Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

It is theoretically possible to adjust fused bones, but I don't know if it is actually something I could pull off.  I really don't know if I can make it work for people with fused bones.  If we were to attempt to make it work by adjusting your skeletal system, that would probably require a LONG run.  I mean LONG.  It takes 7 years for all the atoms in your skeleton to be replaced naturally.  If we guess that I can trigger bone adjustment, make it work as desired and then that I could somehow trigger lengthening of the bones in your legs - and I have no idea how that would be done if they're fused - we are most likely looking at a very lengthy process for fused bones, IF those things are doable.  I would estimate more than a year to produce noticeable results.

Who knows, maybe the subconscious has some trick up its proverbial sleeve that I don't know about, but my understanding of human anatomy is pretty good, and I'd say that it's realistically iffy at best that I could produce significant, or maybe even noticeable, height increase in people who's growth plates have fused, and if I somehow could, it seems most likely that it would require something between 1 and 3 years to do.

That is the truth as best I know.

Makes sense. Well, if there is a way to grow taller after 25 even if it takes a while, that would be good to know.

Next time I make that program, I will design the script so that if there is any way at all for it to work after your growth plates etc. are fused, it will work.  From there, it's just a matter of you guys using it for long enough to find out if it actually works after that situation.