I have decided to call it off

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Quote from: trevor on April 03, 2016, 05:35:35 PMI think you made a right decision given your height but I'm curious because I don't think it's just a coincidence that you called it off a day after some guy pricess started vaguely claiming that your doctor ruined his life. My hunch is that you talked to him on pm and he gave you some details that scared you off. Can you share what he told you.

He didnt pm me anything. I had my doubts the second I booked the surgery. I will admit that his posts didnt help. But I had alot of "WTF I am doing" moments. There is too much to lose in this (for me) than there is to gain.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on April 03, 2016, 05:39:16 PMHe didnt pm me anything. I had my doubts the second I booked the surgery. I will admit that his posts didnt help. But I had alot of "WTF I am doing" moments. There is too much to lose in this (for me) than there is to gain.

But you were so active on this forum with a very positive attitude about this procedure.What happened exactly?What was the triger for cnceling?

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Quote from: Peaceout on April 03, 2016, 05:51:37 PMBut you were so active on this forum with a very positive attitude about this procedure.What happened exactly?What was the triger for cnceling?

I had a positive attitude on the forum yes. But the guys I have spoken with privately on FB (I added some forum members via PM to my FB) know my doubts. I did not sell anything. I still do not believe that this procedure is as dangerous as we wanna think. But once you are almost doing it, you can really reflect. I had alot of doubts. I got to the conclusion that even if the risk is 1%, it's still 1% highier than what I can accept to risk.

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Great choice

I totally understand your doubts and fears, and if you feel this may little beneficiaries face the risks you are right
Internet has created a acerbic cult of height
Internet give importance to things that do not have
Good luck

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I think 5"7' is a great height and that your are in the lower end of the green zone 
In fact, I wish I was as tall as you are already (my realistic goal is 169-170cm).
My first surgery is still 9-10 month away and to be honest, I've been crapping my pants since I decided to do LL.
Fear is men's inner daemon. So, just make really sure that it won't haunt you in the future because you were too afraid to do CLL while you could.

I won't wish you good luck for living your life at your current height as I know that you won't need any
But I wish you inner peace with yourself and that you NEVER ever look back.

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yes chris, your right,  if i am 5 7, i wouldn't do it.   i will lengthen to 5 7 170cm then call it quit

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Too bad, OP. I would have liked to hear your experience with Catagni. I never really considered him until I saw you going for him.

But if you were not so convinced that even a 1% chance could sway you away from it, it wasn't right for you.

You need to be prepared for at least a 5-10% significant complication risk IMO going into this.

If it's not so important to you to tolerate that, then it's not the right decision.

I think leg lengthening surgery is actually pretty low risk in the scheme of things if done with a good surgeon. It's more just difficult due to the time and energy it takes. For example, I think jaw surgery which I've had is much higher risk and much more difficult/dangerous a surgery.

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Catagni called my mom this morning (We exchanged numbers after the consultation).

 To sum it up, he said to her that my decision was the wisest decision I could have, and that he just waited for me to arrive to it by myself because in the end he would have told me that he refuse to operate on me.
  Only LL surgeon that is not a salesman (which explains why he is not so well known around here even though he is the guy that brought this LL thing to the west from Russia), a true doctor. I applaud this man.

 A closing statemant before my definitive departure from this forum and height complex:

I am just going to quote what he told my mom on the phone. "Why the hell did he wanna put himself through that? He is completely normal and *alot of nice things about me*. This height complex is not because of height... It's something else. When one has negative feelings, it is easy to find something to blame for. Usually that thing is something physical. This height insecurity in men of his height (and even 165 and up) and up is just like anorexia in women. It's easy to blame height because it is the only physical charateristic that is measurable in numbers (unlike facial aesthetics or muscularity). Usually the pain comes from something else. The height gain won't solve anything because his height is not a problem. At the consultation I saw a man with high self esteem. If he would have been silent and super shy, I could understand that maybe there is a problem of self esteem and maybe this thing would help. But it was not the case for him."

So to all people of little below average to aeverage and tall, get a grip of yourselves.

This is me saying goodbye and good luck to all

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Congratulations on reaching the decision to avoid this surgery, TIBIKE.

I think Dr Catagni's advice is good for certain cases, such as when the starting height is average or just under, but perhaps his advice doesn't really apply to those with a significantly shorter starting height. I remember trying to just be more confident, walk around faking self-esteem until it turned into real self-esteem, despite how much I thought about height. But I remember being "triggered" one night in a burger joint when a tourist family from somewhere in Europe started snickering at how little the man in front of them was. Turned around and saw that they were snickering at me. I felt so miserable for the longest time afterward that I knew there was no going back and it was do the surgery or bust.

In brief, if someone has a starting height well below average, I believe cosmetic lengthening has real benefit in terms of others treating that person better.

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on April 04, 2016, 07:14:14 AMCongratulations on reaching the decision to avoid this surgery, TIBIKE.

I think Dr Catagni's advice is good for certain cases, such as when the starting height is average or just under, but perhaps his advice doesn't really apply to those with a significantly shorter starting height. I remember trying to just be more confident, walk around faking self-esteem until it turned into real self-esteem, despite how much I thought about height. But I remember being "triggered" one night in a burger joint when a tourist family from somewhere in Europe started snickering at how little the man in front of them was. Turned around and saw that they were snickering at me. I felt so miserable for the longest time afterward that I knew there was no going back and it was do the surgery or bust.

In brief, if someone has a starting height well below average, I believe cosmetic lengthening has real benefit in terms of others treating you better.

Indeed it does. I said it in the end "near average, average and tall". He said I was one of the tallest patients he ever saw entering his office. Everything I have said on this forum regarding height was only from my perspective. I never said that people shorter than me should feel the same as me.