[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1880 - Leg Length (was Lotus Elise at St ealership)

[Lee Levitt]

Teddy Chen writes:

> you're in luck.  you can have your legs lengthened.  i imagine you can
> have them shortened as well, though i suspect that's not going to be as
> popular.  some orthopedic surgeons are certified to do the leg-lengthening
> procedure.  my brother's talking about getting the certification.  it
> essentially involves creating a break in the femur and/or tibia, and
> supporting the separated pieces with screw-adjustable braces.  an
> interesting characteristic of bone is that if the broken edges are
> close to each other, they'll grow toward each other and heal the break.
> too far apart, and they won't.  so the bone is in effect broken and
> re-set a few millimeters apart.  every day, as the edges grow toward
> each other, you adjust the braces to space the edges apart again.
> as i recall, you can get an extra 3-6 inches of height this way.
>
> -teddy

Now if my email inbox is any indication, I can take a pill to lengthen other
things, and it doesn't even involve breaking any bones.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant