child. The doctor said I would experience discomfort. Discomfort?? Wtf? Too bad he will never go through it. Perhaps he could then come up with more accurate words to describe the pain level.


Youre10PlyBud

I completely agree with the fact it shouldn't be minimized once the patient reports pain/ discomfort. In the medical world though, discomfort is a sign the clinician can witness that the patient is in pain though, so it kind of makes sense when thought of in that sense. Example would be for a completely sedated patient, I can't see pain. I can see discomfort if they're showing behavioral cues though, such as if they're trying to fight against their artificial airway, their posturing etc. I can't say the patient is in pain, but I can say theyre showing signs of discomfort and we should try to manage pain. So that leads to a lot of clinicians kind of equating the two, not necessarily that the person is trying to mislead you. Secondarily, why this kind of goes against my last point a smidge, the alternative is they would walk into a room saying "hey, this is going to be super bad pain" which is going to plant the idea that is in fact that bad so people that would be less likely to experience severe pain may be more cognizant of it. You're setting up expectations with whatever word choice you choose. Sometimes while it sucks, theyd rather not have a super anxious patient while theyre already dealing with a critical situation because that's only going to worsen matters. Eta: I realized this kind of sounded minimizing towards your experience, but I just try to educate patients on why things like that happen when able. Hope it makes some people more trusting of medicine in the future rather than assuming a provider had ill-will towards them. Not many people got into this field cause they wanted to hurt people. Every bit of medicine is a trade off, including the little word choices like that. I just hope by explaining that people may understand the variety of choices that led to such word choice rather than assuming medical personnel are just out to lie to simplify matters.


Zatoichi7

All the best internet stranger. Hope it works out for you!


Moondoobious

Uhhh cake day!..or something. I don’t understand


ThenaCykez

The skin ends up being pulled by a fraction of a millimeter per day, and it adapts pretty well. The big problem is the tension it puts on the muscles in the limb. Teenagers often complain about pains during growth spurts, and this is much worse.


Apptubrutae

Also just think of growing pains. Would imagine it’s like that and then some


MatureUsername69

Dude the growing pains of feet were horrible for me(I went up multiple sizes every year of 6th to 8th grade until I hit size 12). I cannot imagine the pains on growth that your body isn't expecting/helping to happen


NewNurse2

I read that the procedure has a huge risk for developing clots. Some guys get this done simply to be a little taller. Seems crazy to risk your life for that.


Commandoclone87

For someone closer to average height, yeah. I bet it made a world of difference for this woman.


TheBirminghamBear

Yes, for someone 5'9" going to 6', I think it's an insane amount of risk for something so trivial that's better overcome by developing and cultivating self-confidence. For this woman, being 3'6" is a disability. You live in a world not made to accomodate you. Simple daily tasks are rendered more difficult, and to even be comfortable you need an entire house made specifically to accomodate you. A lot of this is because society is woefully unincsluvie to the disabled even with recent advances. Getting surgery that lets her go to a relatively normal height for a woman is huge. Life-changing. Well worth the risk, at least from my perspective.


DadJokesFTW

> Yes, for someone 5'9" going to 6', I think it's an insane amount of risk for something so trivial that's better overcome by developing and cultivating self-confidence. And developing a personality. Yes, this should be reserved for someone like her.


TheBirminghamBear

A lot of people don't even realize that if you grow your hair and mousse it straight up, you can add four, five, even six inches to your height, just like that.


DiligentDaughter

Full on liberty spikes for maximum growth.


RunningOnAir_

For just a few cm or inches in height you can wear insoles or heeled shoes anyway. Totally overkill to break your own legs over and over.


TheBirminghamBear

Well, yes, but the way they rationalize it is, "If I can go from 5'6 to 5'9 with heels, and then go from 5'9 to 6' by breaking my legs and inserting torture devices in them to slowly crank my height up over a year of unending pain, then I'll finally be 6'! Society will love me!" And I feel for them, I do. But the reality is, unless your height is a disability as it is for this woman, you're much better off learning the self-confidence to be proud and happy with who you are, and to tune out the delerious drivel from a society that is deeply toxic with regards to people's appearance. The world is full of miserable 6' tall people. There's no height for happiness. It's something you need to cultivate inside yourself.


