16 year old boy who's already 6'0"

Ugh, where do I start? I'll start with my stats. I'm 16 years old and a half, 6'0" (182.5 cm), 190 pounds, muscular, with a little bit of chub. My arm length, from the acromion bone, to the tip of my middle finger is 88 cm. My hand size, from the base of the palm to middle finger is 9 inches. My sitting height is 100 cm. My inseam is 80 cm, however, the distance from my crotch to the ground is 85 cm. My shoulder width is 23 inches (apparently that's really broad). I have yet to measure my wingspan, but I will make sure to update you.

So, I am aware that I haven't finished growing yet, and that at this height, an increase in height will virtually have little to zero affect on my social status, and society's outlook on me in general. I've never had any disadvantage in life exclusively because of my height, neither was I ever a victim of prejudice because of my height. However, I really don't care. I'm doing this for me. I'm trying my best to get as close as I can to my personal mental image of "perfect height", and that is from 6'3"-6'5". I'm not trying to find out if it's worth it or not, that is for me to decide. However, I'm a proportion freak, and I want to know if a total gain of 4 inches might skew my proportions, and drift me away from the attractive/normal human proportions.


Worth noting is that I'm in no way planning to do this surgery anytime soon. This is just contemplation and preemptive planning for the future. I seem to follow the same growth pattern as my two older brothers (both are 6'1" and both are older than 18 years old), and after a lot of research, I inferred to the fact that I may grow at most 2 cm, or 3 (or nothing at all. Who REALLY knows?) if I'm lucky, and that will all be growth in my spine.


So, in order to give you guys something to work with in regard to my proportions, picture an abnormally muscular 16 year old boy with broad shoulders, a long ass torso, monkey arms (I get them from my mom), and stubby, thick, muscular legs. Do you think an increase in total of 10 cm will be too much? I was thinking about 5 cm in each bone. I will provide pictures of myself if you want.

Thanks in advance.

show a pic. Could all be in your mind

What do you mean it could all be in my head? Of course it is! I want to be 193 cm, not people. I will send a picture in a minute.

Do something else to improve your looks and don't consider LL because it won't bring any benefit to you, only drawbacks.

Your height is good so if you don't like your appearance change something else, not something that it is already very good.

Although I sincerely appreciate your input, you really didn't answer my questions at all. You just regurgitated what I've already heard a million times. Maybe on an objective, universal level, short guys do benefit more from this surgery, however, I already stated that I couldn't care less about what people think about my height. Yes, maybe I'd have a bigger motive to increase my height if I faced discrimination or deterrence in life due to my height, but that still doesn't mean that just because I'm already somewhat tall, I'm immune to height neurosis. It's more of a personal goal. And, it doesn't work like that. Just because I'm not happy with my height, doesn't mean the problem stems from another region of my body. I'm fine with my face. I'm fine with my level of muscularity. In fact, I am considerably more muscular than the average man in my country, but still, in my head, I don't like my height as much as people in this site don't, so why am I not as good of a candidate of body modification as the rest of you? To you, maybe the cons and risks outweigh the pros, but to me, it seems to be worth it, because it's a dream of mine. Can you please answer my question, now? Thank you.

Post the pic already so you could get an asnwer

Troll? If not, you can safely go for that height as your femur And tibia are longer than Many people. But at 6 feet this is a waste of time And money.

I find it kind of rude that you're assuming I'm a troll for no apparent reason. Wanna explain why? If it's for the picture, I will send one soon.

Honestly, to shorter guys, 6'0" might be the godfather of all heights, but it's really overrated as hell. It won't be a waste of time and money. Not for me, at least.

Quote from: Taciturn on April 10, 2017, 01:35:15 PMWhat do you mean it could all be in my head? Of course it is! I want to be 193 cm, not people. I will send a picture in a minute.

Why is being your standard of a "perfect height" more important to you than having full retention of your athletic abilities? You want to be a male model or something? Or extra attention from girls? If you want any career where physical performance is an important aspect then don't bother with this. Worst case scenario you die from embolism, or the surgery goes fine but you live with annoyances like you can't kneel on a hardwood floor or go outside in cold weather without pain. The euphoria you get from being your ideal height will wear off eventually but you'll live the rest of your life with the side effects.

If I knew that increasing my height to this extent would impair my atheltic ability, I wouldn't have asked something as silly as this. I mean, I knew to some extent you wouldn't be as capable as you naturally were, but 5 cm on each bone seemed to apparently be a great choice. Is it not? I thought only exceeding 6 cm would take a toll on your atheltic capabilities. Thank you.