Hi my name is Tyler Durden,
I've been short my entire life and have always wanted pursue LL since I was a young, knowing I wasn't going to grow up very tall. I think I have been in denial of my height this entire time and it is causing a lot of stress in my life. I've lurked these forums for the past year now and everytime I am down I just find myself lurking on here, researching doctors, listening to stories, success and horror ones, making measurements, taking a closer look at myself and what height I really envision myself to be.
The way I see myself and the way I look are two completely different people and I want them to become one.
Anyways my current height right now is 5'2½" (159cm). Odd height I know.
Fairly skinny build, I have a proportionate body so equal length femur and tibia.
My desired height is 5'7" (170cm), an additional 4½" (11.43cm) of height. I want to do lengthening on my tibia, external LON. Is this possible?
Picture of my current body height and proportions
Quote from: Deads on August 15, 2016, 04:08:34 AMYou'll need 2 surgeries for 11cms.
this is all I needed to know thank you
will have to do separate surgeries for femur and tibia then, I will save accordingly. thanks
Quote from: Penguinn on August 15, 2016, 09:06:36 AMTyler Durden? Do you have maybe...a club I can part of?
You can easily do 7-8cms on your femurs in 1 surgery and IF things go smooth and you have extra time and money, you can do 2 inches on your tibias. That would make you look disproportionate though, unless you have wide shoulders, long arms and a long torso.
I'm not exposed to speak any such information to you, nor would I even if I have said information you want at this juncture, be able
and Noted.
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
Quote from: Cloudo on August 17, 2016, 03:19:18 AMI'm surprised that you didn't know that already considering that you have been a lurker for a while.
Basically, no matter what the starting height is(excluding dwarfism), you shouldn't lengthen more than 5-8 cm in one surgery(femurs or tibia).
There's a lot of conflicting information going around, there's even a doctor from Germany who claims to do 4-5 inches in one surgery lmao
Quote from: crimsontide on August 15, 2016, 04:52:33 AMtyler,
you're 5'2, so youre never going to be tall. You need to accept this and move on
If you do this, only do around 5 cm, and do femurs. 11 cm is too much.
but id avoid it altogether. Not worth it to be taller, but have functional issues
No I cannot accept that, I won't. I need to be at least average size for what I want to do in my life, I am reaching a peak in my abilities and opportunities are bleak. I want to be happy. Everywhere I go I am always wondering about my height subconsciously no matter how much I try to deny it, always trying to measure people up even when I shouldn't. I am unhappy. I've proved a lot of crap to myself over the years and still have a lot to do but I know when to be honest with myself and right now I want to grow. I can either let it all go and live a bleak, mundane life or I can take a shot and actually do something about it. I'm lucky that I am still young I have enough time to fix myself, according to how I see myself.
I'm an artist/computer analyst, I have a keen eye for things, I am very observant person. I don't really play much sports and don't plan to, I skate but that's about it. so function-wise I'm not really too worried, I won't be giving up any dreams pursuing this one, it's a part of mine. Of course, I'm still going to weigh the risks and take necessary precautions so I don't lose my legs and what not but as far as mentally I know this is what I want.
Whenever I am feeling down, I always end up right here. I need to fix this both mentally and physically.
It's where I am in my life, I can't move on. I refuse to.
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