It is the pictures that will sell me on the operation. That’s why I don't understand why you don't post them, you have plenty of patients with there identity concealed. (If your concerned about that) I get the feeling you have something to hide if: A. you want me to spend $20,000 and you only show one picture and B. There’s no literature on how to safely increase your proportions. -I have long legs to begin with and I wouldn't want to look like a tyrannosaurus

Hi tony I'm here in volgograd doing the leg
lengthening procedure right now and here's some answers to your questions:
1)about the skin surface issue:
-it really depends on how your body reacts to the process. For me personally, I have no problems at all but I know another patient who had annoying problems with his skin. He had was allergic to a whole lota stuff including metal.
2)the scar issue:
-the jury's still out on the question here.
My scar is still very visible but supposedly it goes away in a year. This is another point
where it's really up to your body's response to the procedure.A good way to predict if the scar would fade or not is if you have a close relative who have undergone surgery, check to see if their scar is faded or not. This is because my scar looks just like one of my relative's scar the same period of time after the operation. The scar size is very small though with Dr. Yegorov's new technique.(approx 1 1/5 inch)
3)sports:
-I'm sure that I can play sports after but that would probably be a year after I go back just to make sure the bone is really hard. Sidestory: There was one patient who before he left asked Mihail Goldreer(the first man to undergo the leg increase) to jump up and down(to see if a former patient can) which he did without problem.
4)pictures:
-I'm pretty sure there are pictures on the site. They are of Mihail Goldreer since he works for Yegorov now. I don't think there would be anymore pictures though since no other patient would want to let people know that they did this. So take it as a good point that there are few pictures of patients since if there are many, it would mean that they will put your picture up too after you're done.
5)weighht lifting:
-this is just as the sports question, if Mihail can jump up and down normaly I'm sure you can lift weights and do sports.
6)asian:
-there are asian patients doing the height increase. I'm pretty sure there is no difference in experience due to race or ethnic background.
Hey man we're all human beings created equal -was that a racist question huh punk?- just kidding
Well that's about it for your questions. If you're going to e-mail me please keep it short 'cause internet here is like a dollar an hour!

Other things which you might like to know are:
-Alexander's a pretty cool guy and his english is better in person than on the phone.
ex.)-I've got a playstation here so he actually checks what new games there are in the store and asks if I want to buy any.
-Food takes a bit to get used to. I know of one patient who absolutely hates russian food but for myself and another patient we find it ok.
-I stay at the hospital, and my impressions of the hospital is that the nurses are professional in that they check on you a lot and they keep the place pretty sterile. The draw back is that there's nothing to do here 'cept sit in your room which drives me insane! But everyone's really nice here.
-if you really don't like the food you could always get someone to buy caviar(only 5 bucks) or instant noodle(only 15 cents!)
-one last thing is that when you stay at the clinic Mihail Goldreer will visit a lot to see if you need anything and he really likes to help out. One drawback is that he can't speak english though so you gotta work on your russian if you stay at the clinic. I personally havn't learned russian at all(I'm sure people here think I'm a complete retard) here are the words that I was able to pick up though:
thank you -spasiba
your welcome -pajalst
little pain -bolna
big pain -baleet
o.k. - harasho
pretty sad that I could sum up my whole vocabulary in five small lines.

that's about all I can say so feel free to email but keep it short(expensive internet)
I'm not going to make phone calls to people or send pictures or info on me or even where I come from so don't even ask. But if you've got real concerns just shoot, I know how tough it is being short.

Homer dont you thik they can black out the face or somthing to get the picture I really want to se more before and afters specially on height increases.and not diformities.

Hi, homer. My name is Jung Woo Woo and I am living in U.S. I plan to go there and get a height increasing surgery next year or the year after next year, at least. I have a few questions about centre. I will list them below. Please answer them for me.

1. I want to know what facilities are in and around centre.(I want to know if there are barber shop, American video shop, convenience store and restaurants in and around the centre.)
2. In the clinic(in a patient's single room), is there a bathroom that has a shower?