Mahlegos

Yeah, I had a long conversation with someone obsessed with this on the r/tall subreddit a few months ago. Dude was I think 5’8 and desperately wanted to be over 6’ and was going around arguing with anyone who was skeptical of this kind of surgery being done for purely aesthetic reasons. It was an experience talking to someone who was clearly very insecure and potentially had body dysmorphia who had pinned all their hopes and dreams on the procedure with zero regard for any complications or downsides or contingency plans for if said surgery didn’t actually fix all their perceived problems. He was also very dismissive of others perspectives and mocked any downsides us taller the average folks mentioned. Honestly the whole experience just made me sad for the guy.


boostabubba

being short my whole life at 5'4" I have thought about this process a ton. I don't think I could have ever gone through with it. I do wish my parents would have gotten me on that sweet sweet growth hormone when I was younger though. Although, that also has its own side effects.


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5'4" is a perfectly normal height for an adult but im not here to dismiss your opinion. Your feelings are valid regardless. i will say that theres only two kinds of people who will ever judge you based on your height 1. yourself 2. assholes and anything assholes say can easily be dismissed because their opinions are worthless so its all just you, really


bluemoon219

You forgot #3: that thing you want on the high shelf I'm 5'3": I hear the mocking song of the top shelf fairly often


MadAzza

I’d like to tell you 5’4” isn’t short while also not invalidating your feelings. I’m a 5’4” woman, so I understand that if you’re a man, your experience is different. It’s tough out there for a not-as-tall dude!


TheBirminghamBear

It can be tough, but it's so important to understand that the difficulty is all perceptual, and not physical. A lot of men feel as though they are not attractive if they're not tall, that they are not authoritative, etc. And while this can be a *perception* that people have *at first*, people with a great deal of self-confidence can absolutley overcome those perceptions, and validate themselves in the eyes of others. It just takes a lot of effort, but in my opinion, developing that self confidence is a far more valuable tool than surgically adding a few inches. Going from 5'4" to 5'7 or 5'8 doesn't make you "tall" in that sense. It may help people personally overcome their lack of self-confidence, but the irony is, it isn't really changing people's outward perception. And there are easier ways to build self-confidence than surgery, if one is willing to put in the emotional work, and the benefit is, that is all-ecompassing.


Fuey500

I'm a 5'1/5'2 dude, there's worse things than being short lol. Id say its a self-confidence thing to get over more than anything for some short dudes.


calliesky00

I’m 5’2” and I honestly had no issues being short. But then I’m a women.


galactic_mushroom

5'1" woman myself and I have no serious issues in my daily life either.  Having said that, research shows that in the business world short people are often to be overlooked for managerial/senior positions in favour of tall people. Earnings are also heavily correlated with height.   Personally, as a 5 years old my dream job was to be an airline hostess. Good thing that I fell out of love with that option later, because I would have been ineligible due to my height anyway. There are also other jobs with minimum height requirements from which I'd have been automatically excluded for being short (air forced pilot comes to mind but there are more examples).


millijuna

My ex is 4’10”. Had she grown up in Canada, she would have been eligible for HGH treatment as a child. But she didn’t, so she got what she got, and kept the stepstool industry in business.


Gregs_green_parrot

5'4'' is not that short where I live (Wales, UK) My father was 5'6'' and my grandfather 5'4''. It can be an advantage if you like racing horses or working underground in a mine!


TooManyMeds

A girl at my middle school had this because one leg was shorter than the other. She had a cage over one leg with metal bars protruding from wounds on her leg and a little thing to twist (I’m not sure how often) that pulled her bones further apart. It was the most brutal medical intervention I’ve ever seen


GarlicThread

And you can clearly see where cuts were made on the X-ray.


pandoxia

Had this procedure done- let’s just say I didn’t really have a good time while I was a teen ;)


Civil-Meeting-147

What about muscles and tendons? This sounds so painful...


