I've been a member on this site for a while now and I have seem countless amounts of people who join up and expect to gain a billion inches in height. I read one persons goal of wanting to go from 5'10" to 6'3" and refused to listen to anyone who told him otherwise.
I also see a lot of people who are between the heights of 5'9.5" - 5'10" (175 - 177) wanting to do this surgery. STOP! Go to a therapist or a psychologist. You're taller than a lot of men already! in fact you're above average height. Okay you may live in the land of the giants but instead of looking to alter your body maybe change country? 5'10" is perfect in America so move from Denmark or w/e to the USA.
If you're not over 18 then get the hell of this forum and anything related to height until you're at least 21. You're may not be growing taller but you are growing mentally and physically in turns of muscles. You may hate being "short" but your body will more than likely fill out from 18-21 with muscles that make your height and body look good. You may also grow mentally and realize that your height is okay and that you're focusing too much on what others think. News flash those people probably aren't even thinking about your height.
You might think why does this even matter, how does this affect you? This affects people like me and you because these idiots who cannot do research and approach this surgery with reason will ask their doctors to do these insane lengthening amounts. This will in turn lead to do a negative outcome as anyone who has gotten 5+ inches can tell you, they will then come here and post about their bad experience which will affect our research because they wont include how stupid they were that they got a 5+ increase for $25k in whoopwhoop land.
Here's a few things I learnt from lurking for over a year:
1. This surgery should not be done cheaply. Save the money, get a loan. Please don't go to some $15k doctor. A nose job costs $10k so a osteotomy on your legs for lengthening will obviously cost a lot more and should!
2. Aim for a conservative lengthening goal! I'd personally say 3" max! I'm 5'7" I'd love to be 6'2" but hey looking at my body and it's limits 5'9" will have to do. You need to think about how it will look, how it will affect your bodies mechanics, how you will age physically our bones do grow weaker as we age.
3. Research, research, research! If you're interested in femur lengthening then read ever diary on femur lengthening. The same goes for tibia lengthening. Record every positive and negative diary on paper, notepad, stickies and then account that in your decision. Remember that people who had success with this surgery are more likely to not post about it and move on with their life as apposed to someone who had a bad outcome. Think rationally on why this person had a bad outcome and why this person had a good outcome, was it the length? the time they took to get it done? the doctor? the price? their pre-op body and physique?
There's a lot of people here who need to see psychologist.
Hi
With all due respect, you are wrong
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Quote from: SeekingSentimetres on September 06, 2017, 05:10:21 AMHi
With all due respect, you are wrong
With all due respect, he's really not. I guess that you could make the argument that at what height LL is "justified" and where the line is drawn since height dysmorphia is a very individualized thing (lets be very clear we all have height dysmorphia, that's why we're on this forum) . But everything else he is 1000% right.
When he say's "Here's a few things I learnt from lurking for over a year", these are conclusions that naturally come when you read a lot of diaries and experiences. Go to the diaries, click on the "replies" button and see which ones have the most replies to see mostly "complete" diaries. Read all 25+ pages of replies for at least the ones that are relative to you (internal/external/doctors etc). Yea it will take a while, but it can save your limbs, and I'm really not exaggerating when i say that.
You come to realized that the ones that had the best outcomes had things in common, good doctor, reasonable amount of lengthening, slow lengthening rate, good prep and PT, etc etc. Also when you read the experiences of those who lengthening a large amount and years later are still struggling, hearing them describe it in their own words really makes you rethink this and take it seriously. He hit the nail on the head when he said to think about what they did good and bad, honestly the "bad outcome" diaries will teach you the most.
One last thing. Lets not forget about what the goal of this is. The goal is to get over your height dysmorphia and to be comfortable in your own skin. When it comes down to it people pay money to be taller because of how it will make them feel. Whether you want to feel more attractive, powerful, respected etc. Realize that there are a ton of other ways to get those feelings too. Get your life in order, work out, get a good career, learn social skills, find your passion etc. You better have your life in order and work hard in every other aspect of your life, if not your insecurity is going to shift from height to something else and you will be in an never ending loop of not being comfortable or satisfied with your self.
so I would like to add tip #4- Don't go into this expecting limb lengthening to make your life great. Make your life great and then go into limb lengthening.
