How much should I go for [5'9]

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I come from a tall Montenegrin family (males pretty much average 6'3 in my extended family) and I must have done something so terrible in my past life to end up 5'9 evening height so LLS is something I'm considering more and more.

Here are my proportions: https://imgur.com/B12YRW3

How much height should I get? How much athletic abilities will I lose? How (un)proportional will I look after?

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For my current generation I am definitely 3 inches below average. No I don't suffer from extreme discrimination thankfully, but I'll gladly increase my legs and put up with the unbearable legs to at least average height.

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Quote from: Apoplectic on May 03, 2019, 04:40:27 PMI understand what it's like to be shorter than your siblings but because your of average male height already it maybe easier for you to simply adress your BDD first just to see if it improves your mental state.

If it still persists then, yeah, surgery may be something you should consider more seriously.
I think there was some misunderstanding - national average height is close to 6ft, and is most likely more than that observing my current generation. I'm considering LLS a little short of a decade from now - late 20s. I'm just asking how much height could I go for. what's safe? whats less safe but reasonable?

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Quote from: Knik on May 03, 2019, 05:24:07 PMLong torso and long arms
That’s a good beginning

Could I squeeze 4,5 inches then?

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Quote from: Apoplectic on May 03, 2019, 07:29:23 PMI think max is typically around 4 inchs with two seperate surgeries. Although you have the proportions lengthening too much will become extremely debilitating from  reading many of the diaries on this forum.

Fortunately you'll be above your nations average. With the correct shoes you'll be a lot taller.

Also yeah you are short for a male in Montenegro I've just realised from looking at the national averages, my apologies. So yeah I think this surgery would be really beneficial to your mental state

thanks. So separate as in splitting the height between the femur and tibia?

also are there any possible safer lengthening methods available in around a decade from now?

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Quote from: Apoplectic on May 03, 2019, 08:00:37 PMYeah split the height between tibias and femurd. Usually 6-7cm is recommended on femurs and 4-5cm on tibias.
It's definitely best to pick the lowest values of the range to ensure you retain most athletic ability when it's over.


Nah the safest method on femurs at the moment is stryde. Since it is full weight bearing and remote controlled so lengthening is extremely precise, I don't know how this could be improved anymore.

I think in the future stem cells should be able to be used to dramatically increase the speed of consolidation. Of course this would be seperate to the surgery itself so you'd probably have to purchase that treatment seperately

I see.

Last question, how much athleticism will you guess I'll lose (6cm on femur and 4cm on tibia)? If anything genetics have given me a lot of fast twitch muscle fibers so i'm fairly athletic/great sprinter despite subpar training and nutrition.

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Quote from: Apoplectic on May 03, 2019, 08:43:18 PMPeople typically regain back 80-90% of their athelitiscm from what I've read , but I'm guessing if you do two surgeries then it will be less. But good nutrition etc does seem to help a lot.

Also for internal methods in every case it causes varying levels of permanent knee pain but going to a good doctor and not getting greedy with how much you lengthen will definitely reduce the chances of it being really bad.

Which doctor do you plan on going with?

I'm still in the research stages and looking to do it in 6,7 years time, but most likely here where I live in Serbia with dr Milorad Mitkovic. I have a place in Nis too.

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Quote from: zlRadamanthys on May 03, 2019, 10:57:32 PMWhat is your wingspan?
184cm

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I have sent dr Mitkovic an email

“For 10 cm necessary to do LL of both tibias and after 4 months on both femurs. Price for both tibia is 11300 EUR and price for femurs the same with discount od 10%. I do not recommend clavicle LL.”

“I use original external fixation comfortable method and device and Precice 2 internal method.
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Should I avoid internal method?

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Quote from: myloginacc on May 04, 2019, 03:10:14 PMIf you're from Montenegro and don't mind me asking, how tall are the women in Montenegro right now?
Average height for women is around 5’7-5’8.