Hey forum! Planning to do a 10cm increase, is this possible?

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 12, 2021, 10:00:53 PMI'm basically in the same boat as you. I am 5'6.5 and both my younger brother and sister, as well as my dad are taller than me. Brother is 5'11, Sister is 5'8 but she is still apparently growing since she is only 13 and might get taller. In my case it was poor nutrition that led to my stunned growth, which is due to both my stupidity and my retarded doctor who told me to lose weight and scared me by telling me I will have heart attacks and diabetes when I was ONLY 10 pounds overweight at 10 years old. I went from being one of the tallest kids in class to literally being the shortest male.

Finally, someone I can relate to. Yeah dude I also remember being not the tallest but one of the tallest and most athletic in my school back in Grade 7 (I was 12 years old at the time). After that life got worse, even my bone densities and brain was impacted so bad not just the height. I started to lose in everything due to my poor decisions, my appearance got worse, my academics got worse and my health got worse. It's fine now relatively, I'm not as strong as a I used to be but definitely more than the crappy phase I was in, the health, appearance and academics is fine too now , but the height is missing which is why I want to do Limb lengthening surgery. Out of curiosity how much height are you willing to gain?

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This does sound quite extreme.

Are you saying that you are a male 2" shorter than your biological mother?

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Quote from: TSF2025 on March 13, 2021, 05:14:55 AMThis does sound quite extreme.

Are you saying that you are a male 2" shorter than your biological mother?

That's right my biological mother is taller than me and so is my sister.
 
 I didn't have the best teenage years in terms of health. I didn't ever go to the doctors because I was too scared to tell my  parents the situation. Headaches almost every single day , sleeping bad, drugs and doing wrong stuff, usually 1 meal a day, I can remember memories from when I was 2-3 years of age vividly but  I can't remember much in my teenage years since my brain was so screwed during that time. The only thing I remember in high school was a few insignificant things and watching literally every single kid get taller and getting growth spurts and me being extremely jealous because I never grew an inch past 12 years of age.

It sucks, I know it's my fault and I've done my best to get my life back together which I'm happy I did, the only thing I couldn't get back was the height which is why I'm highly considering limb lengthening surgery.

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Quote from: Audous on March 13, 2021, 08:39:09 AMThat's right my biological mother is taller than me and so is my sister.
 
 I didn't have the best teenage years in terms of health. I didn't ever go to the doctors because I was too scared to tell my  parents the situation. Headaches almost every single day , sleeping bad, drugs and doing wrong stuff, usually 1 meal a day, I can remember memories from when I was 2-3 years of age vividly but  I can't remember much in my teenage years since my brain was so screwed during that time. The only thing I remember in high school was a few insignificant things and watching literally every single kid get taller and getting growth spurts and me being extremely jealous because I never grew an inch past 12 years of age.

It sucks, I know it's my fault and I've done my best to get my life back together which I'm happy I did, the only thing I couldn't get back was the height which is why I'm highly considering limb lengthening surgery.

Honestly I have a hard time believing any of this.

Anyway, there are some things we can never get back once we lose them. Eg. You can't bring back the dead.

But I agree that height is among the most regretful ones.

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Quote from: Audous on March 13, 2021, 04:25:04 AMFinally, someone I can relate to. Yeah dude I also remember being not the tallest but one of the tallest and most athletic in my school back in Grade 7 (I was 12 years old at the time). After that life got worse, even my bone densities and brain was impacted so bad not just the height. I started to lose in everything due to my poor decisions, my appearance got worse, my academics got worse and my health got worse. It's fine now relatively, I'm not as strong as a I used to be but definitely more than the crappy phase I was in, the health, appearance and academics is fine too now , but the height is missing which is why I want to do Limb lengthening surgery. Out of curiosity how much height are you willing to gain?

I am only planning on doing 1 surgery and doing around 7-7.5cm femurs. I want to recover some athletic ability, mainly being able to run a mile. I also don't really have the time to spend more than 1 year on doing surgeries, so I can't afford to do a second one. 5'9 is average height here in the US, so I am fine with that although being taller would be nice, but it would be a lot harder to explain to people around me, my height increase. I haven't done a proportions mock up yet, so I might change the amount of lengthening but I definitely want to do at least 6cm.

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 13, 2021, 09:44:44 PMI am only planning on doing 1 surgery and doing around 7-7.5cm femurs. I want to recover some athletic ability, mainly being able to run a mile. I also don't really have the time to spend more than 1 year on doing surgeries, so I can't afford to do a second one. 5'9 is average height here in the US, so I am fine with that although being taller would be nice, but it would be a lot harder to explain to people around me, my height increase. I haven't done a proportions mock up yet, so I might change the amount of lengthening but I definitely want to do at least 6cm.

6cm is great. Might not seem like a lot on paper but in real life the difference is very significant, you also gain much more of your athletic ability back and put less stress on your body making the recovery much faster.

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Quote from: Jamesy998 on March 14, 2021, 08:12:26 PM6cm is great. Might not seem like a lot on paper but in real life the difference is very significant, you also gain much more of your athletic ability back and put less stress on your body making the recovery much faster.

Yeah 6cm seems fine, but since I will be paying a lot of money I might as well go for the extra inch if my body can handle it. I am looking into joining the police so I just need to be able to run a mile for the fitness test, after that I won't really be running.

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 14, 2021, 09:51:51 PMYeah 6cm seems fine, but since I will be paying a lot of money I might as well go for the extra inch if my body can handle it. I am looking into joining the police so I just need to be able to run a mile for the fitness test, after that I won't really be running.

So how would you catch a burglar without running?

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Quote from: SPhantom on March 14, 2021, 09:51:51 PMYeah 6cm seems fine, but since I will be paying a lot of money I might as well go for the extra inch if my body can handle it. I am looking into joining the police so I just need to be able to run a mile for the fitness test, after that I won't really be running.

Yes, why not. Everyones body is different, personally 6.5cm I feel was the limit for me but you could very well pull of the full 8cm only time will tell. I do tell everyone though not to have a certain goal set in mind because based on how our body might react that goal might be decreased or could even be increased.

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Quote from: Jamesy998 on March 14, 2021, 08:12:26 PM6cm is great. Might not seem like a lot on paper but in real life the difference is very significant, you also gain much more of your athletic ability back and put less stress on your body making the recovery much faster.

Any idea how long it would take for a recovery for 8cm?