Who
can undergo leg lengthening surgery?
1.
Age: 16-45
years,who has the ability to cooperate the surgery and treatment.
2.
Height before surgery: This is no height limit for cosmetic
leg lengthening before surgery. In general, the LL surgery will benefit
people of short stature (e.g. for Asians, man <160cm; woman<150cm
can be regarded as short stature).
3. General health: No chronic
diseases and diseases in nerve, circulation and muscles systems, such
as paralysis, muscular dystrophy, and osteoarthritis in major joints.
Bone and joint deformities do not affect the success of the surgery, and
those deformities can be corrected at the same time of leg lengthening
surgery.
4.
Mental health: It is essential that patients have a sound
mind and be prepared to cooperate with the treatment. They should not
have unrealistic dreams about leg lengthening. Leg lengthening is just
a step to help you to realize your dreams, but you need to be patient,
and collaborative and self-control in order to have a smooth and successful
outcome.
Sincere advice to potential patients:
Leg lengthening surgery
is recommended for patients suffering from short status and particularly
for the people of short status with low limb deformities. It is not normally
recommended for relatively short people, but if the patients insists for
cosmetic leg lengthening and are willing to cooperate the treatment fully,
leg lengthening procedure is pretty safe and well tolerated. However,
we would like to warn the patients and their relatives sincerely:
1. Leg lengthening is not the only factor
that can change your life:
do not link all the difficulties you met in your life to your short status
and pursue leg lengthening surgery blindly.
2. Leg lengthening surgery can not create
artificial beauty: for the
people who have already had normal height, whom pursue leg lengthening
surgery for the sake of getting perfection, we would ask them to think
twice, as the height is not the only definition of beauty.
3. Leg lengthening is a surgical procedure,
it has risks and may cause
some suffering to the patients, it costs time (6 months to 1 year) and
some expenses for the surgery and treatment. You should not pursue leg
lengthening surgery if there is nothing to gather in your life following
the treatment. You should ask yourself the question: "So what if
I become taller ?"