The goal is to get this sh!t over with and move on with your life. So work hard, be smart, do this right, and move on and live a happy life.
Quote from: Zeo on September 06, 2017, 06:26:28 AMWith all due respect, he's really not. I guess that you could make the argument that at what height LL is "justified" and where the line is drawn since height dysmorphia is a very individualized thing (lets be very clear we all have height dysmorphia, that's why we're on this forum) . But everything else he is 1000% right.
When he say's "Here's a few things I learnt from lurking for over a year", these are conclusions that naturally come when you read a lot of diaries and experiences. Go to the diaries, click on the "replies" button and see which ones have the most replies to see mostly "complete" diaries. Read all 25+ pages of replies for at least the ones that are relative to you (internal/external/doctors etc). Yea it will take a while, but it can save your limbs, and I'm really not exaggerating when i say that.
You come to realized that the ones that had the best outcomes had things in common, good doctor, reasonable amount of lengthening, slow lengthening rate, good prep and PT, etc etc. Also when you read the experiences of those who lengthening a large amount and years later are still struggling, hearing them describe it in their own words really makes you rethink this and take it seriously. He hit the nail on the head when he said to think about what they did good and bad, honestly the "bad outcome" diaries will teach you the most.
One last thing. Lets not forget about what the goal of this is. The goal is to get over your height dysmorphia and to be comfortable in your own skin. When it comes down to it people pay money to be taller because of how it will make them feel. Whether you want to feel more attractive, powerful, respected etc. Realize that there are a ton of other ways to get those feelings too. Get your life in order, work out, get a good career, learn social skills, find your passion etc. You better have your life in order and work hard in every other aspect of your life, if not your insecurity is going to shift from height to something else and you will be in an never ending loop of not being comfortable or satisfied with your self.
so I would like to add tip #4- Don't go into this expecting limb lengthening to make your life great. Make your life great and then go into limb lengthening.
The goal is to get this sh!t over with and move on with your life. So work hard, be smart, do this right, and move on and live a happy life.
cool....still not convinced. Still wrong
"1. This surgery should not be done cheaply. Save the money, get a loan. Please don't go to some $15k doctor. A nose job costs $10k so a osteotomy on your legs for lengthening will obviously cost a lot more and should!"
YEYE Guys, go to Guichet or Paley. They are expensive, so necessarly the better. Especially Guichet !
150k, every people in earth are able to save that to go to Paley institute.
Also if 5'10" people want to do LL, that's their problem. And most of them won't make the operation.
With all due respect, "you need to see a psychologist" here was written by a person who said that HGH can give you a massive height boost of more than 6 inches during puberty and that kids of rich families regularly get HGH injected to become tall. Ironic?
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on September 06, 2017, 09:21:13 AMWith all due respect, "you need to see a psychologist" here was written by a person who said that HGH can give you a massive height boost of more than 6 inches during puberty and that kids of rich families regularly get HGH injected to become tall. Ironic?
It won't give you a 6 inch boost but it will give you a boost no matter what even if you aren't hgh deficient.
If your plates are closed your hands and feet will grow from high dosages of hgh. This has been proven both scientifically and anecdotally when you observe bodybuilders.
Quote from: MrHandsome on September 06, 2017, 10:53:32 AMIt won't give you a 6 inch boost but it will give you a boost no matter what even if you aren't hgh deficient.
If your plates are closed your hands and feet will grow from high dosages of hgh. This has been proven both scientifically and anecdotally when you observe bodybuilders.
give me links ?
Quote from: theophilo on September 06, 2017, 10:57:43 AM
give me links ?
I will send you the links later when I am able to find them. Anyway I would strongly recommend using hgh for a few years before getting leg lengthening that way you will look proportional.
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