Hi guys. I'm a 17 year old, 5'4 male (also diffuse thinning but that doesnt matter, just to show you the WEIGHT of my pains). My mom is 5'0 and my father is 5'1. I live in the United States and I'm of Portuguese descent, specifically of the Northern region of Montalegre, Tras-os-Montes. My height is a hindrance to my dating life, I have never had a girlfriend, nor a kiss, nor a lover. Not even larger, dare I say fat girls are into me (I would never mind long as they had proper hygeine). My diffuse balding only makes it worse. The only thing I have going for me is I have blue eyes which only are noticed by few people, as most people here are ethnic from Latin America or the Carribean, which I love them so.
Enough of my life story, that was just to introduce myself. I'm wondering if anyone here has gotten procedures that grow your tibia and femur by 6+ inches or more. I want to know the weight of the problems, what surgeons are willing to do this, the recovery phase, and in detail the PAIN of it, and if you are even able to walk again.
If I somehow became 6'1-6'2 with lifts at around my 20's, my hair loss would be mitigated greatly. Just saying.
How common are 6 inch/15cm+ procedures?
1) 15cm is achievable in 2 surgeries. The all-in cost is well over 100k USD even in a cheaper location like Greece.
2) Hair transplant can mitigate your hair loss problems. However, if you're balding at 17, this may be a very severe problem going forward.
Given your age, I would consider saving up or asking for your parents' support first. It's a waste of time otherwise.
Thanks for your reply. Regarding my hair loss, it has been happening since age 14. It's diffuse thinning, not something like alopecia areta or a receding hairline. I have to go to a dermatologist to tackle this first.
Secondly, are there any legitimate, proven posts on this forum from people that have gotten those surgeries?
Dude srsly?15cm+ is achievable in 2 procedures?
If you are really taking your safety problems srsly,you won't choose to go beyond 11-12cm and your callus growth durations will be long and long AF and your rehabilitations will be very hard to accomplish.
All reputable surgeons won't recommend anything beyond 12cm and few people have done 15cm lengthening.
Quote from: Leonardo Da Vinci on September 24, 2021, 01:21:14 AMDude srsly?15cm+ is achievable in 2 procedures?
If you are really taking your safety problems srsly,you won't choose to go beyond 11-12cm and your callus growth durations will be long and long AF and your rehabilitations will be very hard to accomplish.
All reputable surgeons won't recommend anything beyond 12cm and few people have done 15cm lengthening.
This is correct. OP also has to consider how weird he will look compared to natural 6 foot tall guys. A guy who is 5'4 with 15cm lengthening on legs alone will look comical. 10cm most people can carry off OK.
Quote from: CrispinGloverFan12 on September 23, 2021, 10:04:40 PMHi guys. I'm a 17 year old, 5'4 male (also diffuse thinning but that doesnt matter, just to show you the WEIGHT of my pains). My mom is 5'0 and my father is 5'1. I live in the United States and I'm of Portuguese descent, specifically of the Northern region of Montalegre, Tras-os-Montes. My height is a hindrance to my dating life, I have never had a girlfriend, nor a kiss, nor a lover. Not even larger, dare I say fat girls are into me (I would never mind long as they had proper hygeine). My diffuse balding only makes it worse. The only thing I have going for me is I have blue eyes which only are noticed by few people, as most people here are ethnic from Latin America or the Carribean, which I love them so.
Enough of my life story, that was just to introduce myself. I'm wondering if anyone here has gotten procedures that grow your tibia and femur by 6+ inches or more. I want to know the weight of the problems, what surgeons are willing to do this, the recovery phase, and in detail the PAIN of it, and if you are even able to walk again.
If I somehow became 6'1-6'2 with lifts at around my 20's, my hair loss would be mitigated greatly. Just saying.
If you care about dating, lengthening to 5'7 is reasonable, can get plenty of dates with that. It only requires 1 surgery. You're already 3 inches taller than your father which is pretty good. If you want to lengthen 15cm, it will cost around 150,000 USD and you have to break both tibia and femur but keep in mind not everyone can handle that much lengthening and recovery. You need lots of time, money and dedication for 15cm as well as a bit of luck because not everyone's body can handle a 15cm lengthening. Good luck.
