Question On Wanting To Increase Height From 178cm to 188cm Realistic & Safe?

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Hi Guys,

I'm very new to this forum and just have a question. I'm roughly 5'10 barefoot standing up and want to increase my height ideally to 6'2 equals 188cm tall standing barefoot. Or, if that's too much, I'll be happy to be around 6'1 at 185cm tall. If 188cm puts too much pressure on my body.

However, I do have some safety concerns about the long-term effects of limb lengthening up to 10cms and the possibility of me never playing sports ever again. Right now, I'm currently 22 years old and come from Australia. I have about $9,000 Australian dollars saved up and my max budget is ideally between $12,000 - $20,000 Australian dollars. I'm willing to wait a few years and save up, etc.

Additionally, I know there are medical tourism companies like WannaBeTaller. Here's my question does the surgery itself include the price of food, accommodation, physical therapy. Again, I don't know their additional costs including food, accommodation, etc.

Anyway, here are some questions, I have for you guys who had the surgery done. How's life now after the surgery? Can you still play sports? Do physical stuff? The reasoning why I'm asking this is because I plan on joining the military after the surgery and will be getting myself into shape for the military.

Moving on, could you guys recommend any surgeons for patients on a budget. I'm thinking of either going to Ukraine, Vietnam, Turkey, Latin America, or maybe one of the former Soviet Republics, etc. For these on a budget as well.
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Anyway, what advice would you guys offer to me in my situation? If you had surgery done in a place that's reasonable, and for me, I personally don't give a fk about the financial cost of it. As long as it's safe and reasonable.

To me, I would literally kill to be at 6'1, or even 6'2


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Quote from: MaximusFabian on May 09, 2021, 08:49:32 AMI have about $9,000 Australian dollars saved up and my max budget is ideally between $12,000 - $20,000 Australian dollars. I'm willing to wait a few years and save up, etc.

Not a realistic "max" budget mate. You probably need 3x your upper bound for even the Turkey cheap surgeons. And this isn't even for 10cm, that's even more. Even that is borderline not even able to go to India your upper bound (actually, definitely not able to once we factor in accomodations and flight).

Curious, at the fantastic height of 5'10, what is your desire of height gain stem from (not judging, just interested, plenty are like you), as it's not a short height

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If i were you i would invest those money into stocks wich within 3 years will have increased significantly and then later invest in a new life style with the new earned money.


With your height this surgery is pointless. I went from not normal(160cm) to normal(170cm) and i can honestly say my life has not changed much.


You are wasting your money, time and health.

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Well, personally speaking, I know logically 5'10 is not short. But, to me at that height, I feel like a manlet majority of the time. And, would be much happier even at 6'1, to be honest.

However, I'm very new to this stuff and willing to go through the pain and gain to get to my ideal height. Within reason.

So, I'll probably need to save up around 25k to 30k by the sounds of it.

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If you are 178cm without being rude you would be better off looking at facial plastic surgery options as it would give you greater return than going through LL for minimal objective return.

I second the other poster in that you need at least 3x your current budget. At your height though I'd take some time away from these forums as at average height your benefits from this surgery will be minimal.

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Personally speaking, I don't care about what the financial costs are. I'm willing to go through with the surgery.

So, I will need to work overtime and save up to roughly around $25,000 to $35,000

I just fking hate my height with a passion and don't care about the financial cost. I'm willing to go through pain and gain to be 6'1 - 6'2 I would be much happier at that height then being a manlet at 5'10

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Quote from: MaximusFabian on May 09, 2021, 09:22:49 AMPersonally speaking, I don't care about what the financial costs are. I'm willing to go through with the surgery.

So, I will need to work overtime and save up to roughly around $25,000 to $35,000

I just fking hate my height with a passion and don't care about the financial cost. I'm willing to go through pain and gain to be 6'1 - 6'2 I would be much happier at that height then being a manlet at 5'10

You'll most likely be look at Dr Buldu at your budget and doing LON. If you are that determined get in contact with him and work out how much you need, possibly get a loan and make it happen.

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Hey thanks, man, but what are the long-term effects of doing it?

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Quote from: MaximusFabian on May 09, 2021, 08:49:32 AM
 Can you still play sports? Do physical stuff? The reasoning why I'm asking this is because I plan on joining the military after the surgery and will be getting myself into shape for the military.

You will most likely be excluded from the military if you go through with LL. You will need to tell them about any procedures you have got done and if you dont tell them it could open you up to getting your contract terminated. It will realistically take 2 years before you can try physical activity again seriously.

From a realistic point of view I think you need to choose between a career in the military and LL. They are realistically not compatable.

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25000 AUD can afford Buldu LON Femurs trying for like 7-8cm. A literal torture device that no good doctor recommends. Not including flight and accomodations. That is your best option if you want to max height. You can do tibia and it'll be less torture but 5-6cm is the max for that (realistically).

Your best option is probably work as hard as you can, save for a real internal device for Femurs. Based on your current financial status and job as a cabinet internship it'll probably take you 10 years if not more, so I guess it's not feasible. LON Femurs is barbaric but that's the only thing within your hypothetical budget that you are seriously underestimating but I will never ever recommend it, it is not done by any good doctors. But people do do that when they are desperate and have no funds.