5'11 and wanting to do Leg Lengthening?

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Quote from: thruzuul on October 11, 2016, 10:26:16 PMHello, I just re-measured myself as accurately as possible, and it says I'm 179.5cm exactly... do you not recommend lengthening at this height?

i will recommend if you know how risky it is, and read some patient's diary (some of them took more than 3 years and they still walk like zombie). lets come to the positive side, if nothing happened and you was one of the luckiest, you will be able to run in 6 months, play some sports and jumping higher ( the best scenario) very rare

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Quote from: AR on October 11, 2016, 10:27:37 PMI can't find any problem for thruzuul to have more height if this can boost his confidence and bring him to what he want, if you think that your life will be different if you go from 170 to 175 or maybe 178. 180cm people also have their own dreams. I have some friends who are +185 cm and they use lifts to add more height.

People that are very short do this surgery to avoid stigma, problems with getting job and love interests.

People that are tall/average already won't get anything from this surgery except empty wallet.
Justifying yourself with 6'1 guys wearing lifts is stupid.

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Hello YourSpaceBoyfriend,
I think that every person has his own reasons to do CLL which should be respected anyway.
thruzuul is still young person and may change his mind after he reaches +20.
Some people who had done CLL and reached 5'11, did or thinking of adding more cms for some reasons we need to respect. 

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Quote from: AR on October 11, 2016, 10:44:26 PMHello YourSpaceBoyfriend,
I think that every person has his own reasons to do CLL which should be respected anyway.
thruzuul is still young person and may change his mind after he reaches +20.
Some people who had done CLL and reached 5'11, did or thinking of adding more heights for some reasons we need to respect.

 It's like understanding an anorexic person who wants to lose more weight...

 I am sorry... But there is nothing logical (in my humble opinion) about someone of average or above average stature going for LL (and only because of what LL is... If it was a pill no one would be so against it).
  And about your 6'2 friends using insoles, it's their problem they feel insecure... Not yours...

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Do 6 cm on femurs and be happy, your current height is wonderful.

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Hello TIBIKE200,
5'11 can't be compared (IMO at least) to an anorexic person wants to lose more weight, maybe 6'1 or more but not 5'11.
Yes LL is not a pill and it's a hard decision to take even if you are 5'5. I don't want to repeat myself but if thruzuul has strong reasons to do CLL for more 5cms taking all the risks. I will respect.

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It's more about doing right decision. As tibike mentioned LL is not walk in a park.

You put heavy money and health for a few cms with a risk of never walking again.

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Quote from: thruzuul on October 11, 2016, 09:53:36 PMThank you for your response! I hope it doesn't by that point... For about 6 months now I've really wanted to do Leg Lengthening, just to be 6'2/6'1, I just feel like that's a really comfortable height for the place I live, I'm just worried about things like money, if I'm athletic as I would be before etc...

If you re from MIT or Yale no one would look down on you even at 5'3. Lol
At 5'11, height should be the least on your list of worry. tons of other things you can do to improve your life instead of focusing on height. Lol this surgery is for 5'7 and below people who want to reach a somewhat average height.

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OP, from your quote:

"Hello, I just re-measured myself as accurately as possible, and it says I'm 179.5cm exactly... do you not recommend lengthening at this height?"

No one here is qualified to recommend or not recommend anything. These are just opinions of people on an anonymous forum. The only person who can recommend (from a medical perspective) of whether you should do something or not do that thing is a Dr. who is familiar with your medical history.

Before I seriously considered CLL, I spoke to my Dr. It was not an entirely easy conversation - he has known me for over a decade, and mostly treated me for simple things like bronchitis. I was embarrassed to admit that I wanted the procedure, initially, but I wanted a qualified medical opinion on whether I should or should not do this, despite my desire to do it.

That is your first step in assessing whether it's recommended whether you do this or not.

Talk to medical people about the pros and cons of this procedure - it is not easy, and most Drs. that perform CLL will tell you the same thing. Talk to your physician about whether anything in your medical history would preclude you from undergoing CLL. Make sure you are in a financial position to be able to afford a reputable Dr. and a country and locale where complications can be easily treated.

Here's one to keep top of mind: CLL requires blood transfusions. How safe are the procedures for donating blood and/or receiving blood from a blood bank in Russia or India or China vs. the US or UK? The risks in the US are 30 million to one and dropping, which means receiving blood from a blood bank in the US is incredibly safe. What about those other countries? Is it possible that you could contract a disease via blood transfusion?

These are things people don't normally think about. We just dream of getting taller and doing so at the most economical price.

Remember that recommending is different than wanting something. 99% of the members of this forum want to be taller, myself included. At whatever height, for whatever reason.

My take on this is only you can determine whether that want is valid or not. It's not my place to judge you for that.

Everything has tradeoffs. Do thorough homework, talk to competent physicians, including your own, then be honest with yourself and weigh pros/cons. You might come up with a different answer than the one you had before. Or you may not. But whatever you have afterwards, it will no longer be an uneducated guess.

HTH.

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I'm going to slightly disagree with jbc and say that some doctors will not recommend this surgery simply based on morals or the fact that they are also, in a way, biased. While we focus more on benefits and less on risks, they focus on risks and less on benefits. I've met an endocrinologist- a well reputed doctor that thought a 5'2 male getting this was completely unnecessary. Their opinions can be outdated and like he said, ultimately it has to be you who takes every input- forums, doctors, etc. and makes the decision of whether it's worth it.

To answer your questions:

Quote from: thruzuul on October 11, 2016, 09:20:21 PM1. Is 7.5cm's achievable for my height?

Yes, but with internal femurs only, and they're very expensive. 7.5cms for your height is actually going to be easier since your bones and muscles are already bigger, than say someone 5'4 that's lengthening 7.5cms. Something like Precice 2, even in India or Africa(counting travel & stay) will be $50K or more, and with Paley it'd go in the 100s.

Quote2. If yes, will I be able to do everything athletic-wise that I can do right now?

With a good recovery, you can return to casual sports.

Quote3. How do people save up the money to do Leg Lengthening?

Jobs. Parents. If they want to save, they do externals in India or China, but externals won't give you 7.5cms.

Quote4. How safe exactly is it to go to places such as India for Leg Lengthening?

Safe if you go to a good doctor. There are many bad doctors in India. If you mean the country itself- going to India where you'll stay in a big city and only move between the hospital, the airport and the hotel, you'll be safe.