Hi, this is my first post on this website and I was wondering about the maximum height that I can reach if I wanted to do the surgery. I'm 157 "5.2" and I'm 24 years old.. my mom is 149 "4.9" and my dad is 176 "5.8" so I guess my gens went to my mom's sides this time 
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I've been to the doctor earlier when I was around 7-9 years old and have got 2 injections ( god knows what was it ) but I didn't complete the crouse which was about 6months of more injections here and there.. long story short I guess I can't gain any more inches at this age so I'm considering to do the surgery. but I have a few questions about it:
1- what's the maximum height I can reach if I decide to do lengthen through the leg and thighs
2- what are the side effects of the surgery, I've heard that it can lead to osteoporosis
3- best doctors for this type of surgery.
thank you for taking the time to read this!
Maximum recommended is 5 inches. Two inches on tibia and three inches on femurs.
However this entirely depends on your starting height, and surgeons recommend you only lengthen 10-15% of the bone's initial length.
So a taller person will have it a lot easier to lengthen more than a shorter person because they have longer bones.
2) no
3) anyone in America is probably fine
so I will gain roughly 8-10cm max 
well, that's not worth it tbh.. I was aiming at ( at least 170cm). keeping in mind that my legs are 80cm more or less so I will have 11-12cm max 
that's very disappointing.
PS; thanx for your fast reply much appreciated
that's good news..
in the US it's considered to be the most expensive one, from my research it will cost no less than 70k$ unless you can recommend someone in particular.
Is ur inseam 80cm or hip to floor is 80cm??how did u measure ur legs.
Quote from: ghkid2021 on February 02, 2021, 10:29:08 AM2) no
3) anyone in America is probably fine
what about dr gay in fremont california?
Quote from: HobbesTheDog on February 03, 2021, 05:59:45 AMwhat about dr gay in fremont california?
Would not recommend him, he has probably done less than 5 CLL cases in his whole life and is simply a regular non trained in LL orthopedic surgeon. He knows how to insert trauma nails and that's about it
Quote from: ghkid2021 on February 03, 2021, 06:28:12 AMWould not recommend him, he has probably done less than 5 CLL cases in his whole life and is simply a regular non trained in LL orthopedic surgeon. He knows how to insert trauma nails and that's about it
Yep. A trauma orthopedic surgeon can install a nail just fine, but they can't handle/adapt to address complications. Not safe.
Quote from: Kal el on February 02, 2021, 05:04:28 PMIs ur inseam 80cm or hip to floor is 80cm??how did u measure ur legs.
from waist do the floor allowing -3/5cm error calculation. 
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