3. Is there a refrigerator in a patient's room or should I get one from near the centre to put and use in a room?

4. In TV that is in the patient's room, American TV programs are broadcasted also or only Russian ones?

5.I want to know the standard of living of Russia. I'm from Korea and general price level of goods in Korea is approximately 1/3 of U.S.goods. (For example, as you know, A bottle of coke costs about $1.15 in U.S. It costs about 35 to 40 cents in Korea.) Please give me the price of a few necessary things that you think the patient staying in the centre should know. Please give me the prices of those in Russian money unit and $.

6. How do you feel wearing apparatus on your legs? During the procedure, do you feel uncomfortable or pain on the legs?

Please answer my questions and if there are any additional good informations besides answers for my questions, please let me know. Thank you for your help.

Thanks a lot for your answers to my questions, homer. I have a few additional questions. I will list them below. Please answer them for me.
1. Are the patients allowed to walk near to the centre while the procedures or patients must stay in the clinic and can't go anywhere during the procedures?

2. Alexander Barinov answered me on the e-mail that the overall cost includes 3 times value diet, nursing and all necessary expenses. Do all necessary expenses include the use of electricity, water and the use of phones(international calls) or payments for those are separate?

3. Can the patients take a shower during the procedures? (I think it will be too tough if I can't take a shower for 10 months.)

4. Can I bring my laptop computer and VCR and use them in a patient's single room?

I would like to come down for operation but i want to know how long i have to stay there and how many time i have to come down there beacuse i have school ..
Regarding the limb lengthning
Thank you sir

to s.africa guy: hi it's homer, yeah the total price includes everything from when you get here to when you leave. This incl. food, lodging, bandages, etc. I've been her for a little more than half a year and all I paid for was internet and laundry. The laundry issue though is pretty minimal cause it's only 200 rubles a month.
For the scarring I forgot to include in my earlier post that this center has also a cosmetic surgery clinic that has the laser scar treetment to rid you of your scar. It's much cheaper than anywere else, everything in russia is!
also 7 cm is no problem with respect to health issues(the last patient before me increased 8) but you should look CAREFULLY at your proportion(shin to thigh) 'cause another patient increased a little too much for his liking and realized when it was too late to compress it back.
Your age is also a good point in doing the procedure now 'cause the younger you are the better you heal up. I have heard that the patients who are younger experience less pain(pretty minimal for younger guys). This includes myself and the last person here.

Homer's Odyssey: Thank you Homer for answering all these questions from all these people. It's awesome that you're providing insight on what it is like to actually go through this procedure. I'm going to ask you some questions soon, so you better answer them my man. Sincerely D, from the U.S.

wow! 17cm! that's kinda much i think, the last two guys before me increased 8 cm which I think would be a cool height for you since you are 5'3" 1/2 it would make you almost 5'7". I'm not sure if Dr yegorove have ever done lengthening for the thigh and I'm not sure if you want to be the first if he hasn't. On a good note though is that if you want to do it here, they've put illizarov fixators on all the major bones on all limbs here at the hospital which Dr. Teterin is the head of. So I don't think it would be too much risk in doing it for lengthening. 17 cm is a lot though, i've asked alexander about it before and he said the max they could do is 5 cm so that plus the 8 for the shin is 13. They won't do it at the same time either just to be safe and I don't think you'd want to either from a comfort POV.
by the way if you do both shin and thigh be prepared to be here for about two years.

iv been to the doctors twice now and he's not willing to help me, somthing gives me the idea that he dont realy know about this stuffand keeps on sending me away saying 'its all in the genes and i cant help u'
and im in london, im not sure where i can go and how 2 go about it,
if u have any ideas please tell me,
and do u have more info on what they could do for me, like the hormone thing?
thanx alot,
BART

do u know how much 4inches would cost?
and im still a teenager is there any alternative i could take?
thanx
Bart

Re: BART… I am also from england nr london. i would advice you to go to your gp to get a referal to an endocrine (hormone) specialist. Here they will be able to test you for growth hormone deficiency and other hormonal dificiencies eg thiorid that may also stunt your growth. Even if the tests come back clear and its your genes that have caused you to be short studies have shown that growth hormone does increase the height of people who arn't deficient. You can request to see another GP to get a referal if yours doesn't seem interested - so don't give up.