Limb Lengthening at 180cm

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Hello everyone,

I have height dysmorphia and am considering limb lengthening.

I’m roughly 180-181cm tall but when I was younger everyone thought I would grow a lot taller.

I was always the tallest in school and doctors thought I could reach 6’4 but I stopped at 5’11

I’m considering doing 11cm. 6cm on femurs and 5cm on tibias to reach 191cm or 6’3

I believe this is healthy for each segment and shouldn’t cause complications.

Who’s the tallest person to have gotten limb lengthening?

Should I go through with this?

I truly believe it will cure my dysmorphia as I always thought I would grow to be tall.

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6’1 will be a nice height but I feel like it won’t be noticed as being “tall” the same way 6’3 will be.

But I want to do femurs first and heal before I do tibias.

I’ve seen too many scary stories of delayed healing for people who did cross-lengthening or boat segments simultaneously.

So I can see how I feel at 6’1 and then decide.

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Quote from: balme on September 11, 2022, 04:41:02 PMwhere do you live? unless you live in denmark or netherlands, you won't get 11cm LL, let's me honest.

I thought 11cm was possible with LL as long as you lengthen both femurs and tibias and not just 1 segment?

Is this considered ill-advised? Does it lead to greater risks?

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Quote from: Hatch on September 11, 2022, 05:34:24 PMIn my opinion Betz is not reliable doctor. In Europe Köhne (Germany) and Giotikas (Greece) are way more better options.

Thank you for the information Hatch. I only just learnt about LL a week ago.

Who are you considering for your surgery? Or have you already completed?

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Quote from: Hatch on September 11, 2022, 06:25:11 PMIm 178cm and i dont feel short. But i feel average. And in fact, Im average but still I almost hate it. I simply want to be tall. Its maybe my biggest dream. Probably most men at my height are just fine with their height. But im not. I think it everyday. Many men are shorter than me and height is not problem for them at all. Why? I dont know.

I been trying find cure. And the cure for me is simply do ll surgery.

So please lets not judge each other. If someone want to be longer, bigger or even different sxx, it's not off from anyone.

For me between about 10 years old and 16 my identity was tall. All my photos at these ages I’m the tallest of all my friends.

Then I stopped growing and some reached my height and 1 or 2 overtook me. Now I’m around the height of all my close friends and jealous of those that overtook me by a couple of inches.

I want to be known as the tall guy again.

I hope you achieve your dream king.

What phase are you at for your plans to do this surgery?

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Quote from: LLprime3 on September 11, 2022, 07:13:55 PMSeeing people ask strangers for advice regarding such tremendous life decisions, the mind is not at the right place.
The real question should not be "should I do it", but rather "what can I expect", "what do you think about my proportions" and such.

It does not come across very manly or decisive. Your mindset is average, that is why you are average. It's not your height.
Your character development has more upside potential than your body.

Maybe you lack physical appearance, I don't know. But someone with a well trained body would not ask childish questions such as "Who’s the tallest person to have gotten limb lengthening?" and not even knowing if you should do it.

Do you need compliments to overcompensate for your frail ego after LL?

Why is it wrong to ask people for advice?

Everyone here is the expert and I know nothing.

There are people on this forum who have researched everything or even undertaken the surgery.

If they grant me some time, I’d love to learn from them and make the most informed decision possible.

I feel that asking if someone else around my height has completed the surgery is a valid question? They would be a good person to talk to if they’re available.

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Quote from: Sambollio on September 11, 2022, 08:03:39 PMHey beyondaverage, unfortunately for people your height it will be very hard to get good advice on this forum. There are a lot of cool people but also a lot of bitter angry ones who will be jealous of you. Feel free to message me if you want.

Thank you Sambolio

https://youtu.be/AomPemsgjmg

I only came across this Vice Asia documentary on Limb Lengthening a week ago and was completed stunned that this is possible.

I believed my height was set in stone and that’s it.

And this forum is even newer to me.

I’d love to message you as I learn more and could use an opinion.

Sorry to hear about your parents and brother, and I hope you successfully complete this surgery and heal from the trauma.

I didn’t come across abuse, but the way I was treated when I was the tallest to just being average now, the difference is night and day.