Quote from: Highest on September 24, 2021, 02:32:18 AMThis is correct. OP also has to consider how weird he will look compared to natural 6 foot tall guys. A guy who is 5'4 with 15cm lengthening on legs alone will look comical. 10cm most people can carry off OK.
It will have the "midget on stilts" type of look. Unless OP has like a 5'7-5'8 wingspan already it will defs look a bit off.
Quote from: CrispinGloverFan12 on September 23, 2021, 10:04:40 PMHi guys. I'm a 17 year old, 5'4 male (also diffuse thinning but that doesnt matter, just to show you the WEIGHT of my pains). My mom is 5'0 and my father is 5'1. I live in the United States and I'm of Portuguese descent, specifically of the Northern region of Montalegre, Tras-os-Montes. My height is a hindrance to my dating life, I have never had a girlfriend, nor a kiss, nor a lover. Not even larger, dare I say fat girls are into me (I would never mind long as they had proper hygeine). My diffuse balding only makes it worse. The only thing I have going for me is I have blue eyes which only are noticed by few people, as most people here are ethnic from Latin America or the Carribean, which I love them so.
Enough of my life story, that was just to introduce myself. I'm wondering if anyone here has gotten procedures that grow your tibia and femur by 6+ inches or more. I want to know the weight of the problems, what surgeons are willing to do this, the recovery phase, and in detail the PAIN of it, and if you are even able to walk again.
If I somehow became 6'1-6'2 with lifts at around my 20's, my hair loss would be mitigated greatly. Just saying.
Yeah it's possible. While I was in Germany I heard many stories of people getting 15cm and more. I even met a guy who did 14cm, 6cm in the tibs and 8cm in the fems.
Assuming you will do 7 + 8 or 6 + 9, the challenges with going to 15cm are quite significant. It is very expensive of course, but you will have to fight the battle royale to go almost the full distance in both tibia and femur. Saying that this is extremely difficult is an understatement and so is that there are major risks involved.
After you will be done, if you get there, there will be two problems. Firstly, the recovery will take you a lot of time. You are young and you should get back to a good level of function, but it will take time. Secondly, your proportions will inevitably be out of whack. If you do 15cm then we're not talking about wingspan or T/F ratio or anything like that. At that point your entire torso and your head will be too small. How I know that? The 14cm guy I met. He is now having a femur shortening done because of this problem.
Honestly, if you're planning on lifts anyway, then lengthen 3 inches / 7.5cm in the femurs and then add an inch or two via high shoes / lifts. 5'9" won't make you the happiest person on earth but it will get you laid alright.
Quote from: DonBones on September 24, 2021, 05:56:06 AMYeah it's possible. While I was in Germany I heard many stories of people getting 15cm and more. I even met a guy who did 14cm, 6cm in the tibs and 8cm in the fems.
Assuming you will do 7 + 8 or 6 + 9, the challenges with going to 15cm are quite significant. It is very expensive of course, but you will have to fight the battle royale to go almost the full distance in both tibia and femur. Saying that this is extremely difficult is an understatement and so is that there are major risks involved.
After you will be done, if you get there, there will be two problems. Firstly, the recovery will take you a lot of time. You are young and you should get back to a good level of function, but it will take time. Secondly, your proportions will inevitably be out of whack. If you do 15cm then we're not talking about wingspan or T/F ratio or anything like that. At that point your entire torso and your head will be too small. How I know that? The 14cm guy I met. He is now having a femur shortening done because of this problem.
Honestly, if you're planning on lifts anyway, then lengthen 3 inches / 7.5cm in the femurs and then add an inch or two via high shoes / lifts. 5'9" won't make you the happiest person on earth but it will get you laid alright.
How much is the femur shortening patient shortening by? There was another Betz patient on here a while ago who did a shortening procedure after lengthening 10 or 11cm but I believe it's quite risky.
I have met three patients in Athens who did both femurs and tibias simultaneously - all of them were using stryde. The max I've seen one of them do is 12cm.
15cm is technically possible but you probably need to be tough as nails to pull it off, especially with mechanical nails.
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