Quote from: belowbelowavg on January 10, 2024, 07:23:22 AMI'm considering femur LL to go from 5'6 to 5'9. Is it worth considering another LL on tibias to go from 5'9 to 5'11 barefoot potentially? Is it diminishing returns at this point, or is 5'11 and 5'9 two different realities for a man? Are the benefits of being 5'11 worth the cost, pain, and downtime of another surgery? I personally feel like at 5'11 barefoot, I wouldn't struggle with my height again in life, but at 5'9, I'm not sure.
Completely worth it. I'm also slightly over 5'6, and I personally think between 5'8 to soft 5'10 is the ideal average male height range. You'll look good in a lot of clothes, and if you bodybuild, you won't look like a manlet. If you're also slightly above 5'6, like 168~169, getting max femurs of 8cm, you're practically hard 5'9 and faux 5'10 and usually the difference is negligible for most people on day to day unless you have them stand still side by side barefoot.
Going 5'11 will depend on your dysphoria, although it's usually the height some men can lie and say they're 6'. My suggestion is go femur lengthening first, and see if you still struggle with your dysphoria. It's how I plan on mine but just from wearing insoles and standing next to guys at that height in the gym, I genuinely think 5'9 is very good already. You wouldn't want to do quad lengthening anyways in 1 sitting, it's a lot riskier and has a harder time of recovery.