Until now, the only proven way of height increase for adults is by undergo the height increase surgery or surgical leg-lengthening procedure. The successful rate of the procedure is high but not without shortage.

Human Height Growth

What determines your body height is mostly the length of your bones. As you growth, your bones also grow and contribute to the gradual height increase of your body. If you're still in your puberty there're still many chances for you to increase your height. And there're even many ways to grow taller can be accomodated in your daily routines.

However, if you're an adult and your growth plates have closed, there's almost nothing you can do to increase your height. Nutrition, exercise, and healthy lifestyle might increase your height but not significantly.

About Height Increase Surgery

Height increase surgery is referred to as a surgical leg-lengthening procedure. It is a series of procedure to induce the growth of the limbs. It's done by cutting the bones (the tibia and fibula) and attaching it with an external fixator device around the open bones. Each day, the bones then slowly pull apart using the fixator device. This will create space in the bone and induce the growth of new bones.

The lengthening process is stopped when the optimal or desired limb lengthening is achieved. The patient will continue to use the fixator device until the new bones become solid. After that, the fixator device will be removed through a small operation.

How long does it take?

The whole process of leg-lengthening procedure can take 6 up to 12 months (sometimes longer). You'll need to use a wheelchair for at least 6 months.

The Complication

There might be complication from minor to more severe. The complication might limit the function of the legs temporary or even permanently. Complication usually will need further treatment to fix or diminish the problem which also means more cost and time.

The Cost

Height increase surgery costs around $US 10,000 to $US 80,000, depends on the clinic, location, surgeon, etc. It will also cost more when complication occurs.

The Result

The result of grow taller surgery is varies from three to six inches of height increase. It is depended on how much time and money you can give to endure this procedure? And how well you overcome the pain, movement limitation, and other uncomfortable situation associated to it?

Conclusion

Grow taller surgery or leg-lengthening is only recommended for short people with limb deformities. You should endure the surgery merely because you really want need it. Leg-lengthening is an extremely long and painful procedure. The height increase you gain often not worth the time, the cost, and the pain.

If you're thinking to undergo leg-lengthening surgery, you should consider it carefully.

• Get information from several doctors
• Research and find information about the procedure as much as possible (Google or other search engine is a good start)
• Ask people who has gone through this kind of operation
• Read stories from patient who has endured the procedure, you can find it through Google search engine

If you still want to undergo the height increase surgery after all the research, then you should choose your surgeon and clinic carefully. Don't risk yourself with incompetent surgeon. You can visit Short Support for more information about the height increase surgery and list of hospital that performed the operation.