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

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Are you saying you did three seperate surgeries for 3cm, 5cm and 6cm?

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 04:39:43 PMAre you saying you did three seperate surgeries for 3cm, 5cm and 6cm?

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I'm Kidding.

He meant for one surgery, but during each lengthening phase.

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5 cm femurs

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Quote from: HobbitMan on May 11, 2021, 02:58:14 PMI 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.

3 cm is a lot when it comes to percentiles though when you are avg to slightly above avg height

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So the consensus here seems to be that 3cm is not worth it. What would you guys say is the difference between doing 3cm vs 6-7cm? In terms of risk, price, recovery etc

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 06:59:15 PMSo the consensus here seems to be that 3cm is not worth it. What would you guys say is the difference between doing 3cm vs 6-7cm? In terms of risk, price, recovery etc

From what I heard, the pain and tightness is not too bad up until 5-6 cm. But obviously it’s more risky when you increase the length. The price is the same at 3cm than it is at 6-7 cm and recovery is a lot quicker and more likely at 3 cm than 6-7cm If I were you I would get like 5 cm as that’s 2 inches which is quite a noticeable height gain. Plus, if you’re spending a HUGE sum of money you might aswell max out as much as u can safely.

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so the difference in terms of recovery and all that is most likely not that big when looking at 3cm vs 5-6cm?

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 07:43:09 PMso the difference in terms of recovery and all that is most likely not that big when looking at 3cm vs 5-6cm?

I think so, but you will have a longer segment, you should also look just a bit if it's going to look weird, cause sometimes you've born with lower knees and they might end even lower after

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Quote from: onlywantafewcmmore on May 11, 2021, 07:43:09 PMso the difference in terms of recovery and all that is most likely not that big when looking at 3cm vs 5-6cm?

So it’s going to depend massively on the method of lengthening and which bone you choose. 6cm on tibia is a huge amount and with external frames the recovery will be much much longer than 3cm. But if you do say, internal femur 3cm and 5.5 cm is going to carry the same risk roughly. But no matter what length and bone 3cm is just not worth this expensive and grueling surgery I’d say the lowest “worth it” length given all bones and methods would be 4 to 4.5 cm

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Limb Lengthening techniques are medically designed to give an increase of about 2-3 cm. That is typically the case when someone has a medical condition making one limb shorter. You will probably regain full athleticism and it wont take as long. Letting people increase their height by like 8-10cm is just something doctors do for the extra cash. All medical and surgery research is dedicated to the small increases.