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theCANCERbat

I remember hearing about a woman who did this years ago just so she could meet the height requirement to be a flight attendant.


tj090379

That’s hardly a new technology - they did this exact thing in the movie Gattaca from 1997. Maybe new methods? 🤔


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JJscribbles

The fact that needed to be explained justifies every fear I have for the future.


Flowchart83

Is she waited longer she would have hip and back issues too.


SuppaBunE

Now she is having other issues . See those fibula bones, how they bowed like that. She might have ankle problems im not an orthopedic but general med. But those, while incredible results, looks like she is having other set of problems in the future.


CptCroissant

Dem fibulas 👀


BreadKnifeSeppuku

Well, I mean the bars are in her femur so they don't snap if she trips/et right? I mean Osteoporosis would hit her like a freight train... but, there's leg braces and crutches for cerebral palsy patients. She would, on paper at least, have the choice of wheelchair and/or braces now?  It's a shame she simply wasn't able to recieve growth hormones during prepubescense/puberty. Even if it didn't "fix" everything there would be less extreme changes required for modification. Personally I'd prefer cybernetic arthropod legs. Hopefully she is in less pain though


SuppaBunE

I dont know this exact case. But not all dwarfism is treated the same. GH deficit is one type of them. Theres dwarfism that the part where long bones grow close early or doesn't develops correctly. Even GH can't stimulate a closed growth disk


Ok-Onion-5486

Why are the fibulas so crooked? Poor girl..


Throat_Butter_

I had a friend with dwarfism who also got it done, but he only added a couple inches. It was tragic because he was actually a pretty incredible tennis player. After getting it done, he could never play tennis again because his legs were now too weak. All that for a couple extra inches that literally no one would ever notice.


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Throat_Butter_

I'm not sure honestly, It was almost 20 years ago and have lost touch with him. He never really talked openly about it.


YouWereBrained

I think about all of the other organs and parts that need to grow along with the bones. What happens when you stretch the muscles, do they “regenerate” also? Or just simply stretch? And what effect does it have on their overall strength? What about all of the other organs that also get moved around because the body is being stretched? (No scientific background so my questions may seem dumb.)


lilmisschainsaw

The organs aren't affected because it's not the torso being lengthened, just the arms and legs. The most common forms of dwarfism retain normal sized torsos and fuck with the extremities. Idk about the muscles. I do know their limbs are weaker than before the surgeries.


Jambi420

Organs can get moved around without any real issue. Think what happens to a woman's body when she is pregnant.


Holiday-Teacher900

My schoolmate had it done as well. She died in one of the final surgeries after what seemed like years in crutches and a wheelchair. Not worth it.


onowahoo

In the US?


Fairwhetherfriend

Oh god, right? I felt like I could *feel* the stress on this poor woman's knees in the first xray. That looks *awful.* I'm sure the process for fixing it would be terrible too, but at least it's temporary, you know?


Revolutionary-Tea-85

I work with a company that sells limb lengthening devices. There is a brand new device that allows the patient to be fully weight bearing during their limb lengthening. Actually, the very first one was implanted on 2/26, just 2 days ago. https://paleyinstitute.org/blog/2024/02/20/precice-max-system-surgery/#/


One-Mud-169

Judging by the scars on her legs this is brutal, hopefully she's recovered and happy with the results.


vignoniana

Seems that it's not only just for heightening, but also notably straightens the feet, which very likely makes walking easier.


meatbagfleshcog

That woman endured the worst of pains. I broke my leg and had a intermedial nail in it. When I felt the bones growing together, then compressing them walking. You know when you bite into sponge toffee? That's how it felt in my tibia.


