155cm to 168cm My Dream 13cm gain

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Quote from: simple on October 13, 2020, 07:06:41 AMHey Gman23, i know you want to do 2 surgeries. If you had enough money for both, would you do 2 surgeries simultaneously? Please reply, thank you, stay safe

Like most people say in this forum don’t do both surgeries together, I personally won’t do it either. I was tempted to do it but feels like it’ll be too hard and painful. So I think it’s best to wait a year and then do the second surgery

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Quote from: Tengo on October 12, 2020, 11:00:15 PMBro 155 to 168 thats ballin! Your upper limit being less than world average doesnt fking matter because you gotta work with what you have. With every cm gained you become less irrelevant to a % of the population. Its also a matter of region and perspective, some might consider 176 as a short man or 164 as medium. All that matters is more confidence and greater traction to the world around you.

Kind of didn’t get what you said but I think you told me to go for it? I mean do the surgery

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Its in response to scarface saying 5'6 being downright short which is close to your upper limit and hence a gloomy statement. I'm saying 155 to 168 will most likely change your life for the better so dont think about doing abnormal lengths to appease other peoples standards.

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Quote from: Tengo on October 13, 2020, 02:31:39 PMIts in response to scarface saying 5'6 being downright short which is close to your upper limit and hence a gloomy statement. I'm saying 155 to 168 will most likely change your life for the better so dont think about doing abnormal lengths to appease other peoples standards.

What do you mean by upper limit? Upper limit as in my top half of the body, arms, torso etc ... also what abnormal lengths?  I’m sure gaining 5inches won’t make a extreme difference. Also I think gym will sort out the top half of my body. Get big chest, arms and could possibly look fine ...

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Quote from: Tengo on October 13, 2020, 02:31:39 PMIts in response to scarface saying 5'6 being downright short which is close to your upper limit and hence a gloomy statement. I'm saying 155 to 168 will most likely change your life for the better so dont think about doing abnormal lengths to appease other peoples standards.

I certainly do not and did not "condone abnormal lengths". Paley, the best LL doctor in the world offers 16 cm as a choice and I pointed it out as a possibility so OP could reach a borderline average height instead of a short height which I am and have experienced and dislike. And I had also thrown in the words "if safety allows". 

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Quote from: Gman23 on October 13, 2020, 03:03:35 PMWhat do you mean by upper limit? Upper limit as in my top half of the body, arms, torso etc ... also what abnormal lengths?  I’m sure gaining 5inches won’t make a extreme difference. Also I think gym will sort out the top half of my body. Get big chest, arms and could possibly look fine ...

Upper limit of the height you could reach with LL.

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I am inch taller than you and I've had the same exact thought of doing quadrilaterals (no at the same time) to go up to 5'5/6 but the biggest thing holding me back is that my proportions would be noticeably out of place and also the long term effects. I've worn 2" shoe lifts and that itself makes my arm look kind of short in comparison to my body, if I did 2" more in my femurs it would be so obvious that something is wrong with my proportions. Imagine spending all that money on leg lengthening only to end up looking more weird. I would have to do arm lengthening in addition to LL. For me, with 2" more on my leg, my proportions are better so I would settle for that. I'm under no illusion that if I do quads + AL then that's going to come back and haunt me when I'm older.

I don't know what your proportions are like but I would strongly suggest you use shoe lifts and look at yourself in the mirror or take a picture/video to see how it looks and if adding more inches would make you look better or worse. You should pay attention to your proportions more than the numbers. Of course we all want more height but long term effects + proportions are more important, at least in my opinion.

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Quote from: carpetendro on October 13, 2020, 04:11:03 PMI am inch taller than you and I've had the same exact thought of doing quadrilaterals (no at the same time) to go up to 5'5/6 but the biggest thing holding me back is that my proportions would be noticeably out of place and also the long term effects. I've worn 2" shoe lifts and that itself makes my arm look kind of short in comparison to my body, if I did 2" more in my femurs it would be so obvious that something is wrong with my proportions. Imagine spending all that money on leg lengthening only to end up looking more weird. I would have to do arm lengthening in addition to LL. For me, with 2" more on my leg, my proportions are better so I would settle for that. I'm under no illusion that if I do quads + AL then that's going to come back and haunt me when I'm older.

I don't know what your proportions are like but I would strongly suggest you use shoe lifts and look at yourself in the mirror or take a picture/video to see how it looks and if adding more inches would make you look better or worse. You should pay attention to your proportions more than the numbers. Of course we all want more height but long term effects + proportions are more important, at least in my opinion.

If you are 5'2" and want to reach 5'5" you don't need to do quadrilaterals for that

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Quote from: Scarface on October 13, 2020, 04:15:21 PMIf you are 5'2" and want to reach 5'5" you don't need to do quadrilaterals for that

I know I could do 3" on one of my legs but as I mentioned my arms are short so wearing 2" shoe lifts makes my arm look short but not noticeably short. If I do 3" it would be noticeable and if I add 2/3" more then I'd look terrible. I'm just really unlucky to have short arms and height. There's also long term effects. I don't believe that doing 2" LL won't affect me in the future, in fact I've already come to accept that I will but doing more would definitely fk me up when I'm older. I can always earn more money and do LL on my tibia/femur but I can't shorten it. That's my reasoning anyway.

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Quote from: carpetendro on October 13, 2020, 04:31:41 PMI know I could do 3" on one of my legs but as I mentioned my arms are short so wearing 2" shoe lifts makes my arm look short but not noticeably short. If I do 3" it would be noticeable and if I add 2/3" more then I'd look terrible. I'm just really unlucky to have short arms and height. There's also long term effects. I don't believe that doing 2" LL won't affect me in the future, in fact I've already come to accept that I will but doing more would definitely fk me up when I'm older. I can always earn more money and do LL on my tibia/femur but I can't shorten it. That's my reasoning anyway.

I doubt from my own unassessed priori judgement that it would make that much of a difference, and @OverrideYourGenetics has short arms as well and doesn't look bad at all proportionally. Also if the choice was to move from very short to closer to normal range or preserve proportions the choice is very clear to me.