Taking a loan for LL at 18 years

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Quote from: HeightAdvantage on March 11, 2024, 09:50:59 PMI’m planning on doing this surgery as soon as I turn 18 in June. I already have saved a fairly big amount but probably not enough to reach my goal to go from 176cm to 190cm (14cm). Thats why I wanna take a loan to do this surgery and I was wondering if anybody else has a similar plan or already have had such a experience, please share your story

1.-Which country are you from?
2.-How the heck did you manage to save that amount of money without working??
3.-Where will you get the surgery?

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Quote from: shortking on May 21, 2024, 06:54:20 PMGrowth plates may not be fused. Wait a few more years.

If I was him I'd buy some HGH injections instead lol that would get him to grow til 1.78 probably

Quote from: Bagga on May 18, 2024, 04:37:01 AMInvest and let money grows money.
I have witnessed a lot of young millionaire at age of 20s.

He better invest that money and wait 2 more years to make a profitable amount to get the surgery in his early 20's

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Indian doctors are f'ed up. I saw a documentary and I found that's a worst country to do surgeries

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At least Parihar is legit in India but I agree, all the other docs are shady there who does cosmetic LL.

If you value your health and appearance, only go with someone who is a legit orthopedic surgeon specialized in limb deformity corrections. No other surgeon should perform cosmetic LL except someone who knows how to align the bones correctly. I know only a handful of those docs in eastern part of the world and Parihar is one of them IMO.

I thought if risking with LON femur would be justifiable but came to a conclusion that it doesn't worth it due to many reasons. The same goes with internal arm lengthening due to rotator cuff damage.

Basically, the most legit and safe ways to lengthen the following segments are:

Tibia - TSF or Ilizarov with hexapod (either in Russia or with Parihar / Giotikas)
Femur - PRECICE MAX due to reversal option and presumed full weight bearing capacity (other IM nails are not even close to this, so not worth the money)
Humerus - Monorail fixator or Ilizarov with hexapod (the latter being preferred since it can align lengthened bones perfectly)

I know that for humerus IM nail is preferred by many due to little scarring and comfort but IMO it costs the same as internal femur and has a chance of permanently ruining rotator cuff like in tibia where IM nails can damage patellar tendon. IMO, paying huge sums for internal humerus lengthening is pointless when it can be done with experienced orthopedic surgeon with external frames for 1/10th of cost with less risks. Scars can be managed afterwards and it won't cost much. You can save tons of money this way. $50-80k for humerus lengthening with PRECICE is a joke IMO when it can be done for $5-10k with externals.

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https://ibb.co/SvnjRMh

This is the laser removal of scars. In my country, it costs $20-200, depending on body part and area covered.

External humerus lengthening leaves this kind of scars:

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1008127515000826-gr9.jpg

It's from monorail fixators. IDK about Ilizarov with hexapods, but it might be worse than this. Anyways, it doesn't matter much since lasers can blemish them efficiently and then you can tatt the whole arms and nothing will be evident unless someone takes a closer look with the help of a magnification device.

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1. The netherlands
2. I’ve been working crazy hours averaging 180-200hours a month at 17, I just turned 18 so we going all in baby
3. Sounds kinda dumb but lifelivetaller or AFA since they can make me achieve my goals within my budget

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Quote from: HeightAdvantage on June 06, 2024, 10:14:43 PM1. The netherlands
2. I’ve been working crazy hours averaging 180-200hours a month at 17, I just turned 18 so we going all in baby
3. Sounds kinda dumb but lifelivetaller or AFA since they can make me achieve my goals within my budget

Do Giotikas bro, he's got the same prices as turkey but more professional. Also I live in the netherlands rn and for anyone calling 176 cm normal height there is deluded.

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I'm in my early 30s at your height living in Nordic country as well. It's definetely in first quartile amongst the men, so you feel short when going to the public. Imigration averages out the numbers a bit. Try wearing high heeled shoes, prada cloudbust thunder, nike sacai's etc.

Regarding the loan, it will be hard to get consumer credit without no history, stable income. I just took a car loan, they asked 3 years of income declarations lol. Although with inflation, base amount should depreciate.

Regarding the work, I would be sceptical about 5k. in junior positions. With AI one senior dev can do same job as 2-3 junior devs. Not sure about your personal situation, but cost of living correlates with the salary too. Take into account healing time costs.

I'm waiting until Russia opens again, LATN externals used to cost there around 5-6 Euro with Solomin, but you will be offline <8 months if considering 1.5 months per cm healing rate. Giotikas is the next best value for money.

If I were you, I would go to Asia, Brasil where average height is lower, see if you are still struggling with your height.




 

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i took out a loan and still have trouble paying it off. lol i dont make that much also. was trying to fix my car and racked up more bills.

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At 5'9 and at such a young age it's not worth it yet. Wait till you're like 25 because men still have sudden growth spurts until then (some even in their late 20's), and you're not so short to the point that it's urgent or that you're missing out on potential milestones and social/reputation development like a guy who is 5'1 would be. This should give you plenty of time to save up and easily pay for the surgery. Also within 7 years, the height technology should be way better and safer, and the surgery likely even cheaper. So wait.

Who is giving a 18 year old a 100k loan anyway unless they're loan sharks and shady as  ?