When I was tall I was naturally the leader of everything, everyone always complimented me, and people were just naturally nicer.

I wasn’t treated badly when everyone caught up or got close to it, and I just blended into the crowd, but I do miss being the tall one.

I want to improve everything about myself I can. I have a great job now and a mortgage on a nice home. I’m not buff but I’m fit and jog 20km’s a day.

I see height as the thing that I can improve that will give me the most benefit at this point in my life.

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Quote from: informationispower on September 11, 2022, 09:18:39 PMThe "bitter short guys who are jealous of your height" and went forward with the surgery are actually the only normal people here. Of course, listen to guys who are average height or even above and struggle with women.. They sure know what's best.

You are 180cm. You are not short, realistically speaking, and knowing if this surgery is worth for you is something only you can answer. But don't listen to the average height lunatics around here who usually 95% of the time don't ever go forward and do the surgery and just stick around endlessly fantasizing about how 1-2 inches will magically turn them from basement dwellers into chick magnets.

Only average height or above people I know are a few and there is someone called optimus on cyborg4life channel that did an interview recently. But also in his case, he was a 175cm man with a weight of 245 pounds (which is atleast 110kg I think). Instead of just dieting and stop being extremely fat he went on the broke his legs

Hi informationispower,

I’m not negative to anyone. Everyone on this forum knows more than me at this point and I’d love to hear all opinions and advice.

We’re all here with the same goal of getting taller and a part of the same community.

Thank you for telling me about the Cyborg4Life channel, I will be going through his videos.

Are there any other channels or sites or podcasts I should watch, read or listen to?

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Quote from: google42 on September 11, 2022, 09:58:32 PMI know being seen as the “tall guy” might have made you get treated better in some ways but I don’t think going to around average height made your life as bad as you think. I think attributing your height to everything is not good, but I don’t know everything about your life and the mindset you have. You seem like you have other parts of your life in order which is good and that’s a great starting point. Ultimately the decision is yours to go through with a surgery like this but I personally don’t think it will make a big Difference.

Just some anecdotal experience from me: I have some friends who range from 5’10” -6’2/6’3” and the difference is not that big to me or others. There is also a co worker I have who is not even 6 feet, he’s 5’10” or 5’11” at most and my other coworkers referred to him as the “tall guy”. Keep in mind this is in Canada though.

This surgery is definitely drastic. With the risks, and investment of time and money required, I don’t see it ever becoming mainstream. Orthopaedics is definitely not like plastic surgery, even though this is a cosmetic procedure for us, where you can walk out with the results, pun intended on “walking out”.

I am trying to weigh if personally the rewards are worth the year commit given I want to do two segments if I go through with this. I just don’t see what else to improve at this point, and I want to love the best life I possibly can.bAnd I’m not afraid of doing drastic things.

I’m Australian and the average height here is around 178cm. I think we are the same?

It’s an interesting anecdote thank you. The only times I’m called tall is if I’m with my female colleagues and they say “you’re tall can you grab this for me”. Definitely not around guys.

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Quote from: motoboarder on September 11, 2022, 10:50:28 PMMy advice:

* If you're moderately competitive at sports, I recommend against this surgery. A fit 5'9" and above guy is way more attractive than a 6' skinny fragile dude. Let alone you're 5'11.

* If your height dysphoria is real AND you live in those well known tallest EU countries, I recommend <= 5cm femurs and <= 4cm tibias. From your original height you should not need more than this gain limit. This was what I did and at my much shorter height, I feel comfortable now after LL (nails still in my legs). So at your height proportionally it should feel like a minor impact to your body/stamina/etc - you get the point.

I play volleyball competitively twice a week and basketball regularly with friends.

Is a full recovery possible if I don’t go past 15% per segment?

Sport is a huge part of my life and I also meet up with my girlfriend most mornings for jogging. I want to be able to keep doing this post surgery.

I do feel like my height betrayed me when doctors and everyone told me I’d be taller than I reached. I genuinely feel like the body I’m in isn’t the height of the body I should be in.

I live in Australia. The average height here is around 178cm

If I do your Lower recommendations per segment will the recovery be 100%?