Hello, I've posted here before but I'm here again anxious about my height and thinking more about this surgery.
I'm 170 cm, 16 years old and before I say anything, I've been heavily drinking and smoking since the age of 15 where I've only grown about 2-3 cm since then. My dad is about 180 cm, my mum is about 160,
My arm length (from around the top of shoulder to my middle finger) 30 inches of 76 cm. My sitting height is about 90.5 cm.
I compared my arm length to my 5'9 friend and we have about the same, my arm length looks about the same as his when I'm on tip toes making myself 176cm (1 cm taller) - and his arms look pretty long and lanky but somehow I have 'longer arms' than him or the same.
Anyways, but when I compare with my 6'2 friend, his arm length is ridiculously long, he's lanky and when I'm on tip toes standing at about 176 cm (without shoes), his arm length is a little longer than mine. He has really big hands too.
Is comparing my arm length with someone 6'2 always gonna make me look like I have short arms and does he just have really long arms?
If my goal height is 180 cm and my arm length is 76 cm is that nothing to worry about, or will I be a t-rex?
I don't consider doing this surgery until the age of 18, but if by then my height and arm length hasn't changed, will a +10 cm increase look okay if I have 76 cm long arms and a sitting height of 90.5 cm?
Also, what are the chances that anyone without knowledge of LL notice I did this surgery? Will I look somewhat proportional to someone of the same height as me when I increase to theirs? For e.g. If I have a friend of 180cm height and I get LL to 180cm, will I look normal? Or should arm lengthening be considered as well?
Because today I was comparing my sitting height to a friend that is 2 cm taller than me, and I'm at least 5 cm taller than him while sitting down, meaning I have a pretty large torso compare to an average person of my height.
Is there a way that I can also remove the scars from LL or if I consider doing arm lengthening, is it also removable? I have no problem with having less sports ability even though I'm really good at it, right now what is killing me is being short. I know I'm not 'really short' but my height is a problem for me, I feel as if I need to make-up for being short, for e.g be attractive and be funny, whilst my taller friends just seem to be more 'masculine'.
Most of my friends are taller than me and even some younger kids are taller than me. I also seem to have a short wingspan but long arm length, how is that possible? Anyways, if anyone has time, please read my questions and answer :3, thank you for your time!
Also, I was on roller skates and I am about 180 cm on them, I seem to look very 'suitable' with that height my mum has said, I've even compared myself with her in the mirror and she says I look proportional and no one is going to be checking for your arm length unless they're as "crazy as you when it comes to proportions".
My own thoughts is that I just look long-legged, my torso looks kinda short in this picture but in real life it looks pretty average compared to my 6'2 friend haha.
http://i.imgur.com/fkL7bCD.png
Btw, in this pic I'm 170 cm without shoes and I didn't edit the pic, I just put my roller skates on and then cropped my feet on-top of it.
Haha what are your opinions?
Sorry for the spam,
and without comparing the 'new height' of 180cm to my 170cm height it looks like this:
http://i.imgur.com/rJoeLdv.png
1) You look proportionate with the skates
2) It seems you have mild scoliosis work on your posture and go and see someone for it
3) short wingspan with somewhat long arms mean you have narrow shoulders
You've grown an inch in a year and might get another inch or two (although you seem to have finished your growth spurt, which typically gives you 2 inches a year)- if your growth rate has been decreasing in a similar manner to the average, it should decrease at 0.4 inches a year, so as you grew 1 inch this year, next year it should be something like 0.6 inches.
That's the average, obviously everyone is different, just trying to give an idea.
Your arms might have fused- they fuse first- and might not grow any longer. They are fairly long for your height already.
So you might already get to around 175 by the time you are 18 and who knows, you may even grow taller.
alcohol and smoking probably won't mess with your growth too much but the evidence is kind of inconclusive. Smoking especially might stunt your growth by about an inch: http://www.livestrong.com/article/216947-does-smoking-cigarettes-stunt-growth/
But it sounds like you haven't smoked for that long.
I'd recommend stopping anyway, I did a lot of drugs, drinking and I smoked as a teenager and it was very bad for my health- I regret it now...
Very unlikely u will get anything more than an inch at 16 ,and yes u will look proportional with this amount of cm
Thanks for the reply guys, well I Guess I'll wait until I'm 17-18 to get the surgery? I'm planning to get 5cm on femurs and 5 on Tibias, is this recommended? How much will It averagely cost, in how long time will I be able to walk? I'm planning in doing this surgery at 17, will I be suitable for the army by 18 or probably not..
Either ways, my greater concerns aren't about being able to run and be athletic, I just don't want to walk weirdly, so will I be able to walk normal after these lengthenings? If so, in how Long time?
Also, my arm length is smaller when I'm at this height to my 6'2 Friend, is that normal for a 5'11-6'2 ratio?
I figured out how to edit, btw guys my wingspan is 172cm but my arm length is 76 cm (30"), since my arm length is of a guy of over 175cm+ I think I'll look proportional to other people of my 'new height', that is not the problem now for me. My concerns now are recovering and how well I'll recover, since I'm a really fast runner (10.024 seconds /100m), will I ever be able to compete at these speeds again?
If not, will I at least walk normal?
Forget competitive levels, if you lengthen 5 cm per segment, you can recover Up to a good level, but never competitive
Quote from: jakejake98 on May 16, 2017, 01:44:19 AMAlso, my arm length is smaller when I'm at this height to my 6'2 Friend, is that normal for a 5'11-6'2 ratio?
I figured out how to edit, btw guys my wingspan is 172cm but my arm length is 76 cm (30"), since my arm length is of a guy of over 175cm+ I think I'll look proportional to other people of my 'new height', that is not the problem now for me. My concerns now are recovering and how well I'll recover, since I'm a really fast runner (10.024 seconds /100m), will I ever be able to compete at these speeds again?
If not, will I at least walk normal?
Your 100m time will drop to, at best 17-18 seconds. And I think even that is pushing it. More likely 20s or worse. You should see these guys try run even a few years post surgery. Seriously slow. And I think your time is BS btw, that's quicker than my regions succesful qualifying time for the 100 in Rio.
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