Hi guys,
I'm 49 years old and I'm 162cm tall. I'm tired with my life because I see that I missed many opportunities because of that. The truth is that short men are not popular. I wish I did a surgery 20 years ago.
I found that my tibias a quite short : 30cm for 162cm tall. So maybe it does worth to focus in tibias in my case.
So now I'm looking for the best option for me. I have found doctors in Spain and in north of Europe (Lithuana) who are quite close to my home (2h flight)
I could consider going out of Europe if there are some benefits.
I wonder if external system (cheaper of course) is ok for my case. I want at least a 7-8 cm lengthening. I want to be able to walk and come home.
Am I a dreamer ? Or do I have to stay at the hospital during 3 months and use a wheelchair ?
Please.
I'm jealous, I would like to get the 3" lenghtening for my tibias too
Yeah that's why I'm jealous. My tibias are short so lengthening the femur would not be looking good
Maybe it's possible to use an internal device twice ? I mean that after consolidation cutting the bone and stretching again ?
Quote from: SirStretchAlot on October 04, 2021, 12:26:17 AMInternals in Europe are at least 50k EUR. It's the only way you can "walk home." Note the overall cost of externals is not that much cheaper as you do have to stay near the hospital for 3 months.
You'll get 7cm max on your tibias.
Well internals that supports walking are crazy expensive. I don't see the point of using internals and sitting in a wheelchair for 3 months.
Frustrating
dream : I would like to reach about 175cm. That would a nice 50 years anniversary gift
But if I start with tibias only 169cm would be great for now. Much better than 162.
If I compare with my gf who is 10cm shorter than me looks like the tibias are about the same (and she doesn't have quite long legs)
I have to do an X-ray to get accurate values.
Hi, went to my doctor this week but I wasn't brave enough to talk about the limb lengtening project. So no X-ray for now.
Maybe guys remember the Gattaca movie ? Ethan Hawke's persona is doing a limb lengtening in order to change identity. The guy he wanted to replace a taller man that was called Jerome, just like me... This movie obsessed me during years. I though it was just not possible to do this surgery in real life. Now I think this was a kind of message for me. Sad I ignored it. Life could have been quite different. I think I missed an important part of my life because of being short. Maybe it's just exagerated and people, women doesn't really care about it. But I always found me not good enough when I met someone special. I probably never accepted my appearance.
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