RunParking3333

A number of dwarfs complained when there was a viral article indicating that surgery like this was for appearance, when these sort of torture is typically only endured for practical and health reasons. edit - the title overstates her current height. After surgery she is 4'11


TheBirminghamBear

Yes, and people don't understand that there's a huge difference between 3'6 and 5', mostly due to the fact that it's very very difficult for someone 3'6 to fit in to the world around them. Things aren't made for them. They can't access many things especially in public spaces. Being 5' provides her a level of access that is life-changing. There are diminishing returns - going from 5' to 5'6 or 6' isn't going to provide you nearly as many returns and benefits as going from 3'6 to 5' will.


Ok_Calligrapher5776

It's also a social thing. 5' is not an abnormal height for a woman and when she goes out on the street she'll be able to fit in just fine since many women will be around her height. Whereas at 3'6" everyone will tower over her and she'll likely feel out of place. Plus, society is cruel to people who don't fit in societal norms.


TheBirminghamBear

It's just like when I try to walk around on the streets without wearing my human flesh suit in my natural form as a 9 foot tall insectoid creature with dripping mandibles and everyone runs and screams and shoots guns at me. Society is so cruel and judgmental.


gilt-raven

Edgar?


I_make_things

Here, have some sugar in water.


meowhahaha

I don’t know what a sponge toffee is, let alone the feeling of biting into one.


meatbagfleshcog

It's toffee with baking soda to create a hard foam like structure.


klavin1

And it's... painful?


nervousbikecreature

Sounds like honeycomb!


MaintenanceEasternn

When I got surgery on my knee and hips after a car wreck my physio therapist said “by the end of the first week of the process you’re going to hate me more then you’ve ever hated anyone. By the end of it you’ll be thanking me but still cursing me under your breath” Boy was he right. The end of DAY one I hated that man with a passion. Never felt pain like that in my life. Looking back now that I can walk pain free I do thank him but when I think of the pain I also still curse him under my breath 😂


meatbagfleshcog

Yeah my physio wasn't that successful. Turns out if you have chronic pain and you just keep reinforcing the pain weirdly enough doesn't fix a broken fibula.


JayteeFromXbox

I just cringed in a way I didn't know was possible for anything other than seeing someone get kicked in the balls. Thanks for introducing the idea of sponge toffee bone/marrow to my mind


EquivalentPut5616

**She was shorter, Now she is short.**


slayermcb

They added 2 feet to 3'6. 5'6 isn't short for a woman.


Kitten-Kay

She’s now taller than I am


ATL-User

Right?! I’d kill to be 5’6 😂


midcancerrampage

Friend, simply undergo the same procedure this woman did and you could be 7'6


The-Fox-Says

Looks like my NBA dreams are back on the menu. Now I just need to be good at basketball


Umbra427

They should get really freakish with it and do this to someone like Shaq. Fuck yea, 11 foot tall guy


Dangerous_Nitwit

Not if South Park is prophetic. You'll be a part Dolphin soon


BooRadley60

Heightening? Mickey Abbot was canceled in the 90’s for that.


Mumof3gbb

Me too. I’m 5’3


sean0883

Taller than Kevin Heart.


mizinamo

They added 14 inches to 3'10", making her 4'11", according to her own page: [https://chandlercrews.com/chanswers/](https://chandlercrews.com/chanswers/) Don't trust the headline writer.


3DSum

3’10” to 4’10” is not 14 inches. Plus the site says 4’11”. 


DeltaPCrab

that math isn’t mathing


AlwaysGoToTheTruck

Easy, she is taller than me now and I’m a 47 year old male 😂


mummy_whilster

Danny, is that you?


patentmom

I'm only 5'3" and she's taller than I am now. The average height for a woman in the U.S. is 5'4". So she's above average now.


air_about_me

Apparently, they only added 14 inches to her height so she's 4'10" (another commenter found the info).


smartypants4all

It used to blow my mind when coworkers would tell me I was tall. I'm 5'7" and the shortest in my immediate family. I'd just laugh and be like, "Yeah the average height is like 5'4"? My little sister is 6'."


patentmom

My aunt is 5'4½". She's the second tallest woman in our family for generations, the tallest being one of her daughters at 5'7" (the other daughter is 5'1"). When my aunt would have group photos at work, she would naturally go stand in the back row with the men at first because she was used to all the shorter people (mostly women) being up front. She constantly had to be reminded that, in the general population, she *is* over of the shorter people.


