16 and thinking about Limb Lengthening as an option (please read)

I hope you are having a good day folks, let me tell you more about me and how my dreams had been crushed up all due my height. I just turned 16 this July, I was expecting a growth spurt since January (for at least 2 or 3 inches, or even 3 cm at least), had been exercising, drinking plenty of milk, etc. etc. and nothing changed. My dad is 5'7" and well, he doesn't seem to care that much about height since he is very bulked up and all he cares is MUSCLE, not for my case; in the other hand, my mom is 4'10" (surprisingly because my maternal grandfather was 6'5-6'7"! And my maternal grandmother is around 5'2"-5'3"). Unfortunately, this is the thing that might surprise most of you... I am 5'1", not a late bloomer, and done growing. I can even grow a full beard at this point. AND NO, I AM NOT EVEN 5'3" LIKE THE AVERAGE "ELF" HEIGHT. I am actually White, my family is european, and here comes yet another surprising and disturbing fact that I hate, I was born and raised in Mexico. It's not like if I hate Mexico but people, especially in America, loves to generalize and say "well it is because you are mexican" like even the native mexicans from here are way taller than me! They are all around 5'8" to 5'10"! However, my dad wants me to be like him, to focus on doing exercise and be healthy but I don't, I am actually underweight for my height as well, I am like 99 pounds with a kind of skinny built up. I already grew chest muscle, a curly strip is going all the way up from my groin to my belly button, etc. etc. I am done growing, that's it, if much I can grow 2 or 3 (I DON'T THINK SO) inches on my back but here is another thing.

My back measures 26 inches, from my belly button to the top of my head, and my legs measure 34 inches from the bottom of my feet to my belly button, in other words, my trunk is big enough for my legs already so big that I don't think I may be able to grow more on my back. I went through a HGH replacement treatment around May to see if I could gain a little height as a last option, all I did was to spend like $1000 dollars in these last 3-4 months and just grew less than a CENTIMETER. My mother and father, however, still insist that I will keep growing until i turn 21, this is all a lie, and it only happens to those who get into puberty late. I started to notice puberty changes at age 12, from when I passed from around 4'6" to 5'1", thinking I was going to be able to grow a little bit more and reach at least 5'5"-5'6", that didn't happened. I am seeking Limb Lengthening as a last chance, since whenever I see my legs I notice that the fault is on them, they are like some tiny chicken legs, they are kind of curved as well, this makes me think that probably i was going to be 5'4"-5'6" (that was also my predicted height at birth, which doesn't seem bad for me), but now at this point of my life it seems that I won't even reach 5'4". I had a knee X-Ray that showed the bone age of my knees, it showed that I was done growing on my limb area and my endocrinologist still insists that I will grow a little bit on my back with the HGH, however, i mentioned already that my back is big enough for my legs already and he still doesn't want to face that (he is like 6'2").

I hope to seek some good information around here about LL and its pros and cons, good doctors, etc. oh and btw I live in the US now, my father is from the US and I got American citizenship, that's how I am sharing with you these great experiences I have had during High School while being surrounded of 6'3" 6'0" black and white teenagers.

Glad to have you here.  You've come to the right place for unbiased, uncensored information about limb lengthening.

Your story is a compelling one and it sounds like LL would be ideal for you.  It actually made me feel greedy that I was able to start at 5'7 and go to 5'10.

Quote from: LittleWhiteMan on August 18, 2014, 02:17:35 AMmy legs measure 34 inches from the bottom of my feet to my belly button

I've got 113cm (almost 45 inches) at my final height (6') are you saying all the height difference we've got is due to the leg length? In that case, you should have a huge torso. I suggest you measuring your sitting height (and doing it right) and also arm span. If I were you, I'd go 4 inches tibia-femur for a total of 8 inches gain to 5'9, my sitting height is 89-90cm so you should have around the same if you measurments are correct and that SH is the most usual for someone who is 5'9. Your wing span will probably be less than 5'9, but you can lengthen your arms, if you find it really disproportionate.

QuoteMy mother and father, however, still insist that I will keep growing until i turn 21, this is all a lie

It's not a lie, because they actually believe it, but it won't happen. They should have taken notice when you were younger, seeing as you're short for your age and applied for GH therapy. They fked up.

So what's your arm span? You're only limited by that.

Yes let's lengthen all our bones by 4 inches each. Matter of fact we should all lengthen both our humerus and forearms by four inches each also so we get 8 inches of height and 8 inches of wingspan.

Quote from: Gichelu on August 18, 2014, 05:29:22 AMwe should all lengthen both our humerus and forearms by four inches each
8 inches of wingspan.

I see you aren't very good at math.

And your irony is out of place. I never said everyone should lengthen that much, but his case is extreme.

My sitting height is 32 inches... and I am 61 inches tall. Like really, I am this short... I wish I was at least 5'5" at this point... yet my dream height would be 5'10" which I completely doubt that would happen. However, I am here to know how to start seeking for LL info, like who are the best doctors/surgeons, prices, where to go, availability in the US; I always hear of this "Dr Xia" idk who she/he is, please someone introduce me to this great challenge that might change my life, as well as advices on those "bone infections" that may occur if you do these kind of surgeries.

I would also love to find a way to convince my parents that this surgery might actually help me. My mother thinks that HGH is the only thing that might actually work and that any other method is risky, as for my father he thinks both things suck and he is just spending money on stuff "I don't need". He has another family, whom are very rich, as well my dad, I have two half-siblings, a brother who is 2 years younger than me AND IS 5'7" ALREADY, and a sister who is about my same age ( a month older) who is 4'11", my father expects me to marry a girl around my sister's height, he says "at least you are taller than your sister", well yeah but she is a girl... I don't want the same loophole to continue, I want to be af least 5'5" and marry a 5'6"-5'10" woman so my offspring won't live the same hell as me.

HGH started this late will barely get you any increase in height and it's possible that it can cause cancer later down the line - not worth the risk, imo. Your growth plates may have even fused already (which you can check by asking your doctor to get a bone age scan). If you really are miserable about your height then continue to research as much as you can. If you want to invest a lot of time and money in this you can certainly get to 5'6 lengthening within the recommended limits on each segment (slightly more than 2 inches on tibias, around 3 inches on femurs).

Indeed my friend, as mentioned above my knee growth plates are fully closed, and the endocrinologist keeps telling me thst I may grow a bit on my trunk with the HGH, I don't think so since it is already bigger than the lower half of my body (sitting height is 32 inches for 61 inches tall). I am thinking of quiting the HGH this week, 4 months worth nothing I hope they don't bring me any risk later in time.

Also, is it possible that by investing such amount of money I could finally reach 5'8"-5'10" as well? you know, to take advantage of the moving of country and the surgeries and pain and etc. or it just can be plain 5'5"-5'6"? If I am willing to spend so much money well then i would take good advantage of it you know... hahaha. (idk how this works really thats why I am coming here, for advices).