Quote4 could be a reason but still not too bad. Many (perhaps almost all) ppl have a little bit of leg discrepancy. When I did CLL, the doctor said my left leg is 0.8 cm is shorter than the right one. I even asked him whether it is better idea to make both legs even during lengthening. He said it is no need since my body has adapted this for so many years without problem. So I didn't correct it even though I could.mine gives me a slight waddling gait + flat foot isolated to the right leg (the taller one) which is painful during any above normal activity.
Personally, I was intrigued because I figured that if I get my femurs longer by 7-8 cm, not a single proportion would get off the norm, rather they will be ideal; that's why I will push for internal LL.
But now (next few months) I will work on my athleticism and flexibility, then I'll proceed.
Is "proportions" a legit reasoning to undergo LL?
it sounds like your an excellent candidate for limblengthening for LLD
which will be much cheaper that CLL as it may be covered by inurance
if possible get the internal nail to fix the discrepancy first
then down the line if you wanted to lengthen, you already have one nail in your leg, then pay for the other.
it may end up being cheaper as a stryde nail is about 20k per nail, and if one is covered by insurance, then you just need to cover the other nail/ surgery. you can always rebreak the bone after to finish lengthening on you short leg
Quoteit sounds like your an excellent candidate for limblengthening for LLD
which will be much cheaper that CLL as it may be covered by inurance
if possible get the internal nail to fix the discrepancy first
then down the line if you wanted to lengthen, you already have one nail in your leg, then pay for the other.
it may end up being cheaper as a stryde nail is about 20k per nail, and if one is covered by insurance, then you just need to cover the other nail/ surgery. you can always rebreak the bone after to finish lengthening on you short legTrue.
It's just I figured out that even if I lengthened my femurs by 7-8 cm, not only my tibia:femur ratio will set at 0.8 (worst case scenario "initially giving max for femur and min for tibia" of my estimations is the ideal/golden ratio), but also my leg:trunk, upper-body:lower-body, wingspan:total-height, shoe size:total height, etc.
^ these cannot be mere coincidences given my medical history and the average height of males in my entire family.
I think this is totally valid, also because your total will end up at around 190cm which isn't "terribly tall" either.
On a side note though, how do you plan to get the surgery while doing medicine if you're comfortable sharing? I'm on a medicine career track in the US and I heard it's very unusual to take a gap year during school or even the whole career in general unless it's some extenuating circumstances. Just curious how do you plan on going about it if that's okay 
Same way i will do maybe😅....coz m also a med student and when the time comes when m done studying..i will take a gap of like 1 or 1.5 years from everything in my life....just for this coz my goal is also a bit higher 11 cm (6+4) split.
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