How risky would 3cm be on the tibia?

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Quote from: aspirant185 on June 15, 2016, 11:25:09 AMYour friends will notice and will tease you forever and will accuse you that you have uncertainties and psychological issues

I've already thought of a lie about my height increase. They know I do extreme sports, so telling them that I broke my legs would cover why my legs have scars on them, and stating that I did yoga and gained an inch wouldn't be hard to sell to people.

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Try reading some literature regarding lengthening. Go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed and type in cosmetic leg lengthening or click on 'advanced' and search up publications from the doctor you are interested in. You'll find that research has been done (obviously) and has been published and you can read about results and conclusions. I hope that helps ease your mind a bit and give you a better view of what this surgery is all about and what can happen, as well as complications.

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Try reading some literature regarding lengthening. Go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed and type in cosmetic leg lengthening or click on 'advanced' and search up publications from the doctor you are interested in. You'll find that research has been done (obviously) and has been published and you can read about results and conclusions. I hope that helps ease your mind a bit and give you a better view of what this surgery is all about and what can happen, as well as complications.

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I just looked in the mirror at myself and realized that my tibia/fibula are almost the same size as my femur anyway, I'd say nearly 51:49. I guess I already have a decently long tibia/fibula, so maybe I should get an internal femur instead (if I were to do it)?

I'll check the link above, thank you for providing me a path! Would a femur be more risky than a tibia, the same, or less risky? I've realized that I definitely did have some stunting in my growth, since I remeasured my reach and it's about 6' 2". I hardly feel like I was meant to have a 5 inch difference in my reach to height ratio (imagine how monkeyish I look walking around with my big arms swinging at 5' 9.5").

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3cm on tibias is very dangerous. You will never skateboard again, and when you lose the ability to do flips and grind rails, you'll just be a normal guy with a funny walk.

I have heard about people dying from complications from LL surgery. Read that one guy crimsontides diary.. he tells the truth about LL.

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LLCaptain, I think you might be going a bit overboard...

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not going to die, but it's not worth it

life's too short. Wear lifts

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Quote from: crimsontide on June 16, 2016, 05:20:22 AMnot going to die, but it's not worth it

life's too short. Wear lifts

You think 3cm on the femur (changed from tibia since my tibia/fibula are nearly the same size as my femur) would impact me that much?

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if it is only about 3 cm u really can wear lifts. Its such a small difference that people might not figure it out when u have or dont have the lifts. I think LL is worth it at the 5cm, unless u grow at least 2 inches, I dont think it makes sense to spend so much money, break ur legs, risk damaging your muscles and nerves. 3 cm is really nothing, it is difficult to even differentiate whether one is 3cm taller or no, unless you know that person very well and know how tall he is relative to you.

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Quote from: aspirant185 on June 16, 2016, 11:00:04 AMif it is only about 3 cm u really can wear lifts. Its such a small difference that people might not figure it out when u have or dont have the lifts. I think LL is worth it at the 5cm, unless u grow at least 2 inches, I dont think it makes sense to spend so much money, break ur legs, risk damaging your muscles and nerves. 3 cm is really nothing, it is difficult to even differentiate whether one is 3cm taller or no, unless you know that person very well and know how tall he is relative to you.

Would you say it's worth it at 4cm? I just want to get the most possible while sacrificing the least. I understand that, in that case, not doing LL is the only 100% guarantee that I won't have any complication, but I still want to be 'naturally' 5' 11". That's why I've come here, though, to ask about whether or not a small amount like 3cm - 4cm would be a better idea when considering LL surgery to retain athleticism and avoid things like nerve damage and muscle tightness.

My idea was to get 5cm - 6cm increase through two different sources, one being LL the other being a 1cm - 2cm gain from yoga (guaranteed). If the majority of people here feel it unsafe to do 4cm on the femur, or at least unlikely I'll be 100% in athleticism, then I probably won't do it at all and will just do the back stretching and hope for a 2cm increase in height + add my shoe height to my true height. I'll be at least 5' 10.5" at that point, which I guess isn't that bad.