Forget diet, forget HGH, exercise, increase height programs, massage, or other uncertain or marginal grow taller methods out there. The only surefire technique to getting taller is leg lengthening surgery. This is the only method that will guarantee you'll get taller. However, the process is long, arduous, incredibly painful, expensive, and the risk of possible complications is high.
What exactly is leg lengthening surgery?
Leg lengthening surgery is a surgery where the doctor breaks your shin bones (yes, he actually breaks your bones in half) and inserts a telescoping rod. The rods then gradually pulls the bones apart as brand-new bone, nerves, skin, blood vessels, and muscle grow and fills out the gap.
The rods pull the bones about one mm daily. It is pulled apart slow enough so that brand-new bone continues to grow, but quick enough that it does not heal completely. The entire lengthening process takes about three months followed by three to six months of demanding physical therapy.
Recovery and pain management
The entire leg lengthening surgery procedure is extremely painful so proper pain management is necessary. Anti-inflammatory medicine slow bone growth so the kind of pain medication you can take is limited. This means that you have to withstand the entire process with minimum pain medication.
Because of very little pain medication, physical therapy is extremely painful, to the point where patients may quit. However, omitting it might extend recovery by two or three times the typical duration of 3 to 6 months. It can also prevent the bone from strengthening enough so it could break not long after.
Getting enough sleep is important to bone growth and recovery but will be a problem because of the pain and discomfort. Sleeping pills may work at first but they are not safe and gradually will stop working.
Risks and complications
As with any surgical procedure, there are considerable risks. This risk is relatively high for a leg lengthening surgery at about 25 %. Possible risks include: bone infection, injury to nerves/blood vessels, injury to muscles/tendons, poor bone healing, and unequal lengthening.
But contrary to a lot of the buzz, significant long term complications are not common. Some clinics claim 0 % long term negative effects and insist the procedure is safe.
Should I get leg lengthening surgery or what?
Leg lengthening costs around $85,000 in the US but significantly less abroad. You can get it for around $15,000 ~$30,000 in China, Russia, Egypt, or Brazil. India is a bargain at $10,000. But would you actually go to India or Egypt, and even China for a major, life changing procedure such as this? Also, you will probably need 1 year of expenses because you will most likely be unproductive and be unable to work during this time.
Even if you have the money, you are talking one year of bed and wheelchair ridden, tremendously painful, unproductive time. However, 3 inches to a short person is a dream come true.
So if you have $100,000, can waste a year, are prepared to brave extreme pain and discomfort, can deal with excruciating physical therapy and recovery, are prepared to risk the complications and possible long term damages, then go for leg lengthening surgery! 3 inches really is a lot and will do wonders for your appearance and self-confidence.