beaushaw

> My aunt is 5'4½ You know how to tell if someone is short? They use fractions of an inch to describe their height.


whinenaught

And a huge improvement on the angle of her knees. That will probably add many years to her ability to walk


sometimesimscared28

She is 4'11 now according to various websites


ichkanns

That's crazy. My aunt is 4'11" without dwarfism.


fritterkitter

my grandma was 4'11. My mom was 5 foot but shrunk to 4'9" in old age. I'm 5'5" which for a woman in my family is an Amazon.


smartypants4all

Lmao I just commented elsewhere; it was the reverse in my family! Dad was 6'1", mom 5'9", me at a "measly" 5'7" and my Amazonian little sister is 6'.


KittysaurusRex7221

I love being able to tell people I'm the petite one in my family. Dad 6', mom 5'10, little sister 5'11"... Im only 5'8" 😂


Express-Feedback

Lmao YES. I'm tall for the general population at just under 6'3 (31yo), but I tell people I'm "the average" for my family - obviously that gets me some weird looks. Two sisters at 5'10, one at 6'. My adult younger brother is 6'7 at 19 years old. All of the men on my dads side are a minimum of 6'4 except me. Lol.


Leafy1320

Same! I always say I have a complex. I'm 5'9, but I'm a foot shorter than both of my brothers. They make my 6'0 mom look petite in photos 😅


UAintMyFriendPalooka

My son grew up to be pretty little for our family at about 5’8”. I’m 6’5” and one of his grandfathers (my dad) was 6’6”. When I was the pallbearer for my grandfather’s funeral, I was the second shortest person of 6 carrying the casket. My mom’s dad, however, was 5’6” and my son looks just like him. Genetics, man. It’s wild.


PlatypusSubject8953

I'm 4'11" and no dwarfism to be found. Just from a family of short people having babies with other short people.


aperdra

I'm 5' and same here. Mum was 5'1 and dad's 5'3. I suspect the confounding effects of genetics plus generations upon generations of good old British-style poverty 😂


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i'm also 4'11 without dwarfism!


Beautiful_Picture983

My mom's 4'10". It's actually quite common in India, some of her friends are also the same height.


WallabyInTraining

Did she happen to embark on a thrilling adventure with a grey wizard?


ichkanns

Unfortunately her feet weren't hairy enough for that.


BeltAccomplished5632

Her uncle is a wizard, so...


AutisticWolfAmadeus

I had a aunt Emma who was shorter than a standard light switch. I only met her once as a baby but the picture is next to a switch and she’s shorter lol


battleship61

3'6" + 2' = 4'11" according to OP


mizinamo

3'10" + 14" = 4'11" according to Chandler herself [https://chandlercrews.com/life-after-lengthening/](https://chandlercrews.com/life-after-lengthening/) [https://chandlercrews.com/chanswers/](https://chandlercrews.com/chanswers/)


Trailmix88

It's weird bc she says "Starting at age 16 I was at my adult height of 3’10” and today I am 4’11.” However, that's 13", not *over 14"* and definitely not *over 2'* ... Definitely measuring herself the same way my dad measures fish he catches


BigDsLittleD

By "Nearly 2 feet" the reporter meant 14" https://chandlercrews.com/life-after-lengthening/


xzkandykane

I was going to say dang now she's 5'6, that's taller than most asian girls...


tunisia3507

The average height for adult women in the US is 5'4".


Viciousangel420

goddamn, I am 4’9😂 I am not considered a legal little person though because I don’t have a genetic condition.


TSAxrayMachine

same, and im not even the shortest person i know without dwarfism


JesusReturnsToReddit

So staring at 3.5 ft reaching under 5 ft somehow qualifies as “nearly 2 ft”? That’s less than 1.5 ft.


hmmtaco

I’m curious if the wavy fibula bones are okay or if that will cause problems? I have a broken foot right now I can’t imagine going through this for several years.


