Questions Patients Actually Ask

For the right patient, with a realistic goal and the patience for a long process, most say yes. For a patient hoping it will fix something that is not about height, no. The psychological screening exists to help you tell the difference before you spend a year on it.

You must be an adult with closed growth plates, confirmed on X-ray. There is no fixed upper limit; bone quality and general health matter more than age. Most of our patients are 21 to 45.

Most patients gain 6 to 8 cm from one segment, up to 12 to 16 cm with a staged femur-and-tibia plan. The surgeon decides the realistic amount from your anatomy and proportions.

Once the bone is consolidated, no. Proportions are planned to stay natural, the scars are small, and walking returns to normal.

Yes. Age, bone quality, BMI, smoking, certain conditions and unrealistic expectations all lead to a no. We think that is the clearest sign of a serious service.

There is no best, only the right one for your bone, your goal and your circumstances. LON is the most chosen; the classical Ilizarov frame and LATN have their place; a fully internal nail is available on request. The procedure page compares them.

Usually the femur: it tolerates more lengthening and gives a natural proportion. The surgeon decides from your measurements.

Three to five hours for both legs, under general anaesthesia.

The first week is the hardest and is managed with proper pain relief in hospital. Distraction is more discomfort than pain: tightness, disturbed sleep in the early weeks, soreness at pin sites. We will not call it painless.

With LON, yes, with a walker from the first week and crutches as the weeks pass. You will not run or climb stairs comfortably until consolidation.

Infection at pin sites, joint stiffness, nerve irritation, slow or incomplete bone formation, blood clots, and the possibility of further procedures, among others. The full list is on the risks page.

Small incisions for the nail and pin-site marks that fade over the first year. We show photographs of healed scars at consultation.

10 to 14 weeks for a single-segment LON lengthening. Staged plans take longer. Consolidation happens at home.

Citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, the European Union, Canada and Australia do not, for up to 180 days; Chinese citizens do not, for 90 days. We re-check the official list before every trip.

In a recovery apartment, a partner hotel or a serviced residence, all with elevators, step-free showers and fibre internet, a short drive from the hospital. See your stay in Yerevan.

Yes, and we recommend it for the first weeks. Companions stay free in apartments.

Desk work, yes, from the second week. Every property has fibre internet and a desk.

Numbeo’s 2024 index ranked Armenia seventh of 146 countries and Yerevan fifteenth of 329 cities for safety.

Your coordinator does, and interprets at every appointment. The surgeon speaks Armenian, Russian and English.

From $[X] for a single-segment LON lengthening, all-inclusive. The cost page lists every line.

A deposit only after the surgeon’s video consultation and the written plan; the balance on arrival, before surgery. If the surgeon declines you face to face, the deposit is refunded in full.

Complications are managed by the same surgeon in the same hospital under a written revision policy you receive before paying anything.

A medical-travel facilitator registered in Armenia. The surgery is provided by an independent licensed surgeon in a licensed, JCI-accredited hospital under their own consent agreements. Our role and its limits are written in our terms.

Often, yes. Some of our patients have agreed to speak with people considering the same decision. Ask your coordinator.

Because our patients value discretion, and because photographs published for marketing are easy to doubt. X-rays and consented stories are shared privately at consultation, where they can be discussed honestly.