LL surgery in 2017

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Hey guys! I've been on this forum for a while now and I'm planning on doing this after I graduate school and settle in at university. I'm a female at 5'1 (156cm) and wish to be around 160-165. Can you guys help me with getting the money and about loaning from bank?? And also which doctor to go to which is safe. I was thinking Paley or Guichet or Jamal or the one in Korea as I heard they were all good. Thanks guys if you help me!

I suffered depression from being so short and it would be a dream come true to become tall. But I don't want to risk being crippled by going to the wrong doctor... So I want to take out a loan even if it's not a good idea.

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Yeah but if I'm able to work several part times after school finishes and do various online work. I reckon I might save at least $50 000. I would try loaning the rest as I don't mind being in debt after lengthening since it's worth it.

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This isn't about boy problems. I just want to do it for myself because when I look in the mirror I hate having to have short legs and not being able to wear jeans without rolling them up and looking good or wearing trackies that are too long for me. I just want to be tall to be able to wear anything and look good and tall.

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I want to do around 6.5 cm on the femurs and none on the tibias. I reckon my tibias does look pretty long (in my opinion) idk but do u think that's okay?

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 13, 2015, 08:34:31 PMThat's a conservative amount to lengthen.  You'll probably be just fine, especially since you're going to one of the best doctors.

By best doctors do you also include monegal? Now I'm considering him too after seeing a lot of patients go to him.

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Quote from: Deads on December 06, 2015, 11:48:44 AMTotally off topic. But that sounds kinda cute haha


... I plan on going to Monegal.

Hahaha lolol well it stresses me out a lot..
I now made up my mind to go to Monegal because sight seeing Spain and getting taller seems ideal )

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Quote from: PatientZero on December 07, 2015, 05:41:59 PMHey btd,

Since you will be a fresh graduate, the Tier 1 doctors will not be an option unless you have help from your family. You will need 100k for Paley.

In addition to saving enough for the surgery, don't forget to put aside some for complications and maybe 6 months of downtime. Right now budget internals can be had for ~40-50k (South Africa, Barcelona, and some emerging Indian docs), and add 10-20k for complication/downtime.

Instead of going to China/India when I had the money for externals, I stopped visiting these forums for 5 years and focused on my career to save money to do LL. I bore the burden of height neurosis for a few more years and it made me a much stronger person.

My advice is to not put all your eggs in one basket. Improve the other parts of your life before you spend all your money on LL because there is no guarantee that you will be cured of height neurosis after LL.

Ahh thanks for advice. I'm planning on going to Monegal as I read heaps of things about him and I emailed him several times and he seems nice and legit who wouldn't ruin my legs forever xD I trust him to do a good job.
I guess for the money I should save around $60K and if I need more I will just have to borrow from the bank or lie to my parents that I need the money for something else xD haha

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Quote from: spyratoss on December 07, 2015, 04:30:20 PMIs Monegal still doing this?

Yes he is. I emailed him a few weeks ago. He gave me prices and the details

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Quote from: DoingItForMe on December 11, 2015, 02:51:29 PMI know where you're coming from. You seem to suffer the same issues I faced. If I were you, I'd avoid going into debt for this surgery, though. Going into debt is serious business, and can make you even more depressed than you already are. I don't think many people know how bad being in debt is until they're stuck in it.

Out of curiosity, why not just wear heels? It's socially unacceptable for men to wear them, but I noticed that short girls wear them all the time. Also, why not replace your mirror with one that cuts off where your waist is. I noticed that I was much happier after I replaced my full-length mirror. I got too depressed by looking at how short my legs were.

Well ok I probably won't get into debt that much.. Maybe some student loan or soemthing. And tbh I don't really wear heels because I don't really see the point.. I just want to be naturally tall and wear comfortable clothing without looking short haha.

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I don't think you understand that girls can't suffer height neurosis badly like any other guys. This surgery isn't just for guys. Yeah I'm not planning to become a model but I want to be the average height with normal average long legs.. I've been suffering this since I was 12 so why not fulfil it? 60K to break a leg is not problem at all. Anyway I'm not loaning everything, I'm saving up..
Females, males. Gender doesn't matter as long as we are happy with the afters.