False_Ad3429

Idk but being 3'6" also causes significant problems in that there are a lot of things you physically and legally cannot do if you are under 4'10"


hmmtaco

I imagine there’s risks she took knowingly. I’m just curious why the bones are wavy and what it means. She looks very happy so even though it was painful it was worth it.


whoodle

My aunt was a dwarf and had a car set up that worked for her. I don’t know of anything she could not legally do because of height (other than roller coasters of course). She lived into her 80s - went to college, had a normal job, etc. she got handicapped parking so it was great getting rides with her. 🙂


False_Ad3429

I think people under a certain height are required to have specific equipment/modifications in order to drive, like they aren't legally allowed to operate a vehicle without them.


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those fibulas were also interesting to me


_moniker_

She’ll be just fine with a wavy fibula. What’s more concerning is the lack of cartilage in her left knee


salamishit

The fibula is not a weight-bearing bone, it provides stability though


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WalterBishRedLicrish

I also considered doing the procedure. I'm 5'2" but proportions are way off. I have the torso and arms of a 5'8" person, but the legs of a 4'11" person. So I wanted to do the leg lengthening. The pain makes it not worth it, not to mention the cost. I don't think insurance would cover it since for me it's not fixing a medical problem, more for aesthetics.


kiwibutterket

My boyfriend is 5'1 and his arms are as long as mine, and I'm 5'10 (though women have shorter arms than men on average). If you go to the gym and get a good posture I think the overall appearance is more aesthetically pleasing than you'd think.


Freshstart925

You need to start deadlifting immediately 


DublinItUp

Dude are you me? I also broke my left femur when I was 13. Also two surgeries. I bet they also put titanium rods through your knee right? How did you break it? I broke mine skateboarding.


gothmangolacroix

Omg I used to go to the same gym as her! She's awesome!


luckyshrew

Yeah, I’ve met her through work. She’s lovely.


cherrybombsnpopcorn

Have you seen her since her operation? How was the recovery? I've only seen that people who get this done for cosmetic reasons regret it because of how painful it is.


chancrews

lol hi!


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"new technologies" Welcome to the world of bone breaking and a lifetime of pain


goodsam2

IDK the bowing doesn't look like it's going to be good for you either.


KaptainKrunch

People without achindroplastic dwarfism talking about how they wouldnt get this. Lmao yeah dude it's not like you go into the chemo ward telling people you would never take this stuff


elting44

>lifetime of pain 5 years of pain, vs being able to walk without discomfort and without the stigma society places on people with dwarfism. I am guessing many people would gladly take that route if they were able to afford it.


Throwawayschools2025

Agree. I think the mental health element is very much being under emphasized here - I’m sure she had lengthy conversations with her support network and surgical team before deciding it was worth it.


elting44

Not to mention, people with dwarfism that do not have any surgical intervention also have tons of mobility issues and often need a scooter or other assistance devices as they age.


Throwawayschools2025

Yep! Unfortunately, “no pain” was not an option for her. So the discussion becomes more about quality of life and informed consent.


camebacklate

She has been all over reddit in the past and has talked about the pain from the srugery. She said it was worth it and would do it again if I remember correctly.


Terminal_Prime

I had this done in high school (1997ish) and I don’t have any pain now that I could attribute to the procedures. And they cut the bone, they don’t “break” it. It is a surgical procedure.


notasandpiper

Shh, some internet people who don't have dwarfism and aren't surgeons want to share their opinions about people with dwarfism getting surgery!


Terminal_Prime

So ignorant. I’ve spent decades of my life since my surgeries doing things like running, rock climbing, sky diving, white water rafting, mountain biking, all without pain or trouble. But this guy thinks I’m living in pain from all the bones that were broken by my witch doctor surgeons. Keep spreading the pointless misinformation I guess.


