Overseas ex-dancer Female 21yrs, gain 5cm advice please!

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Am 21 yrs and looking to add 5cm

am currently 155 and would love to be 160.
I used to be a competitive dancer to am super flexible and weigh around 54kg.
i'm mixed race (indian/russian) and am from Australia.
Am looking to do the Stryde in femurs and am very new to this all!

What are people's experiences travelling to america to get this surgery/ any recommnedations as to which dr is best for international?
Im a student myself, do you think i'd be able to go back to Australia 3 months after surgery and then return 1-2yrs later for removal?
Any increased risk for a female with stryde? I've heard some really scary things about increased risk of fat embolism

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Hi wannebeidol,

thanks so much for the reply. I'm willing to pay up to150k total USD. I was looking at mahboubian and paley but was confused as to why mahboubian is so much cheaper than the rest/ heard a few bad reviews?

I'm currently in Melbourne, the other thing I was worried about was long term physio here in australia as I know many places don't support LL, how long do you think would be required ?

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Hey exo,

From what i've researched femurs is safer and easier to do 5cm. With the tibia, you also have to lengthen the fibula. Additionally, as it is more peripheral, there is more opportunity for damage to the blood supply and thus greater risk of complications such as non-union etc.
The scars are also a little harder to hide

Open to more information though, i'm still in preliminary planning stages