What are the actual long term complications after old age?

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I really want this surgery but i'm only 170cm. It wont put me at 6ft so I don't know if its worth not being able to walk at 50. I just don't know..I don't want to miss out on any potential opportunities with amazing girls because I'm too short for them. What if I get married to an amazing person then a decade into marriage I suddenly fall apart..I don't know I'm tired of being alone all my life I kept losing to these amazing girls who end up picking 6ft+ guys..I can work on everything but it can't make up for lack of height where as height can compensate for alot of things..

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The short answer is that we don’t really know.

To know we would need a bunch of long-term data showing patient outcomes after 30 / 40 / 50 years post surgery.

That being said, the foremost limb lengthening surgeons don’t seem to think there will be any serious long term issues based on current medical knowledge and theory. That’s just theory without data though.

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They aren't "amazing girls" if you're too short for them.  They're shallow women that are affected by social media.  They wouldn't know a 5'9" man from a 6' man if they saw them 5 minutes apart from one another. 

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Quote from: AllinStryde on August 09, 2023, 05:05:33 PMThey aren't "amazing girls" if you're too short for them.  They're shallow women that are affected by social media.  They wouldn't know a 5'9" man from a 6' man if they saw them 5 minutes apart from one another.

Ehh, a girl can definitely tell the difference between 5' 9" and 6'. It's a pretty stark difference.

I also don't necessarily blame girls for wanting to feel small next to their man. Problem is girls go out wearing 3 or 4 inch heels at the places men typically go to meet women (eg. bars and clubs). So that makes it harder lol.

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Quote from: GrowGrow123 on August 09, 2023, 05:42:36 PMEhh, a girl can definitely tell the difference between 5' 9" and 6'. It's a pretty stark difference.

I also don't necessarily blame girls for wanting to feel small next to their man. Problem is girls go out wearing 3 or 4 inch heels at the places men typically go to meet women (eg. bars and clubs). So that makes it harder lol.
It's funny how the girls that didnt pick me over the tall guy were all a 5'2 and under...Anyways ill stay on the grind in order to save up money. Hopefully by that time, more efficient and safer methods will come out.

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I agree with AllinStrydes point. Most women can't tell the difference between someone who is like 5'10 and 6 feet unless 2 guys with those height stand beside eachother. Besides in generel like he mentions pretty much only the shallow ones cares about whether a guy is 12 cm taller than her or 20 cm taller both are still way taller. If a girl is like this she needs to see a therapist lol.

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Quote from: theshortman11 on August 09, 2023, 04:03:33 PMI really want this surgery but i'm only 170cm. It wont put me at 6ft so I don't know if its worth not being able to walk at 50. I just don't know..I don't want to miss out on any potential opportunities with amazing girls because I'm too short for them. What if I get married to an amazing person then a decade into marriage I suddenly fall apart..I don't know I'm tired of being alone all my life I kept losing to these amazing girls who end up picking 6ft+ guys..I can work on everything but it can't make up for lack of height where as height can compensate for alot of things..

I doubt this surgery will prevent you from walking in the future after a successful recovery. There are people here that get surgery in both their tibia/femurs when they are in their 40s/50s and they seem to be fine with day to day activities.

I also saw a post-10 years study for people that got cosmetic LL and there was a 95%+ satisfaction rate which is akin to LASIK ( better results/satisfaction for people that got precice as well ).

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Quote from: JJ299 on August 10, 2023, 08:39:09 AMI doubt this surgery will prevent you from walking in the future after a successful recovery. There are people here that get surgery in both their tibia/femurs when they are in their 40s/50s and they seem to be fine with day to day activities.

I also saw a post-10 years study for people that got cosmetic LL and there was a 95%+ satisfaction rate which is akin to LASIK ( better results/satisfaction for people that got precice as well ).


This is good to hear and makes me more motivated than ever before. The issue still stands of course the fact that ill still be under 6ft post op and at best 5'11. What will height standards be for men by the time I complete the surgery? Thats definitely one of my concerns as well.

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Not 100% sure. But I'm pretty sure that in the western side of the world we pretty much have peaked height wise, so the average is properly not going to be much taller, if at all. But if you live in asia then it's rising!

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I'm pretty sure there is enough long term data to suggest there is not really any long term implications. This has been done for decades for actual leg discrepency issues. Albeit, that's done for 1 leg. But why would 2 make a difference for cosmetic? And the only difference is, in the more recent years, we have better medical and tools. It used to be only external a long time ago, now we have internal which is much better and safer.