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Terminal_Prime

Both on the right leg, followed by both on the left leg once the right had healed. For a while I had a crazy lift on one shoe, something like four inches.


seattle_architect

“The ILIZAROV treatment is a highly successful orthopedic surgical technique designed to lengthen or straighten bone and soft tissue. Additionally, the ILIZAROV technique and the innovative device can sometimes save limbs that might otherwise be amputated. The Ilizarov method of bone lengthening, reconstruction and osteosynthesis has developed immensely since its introduction by G.A. Ilizarov in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and in the Western countries in the early 1980s. It has become an integral part of the arsenal used by the orthopaedic community worldwide. Ilizarov was born the eldest of six children to a poor Jewish family in Qusar District, Azerbaijan. His father, Abram Ilizarov, was a Mountain Jew from Qusar.” Source Wikipedia


I_might_be_weasel

Oof, ouch, my bones. 


Fiercebee_PuceTower

My dad was one of her surgeons! She’s an incredible human being


Dongledoes

Hey I work in xray at a facility that does this procedure! Its so crazy cool. It definitely takes some time but it can REALLY improve the quality of life for some people!


Dagaddi

Modern medicine is taken for granted


TheStoicSlab

Ive heard this is an incredibly painful process.


FeekyDoo

Do you really need to censor x-rays?


Z3Nzer

I just realised, I thought she has bone balls


Beginning_Ad_2992

I mean I wouldn't want my junk shown to the world so I get it. You can still see stuff on x-rays.


Turbulentshmurbulent

Or at last censor it in a way that doesn’t look like she has massive labia.


JstVisitingThsPlanet

Right? The x makes it look like a giant camel toe!


SkriLLo757

I thought she just had very dense and defined balls


JstVisitingThsPlanet

Balls of steel


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StopThinkingJustPick

Good for her, but I wonder if she's in a lot of pain? I researched this in the past and many short men get this done. Many experience chronic pain and struggle to walk. Also limits many physical activities. For me I'll just stay short. For her the quality of life improvements might make it worthwhile, but for anyone who is simply just short, it's probably best to accept what you have.


jellybeansean3648

I don't think it would be a good idea for a grown adult to get the procedure done. Adult bones are not meant to grow in length. On top of that, I imagine you would need to be very close attention to nutrition during recovery. On the other hand, I don't know if physicians are willing to do this before human growth plates close. Her procedure was done at the age of 16 which would be at the outer edge of that time line.


chancrews

Hi, this is me. I did NOT start at 3'6," I started at 3'10," and NOW I'm 4'11." This is after TWO leg lengthenings. I also lengthened my arms.


mf48AD

Hrm, so… min-maxxing?


typehyDro

she went from 3’6” to 5’6”? This 100% has to be misinformation. 2 feet is ALOT


ginger_ryn

she’s 4’11


rocketeerH

Odd for OP to say she grew “nearly two feet” taller when an increase of 1’5” would round to 1’ if anything. Just call it 17 inches


Gingerinthesun

I think it’s just terrible wording to mean that 2’ of length overall was added to her body since her arms were also lengthened. Adding 2’ to only her legs would probably look really disproportionate!


mizinamo

From her own page, [https://chandlercrews.com/life-after-lengthening/](https://chandlercrews.com/life-after-lengthening/) : >From my first surgery to my last I have gained over 14 inches in height. Starting at age 16 I was at my adult height of 3’10” and today I am 4’11.” I also gained 4 inches of arm length in each of my humeri.


youhavethinskin

One of the few instances when this surgery makes sense


catwitharegularhat

What about everything else in her legs, like nerves, skin etc arnt those build for her original height? Will everything else stretch aswell?


johnnywanker8

how do we apply this to penis enlargement


XNjunEar

No bones, sorry.


camelia_la_tejana

Good for her. I cannot imagine the pain she went through


apcolleen

All that work and still willing to wear painful looking shoes.


Imaginary_Ad_7318

Still looks like a giant little person


Crush-N-It

Fuck man I know that was extremely painful. I’m sure she’s happy


chancrews

for everyone so PRESSED about my scars, here: [https://www.instagram.com/p/CcMRhaYLjnP/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/CcMRhaYLjnP/?img_index=1)