Limb Lengthening

It’s nothing short of a miracle that we can change something in the human body that was once unchangeable. A short king can transform himself into just a king - Chris Gayomali

Limb Lengthening
Limb Lengthening

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I Wish I Was a Little Bit Taller

Like most cosmetic surgeries designed to make you a hotter version of yourself, cosmetic leg lengthening was originally intended to help patients with real and sometimes dire conditions. The procedure was developed in the 1950s by a Soviet orthopedic surgeon named Gavriil Ilizarov, who wanted to treat complex bone fractures and deformities like limb discrepancies.

It involves a medieval-sounding device called the Ilizarov frame, an adjustable apparatus that is wrapped around, say, the lower part of a patient’s leg, ankle to knee, like scaffolding erected around a townhome.

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 I Wish I Was a Little Bit Taller

A growing number of men are undergoing a radical and expensive surgery to grow anywhere from three to six inches. The catch: It requires having both your femurs broken.

International Center for Limb Lengthening

The International Center for Limb Lengthening is the most experienced center for limb lengthening and deformity correction in North America. Our patients have come from over 60 countries and six continents to receive comprehensive orthopedic treatment by our world-renowned team.

LimbLengthening.com

Our surgeons offer surgical treatments for the correction of upper and lower limb deformities, discrepancies, and injuries in adults and children. We help individuals with orthopaedic issues due to trauma, birth defects, infections or bone tumors. Our aim is to use the best tools available today — from hexapod external fixation to internal limb lengthening devices,

Limbplastx Institute

Led by Dr. Kevin Debiparshad, a Harvard-trained surgeon, LimbplastX is widely recognized for using the most innovative and advanced techniques for cosmetic limb-lengthening.

Wanna Be Taller

As there is not satisfactory information about limb lengthening surgery in the world including Turkey, we decided to bring together successful doctors with patients who want to length their height with a site system. This site was founded by a team that had previously undergone surgery, experienced the process personally and did a lot of research on LL surgery.

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