Hello 
everyone. I decided to make a video about my limb lengthening process so far. After spending about a year being indecisive about whether or not to have cosmetic height lengthening surgery, I finally told myself, “I have to do this.” After thoroughly researching, I compared the prices and doctors for height lengthening surgery in different countries and made sure that Turkey was a suitable choice, because it was a good price and a good experience, and I thought, “Why not?”. I arrived in Istanbul on July 8, and I met with the doctor on July 9 and 10. After all the examinations were done, I was ready for surgery. Finally, on July 11, I had the limb lengthening surgery. The surgery went better than I expected. They administered anesthesia from the waist down and placed a curtain between me and the doctors and nurses, so I couldn’t see what they were doing, but I could hear some things. I didn’t feel anything, and the procedure was completely painless. It felt like it only took an hour to me, but my sister was with me and she said the surgery took about 2.5–3 hours. After the surgery, I still didn’t feel anything; it was as if I had no legs, but when the anesthesia wore off, it hurt a lot—in fact, it was one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt. This continued for a few days. They were giving me painkillers, but despite that, there was still a lot of pain. I couldn’t sleep properly. It hurts because they drill into the bones during the surgery. I expected pain, but I had never broken a bone in my life, so maybe that’s why I felt more pain than other people who had this surgery. The devices look like this:
I expected the devices to be bigger, but they’re not that big. They’re placed on the inside of the leg. As you can see, these are the areas the doctor operated on. These are the dressings that cover and keep clean the spots where the pins enter the skin. After one week had passed since the surgery, the doctor allowed me to start the leg lengthening process, and I will most likely release another video explaining how the lengthening is done. You can see the arrow marks indicating in which direction you need to turn, because you want to lengthen, not shorten. So far, look how much I’ve lengthened:
It
is about 1 centimeter. You can lengthen 1 millimeter each day. I managed to lengthen 1 centimeter in 10 days. Not bad—it’s a bit of a slow process, but not too bad. One week after the surgery, I could walk with the help of a walker; I could even take a few steps without the walker, and everything seemed fine. But at the end of the second week, we ran into a problem. My knee and this part of my ankle were hurting a lot. I couldn’t straighten my knee at all. And there was a lot of pain. I contacted the doctor, and he said my wound was infected. Although infection is not very common, it can happen from time to time, because this surgery creates holes in the skin and there’s a possibility of getting infected. That’s why it’s important to change the dressings a few times a week at all the spots where the pins enter. I received antibiotic treatment and am still continuing it. It’s now been 7 days since I started treatment, and today I feel much better and can walk a little. When I had the infection, the doctor told me to stop lengthening. Therefore, I stopped lengthening for 4–5 days, and we got the infection under control. Once we stopped the infection, I can say it’s about 90–95% gone. It still hurts a bit more compared to the right leg, but it’s too early to say anything because I’m still on antibiotics. Now I continue to use the walker. Overall, it’s going better than I expected. I had the surgery on July 11, and today is July 28. Things are going well, but unfortunately, the infection slowed the lengthening process by a few days. But these kinds of things happen in height lengthening. I’m very glad I noticed the infection immediately— the doctors, nurses, and everyone on the team were very attentive and helped me right away. Friends, I’ll update you from time to time; that’s it for now, but I’ll keep sharing.
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