What do you guys think, can I lengthen 3-4 cm and recover completely?

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Quote from: Uppland on January 07, 2016, 12:54:56 AMI honestly don't need more than 3 cm and I figured I would alter my body and proportions as little as possible while still going from a bit short to average.

All I want is to reach a decent normal height so I can fit in with my peers. Being tall is a luxury and I can manage without it.

This guy is smart and he will be successful in life. You go with one of the best out there within the optimal amount of lengthening (3-4cm) I remember old forum  himself did 4 cm and he came back to play football as before. Not to mentioned he did external tibias.

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 07, 2016, 02:34:41 PMYou genuinely don't believe that you'd be better off with +60k in the bank and the ability to put in 2 years of hard work at the gym, compared to +3cm of height and being crippled for the same amount of time? Really?

I have a suggestion by the way. If you're worried about your wing span because of your back, why not spend a year getting yourself into optimum shape. Build a broader back. It will take at least a year of solid work. Then you will be ready for LL if it's still needed.

You could always make that 60k, but you can never get back time. The sooner he does LL the more profits he could get from it. 3-4 cms is completely reasonable if he wants to be recovered 100% and in stay in good proportion. I dont understand why many of you have the need to calculate how much money you spend per cm Lol Its so irrelevant. The point of this operation is to improve your mentality. Whatever amount makes you feel good is worth the money spent.

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Quote from: Bruno Mars on March 30, 2016, 01:02:11 AMYou could always make that 60k, but you can never get back time. The sooner he does LL the more profits he could get from it. 3-4 cms is completely reasonable if he wants to be recovered 100% and in stay in good proportion. I dont understand why many of you have the need to calculate how much money you spend per cm Lol Its so irrelevant. The point of this operation is to improve your mentality. Whatever amount makes you feel good is worth the money spent.

Straight up! What matters it's your personal goal and limiting complications. 3-4 cm is relatively small but at the same time you guys are totally bashing him for such small number but those extra 2 cm are usually where the complications arise. To hell with money spent per cm, this is someone's well being and a personal risk which he will endure on his own, so whatever he decide's it's for his own happiness, i would take the safe number over the so called magical height anytime to be honest.

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Quote from: Average2Tall on March 30, 2016, 02:27:44 AMStraight up! What matters it's your personal goal and limiting complications. 3-4 cm is relatively small but at the same time you guys are totally bashing him for such small number but those extra 2 cm are usually where the complications arise. To hell with money spent per cm, this is someone's well being and a personal risk which he will endure on his own, so whatever he decide's it's for his own happiness, i would take the safe number over the so called magical height anytime to be honest.

Not about cost per CM. It's overall cost. You guys are easy to forget that there can be complications that aren't limited to how much you lengthen. In truth besides the height gain, you're also paying to be crippled for months on end, and within that period of time you might end up in an accident, however minor it may be, which could result in long term complications:

You slip while using your crutches and hit your legs hard, BAM the nail is bent, the muscles and bones are destroyed along with any possible tendons. This surgery journey isn't a given. And you start it by paying a fixed,  -load of money you aren't getting back.

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on March 29, 2016, 10:58:47 PMThe reason I was asking for an exact number, is that I´m still undecided weither I should do tibia or femur. One reason I´m leaning towards tibial lengthening is that it´s more "efficient" in terms of real height gains.
The femur has a curvature of approx. 7% so 8cm´s x 0.93 would result in a 6mm loss for 8cm´s, I just don´t know If my math is correct.

You are wrong. 7% angle means that your loose of height will be 8cm x (1- cos(7%)) wich is 8 cm x (1 - 0.99755100025) = 0.02 cm so it's 0.2 mm loss which is nothing.

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Quote from: pablo1989 on March 30, 2016, 08:12:09 AMYou are wrong. 7% angle means that your loose of height will be 8cm x (1- cos(7%)) wich is 8 cm x (1 - 0.99755100025) = 0.02 cm so it's 0.2 mm loss which is nothing.

Yeah I think the femur angle thing is negligible. In my personal experience, my x-rays showed an 8.3/8.4cm gap, so minus 1cm (x-rays inflate by about that much), I actually lengthened let's say 7.2cm. My actual height gain (based on evening height), seems to be right about 7cm. I was 166 per Dr. G and another doctor in Milan who measured me (both in the evening after I'd been up, the gym, active), and now my evening height right before bed is usually dead on 173 (sometimes a tad over).

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Quote from: Alu on March 30, 2016, 02:34:51 AMNot about cost per CM. It's overall cost. You guys are easy to forget that there can be complications that aren't limited to how much you lengthen. In truth besides the height gain, you're also paying to be crippled for months on end, and within that period of time you might end up in an accident, however minor it may be, which could result in long term complications:

You slip while using your crutches and hit your legs hard, BAM the nail is bent, the muscles and bones are destroyed along with any possible tendons. This surgery journey isn't a given. And you start it by paying a fixed, crap-load of money you aren't getting back.

Yeah, but the chance of getting these complications/accidents increase along with your amount of lengthening. The fact that complications could happen even for people lengthen less than 5 cm does not justify the amount of lengthening because statistically speaking the odd of that happen is much lower than someone who does 7 cms. Its like saying that you could lose your legs doing this surgery, therefore you shouldn't do it at all. Being said, its quite the opposite of what you said, the more you lengthen, the more money you will spend on foods, rent, physio therapy, surgeries to fix complications.... While someone who does 3-4 cms could save those extra expenses and going back to work and start re-earning money. If you are too short (less than 1m65) and want to get to average, then I understand the risk that you are willing to take to do 7+. In the case of Uppland, he just needs a few more cms to be average and he is completely fine with it so why should he take the risks.

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I am sorry. But every single guy here who say that this 178-179 swedish guy is smart/conservative/ know what he is doing, just because he is doing 3-4cm at the most is an idiot.

You guys forget one crucial thing. He is 178-179cm tall. Nothing more to add

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Biggest player I've ever known is 5'10. Dude can pull sloots out of the walls I swear.

Richest man I've ever known is 5'9

If you are 5'9+...suck it up, butter cup

Quote from: TIBIKE200 on April 01, 2016, 05:53:35 PMI am sorry. But every single guy here who say that this 178-179 swedish guy is smart/conservative/ know what he is doing, just because he is doing 3-4cm at the most is an idiot.

You guys forget one crucial thing. He is 178-179cm tall. Nothing more to add