Only want to add 1 inch or around 3 cm (noob here)

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What would be the least invasive way of doing this? Or does it not matter how much you wanna add, as it will be equally invasive?

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I’d say anything up to 5cm on the femurs is very safe and you’ll get back quickly (on stryde nail of course)

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Go for tibia full externals. It's the cheapest and safest way for you.

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And are there any reputable surgeon in either Germany or Turkey? As I understand it, this is sort of a new procedure, and probably the most difficult cosmetic surgery there is.

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Hi there, mate! Cheers!

They are all relly invasive. There are internals and externals, I would say internals go inside your bone, but they give less scaring, infection and other things compared to external. Internals are the most new ones (precisa and the wonderful Stryde). It's a fact that the more you length the more complications can occur, the longer the rehab and revocery will be and a higher chance of not going back to fully 100%. But, it mostly depends at your body, as flexibility, health, and etc. There some people who do 14cm and are completely fine and some who did 5cm and are not the best now.

The best way nowadays is using stryde, but it had a recall due to some issues, but should be released again. Stryde and Precise are almost the same, the difference is that stryde can tolerate much more weight bearing, and that means you have a faster recovery, faster bone consolidations and rehab is easaier.

Doing one segment (tibia or femur) is less invase than doing both segments (tibia and femur) of course.

Won't extend more here, hope it helped, but I can't say which is more invasive, cause they're all REALLY invasive and involves breaking a bone. The lengthening amount does matter a lot, but your determinance, doctor, fexibility, health, PT, rehab, etc matter a lot more!

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 12:28:07 PMAnd are there any reputable surgeon in either Germany or Turkey? As I understand it, this is sort of a new procedure, and probably the most difficult cosmetic surgery there is.

I think so, just keep searching here until you find it. Go to the home page and select surgeons stuff there.

It's not new, it's an old procedure, it was mainly used (and mostly used nowadays too) for leg length discrepancy, deformities and for dwarfism. But some years ago they started to do it for short stature. The devices are new, not the surgery itself. The most new devices are precise and stryde.

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I need to chime in here on this one.  If all you want is ONE inch, then you need to just get lifts.  It is not worth six figures, months of pain and physical therapy for one inch.  I'd say maybe 2, but for 1...no way. 

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Quote from: AllinStryde on May 11, 2021, 02:50:48 PMI need to chime in here on this one.  If all you want is ONE inch, then you need to just get lifts.  It is not worth six figures, months of pain and physical therapy for one inch.  I'd say maybe 2, but for 1...no way.

I 100% agree.  I wear lifts that are much more than an inch and have never been detected.  I can walk long distances in them, in fact I prefer how they feel on my feet.  1 inch lifts won’t change how tall you feel... but neither is a single inch of growth.

I’m not judgemental of people who want this surgery, even if they’re already like 5’11”.  But I’m slightly judgemental of people who have such small goals.  It’s a lot of pain and money for very little effect, and I have a feeling most surgeons would do it gladly because the chance of complications down the road are likely nil.  It’s almost free money for them.  When I met with Paley, one of his staff hinted that 5cm is extremely easy for virtually everyone to hit, so I’d encourage you to do at least that.

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It kinda seems good that its easier the less heigh you add? If 3cm is easier than say 6-7cm shouldnt I play it safe and aim for this instead? Especially if 3cm will make me happy.

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 03:07:08 PMIt kinda seems good that its easier the less heigh you add? If 3cm is easier than say 6-7cm shouldnt I play it safe and aim for this instead? Especially if 3cm will make me happy.

It sounds like it would be easier but it's not necessarily easier. You'll have to listen to your body during lengthening to know what it can tolerate. For me, 3cm and 5cm felt the exact same, and I didn't get very tight until 6cm, so I don't think it would have been any easier for me to do 3cm than 5cm. Regardless of how much you want to lengthen, you are breaking your legs and stretching your soft tissue. It will take quite a while to recover regardless.

Also, I couldn't tell a difference in my height at 3cm, so you might be disappointed if you go through all this for just 3cm.