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[Tallready]

Hey guys, I'm 6ft tall, and I am considering getting a leg lengthening surgery down the line. I'm planning 3 years down the road atm when I've done my bachelors.
Money is not a problem although I'd rather not go through 2 surgeries. Now, my question is, is this really worth it at my current height?

I live in Sweden, where the average height is 5'11. Now, I'm 21 and in my generation the average is more around 6'1
or maybe a cm more. And many girls are almost at this height. A girl who is almost 5'11 is pretty common.

My reasons:
Want to wear clothes for tall people
Like the look
Want to feel more superior
Easier to get girls
fk all that I just want to feel more relaxed and be at peace with myself.

Luckily enough for me, I have a pretty long torso and short femurs. Lengthening them would make my body look more proportionate.

Goal: At the most 10cm, at the least 7.5.
Will of course not choose to do something that will harm me in the long run. Meaning that the goal is an arbitrary number to have something to reach for.

I understand that this might be a controversial question, but hope that you, yes you, try and answer it in a logical way, weighing the cons and pros in my situation.

[crimsontide]

there is no way you should ll when you are 6 feet tall....  the negatives far outweigh the positives in your case

[FrankGarrett]

Hey guys, I'm 6ft tall, and I am considering getting a leg lengthening surgery down the line. I'm planning 3 years down the road atm when I've done my bachelors.
Money is not a problem although I'd rather not go through 2 surgeries. Now, my question is, is this really worth it at my current height?

There's no point asking this because you are doing this for yourself and no-one else. If leg lengthening helps get rid of insecurities, then go for it.

Goal: At the most 10cm, at the least 7.5.

10cm in one surgery is dangerous. Don't do anymore than 7.5cm.

[FrankGarrett]

there is no way you should ll when you are 6 feet tall....  the negatives far outweigh the positives in your case

How so?

[crimsontide]

because ll is a time consuming, painful, costly procedure that can have complications... someone who is 6 feet tall will not see any benefits if they were taller, none... but they   will have negative consequences

[FrankGarrett]

because ll is a time consuming, painful, costly procedure that can have complications... someone who is 6 feet tall will not see any benefits if they were taller, none... but they   will have negative consequences

Did you read his post? It will help him overcome his insecurities and it will make him look more proportionate. He also said money isn't an issue.

I'm willing to bet you're one of those losers who gets really insecure when you see a tall person wanting leg lengthening surgery because you suffer from height envy. You get a lot of men like that one these LL-related message boards.

[crimsontide]

frank, have you lost your mind???  i already did the surgery.... and it will not help him overcome his insecurities.....

also, i see you've been talking about getting ll surgery , yet haven't done so....  you should  listen to guys like sweden, etc who have actually done it

[FrankGarrett]

frank, have you lost your mind???  i already did the surgery.... and it will not help him overcome his insecurities.....

My mind is fine, seeing as I refuted all of your points so far. Explain how it will not help him overcome his insecurities about his height?

also, i see you've been talking about getting ll surgery , yet haven't done so....  you should  listen to guys like sweden, etc who have actually done it

How is this relevant to anything?

[KiloKAHN]

Goal: At the most 10cm, at the least 7.5.
Will of course not choose to do something that will harm me in the long run. Meaning that the goal is an arbitrary number to have something to reach for.

If your aim is for femur lengthening, go to a well-qualified doctor who lengthens with internal methods as money is not an issue for you. Lengthening with external fixators on femurs for cosmetic reasons is not a good idea at all.

Here are some doctors that can provide what you are looking for:

Dr Paley http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=57.0
Dr Guichet - http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=131.0
Dr Betz - http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=132.0
Dr Nemer http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=62.0
Dr Lee http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=145.0
Dr Luzzi http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=70.0

[Wannabegiant]

Hey guys, I'm 6ft tall, and I am considering getting a leg lengthening surgery down the line. I'm planning 3 years down the road atm when I've done my bachelors.
Money is not a problem although I'd rather not go through 2 surgeries. Now, my question is, is this really worth it at my current height?

I live in Sweden, where the average height is 5'11. Now, I'm 21 and in my generation the average is more around 6'1
or maybe a cm more. And many girls are almost at this height. A girl who is almost 5'11 is pretty common.

My reasons:
Want to wear clothes for tall people
Like the look
Want to feel more superior
Easier to get girls
f**k all that I just want to feel more relaxed and be at peace with myself.

Luckily enough for me, I have a pretty long torso and short femurs. Lengthening them would make my body look more proportionate.

Goal: At the most 10cm, at the least 7.5.
Will of course not choose to do something that will harm me in the long run. Meaning that the goal is an arbitrary number to have something to reach for.

I understand that this might be a controversial question, but hope that you, yes you, try and answer it in a logical way, weighing the cons and pros in my situation.

I also live in Sweden (Stockholm) and i dont agree that girls are averaging 5'11 here at all. I think the average height for girls in Sweden (including the younger generations) is ca 5'7. girls who are 5'10 imo would be about 1 in 10 and taller would be even more rare. although most girls here wear big heels it might skew our perception.

At 6 feet, i think there is a possibility that height is not the real reason for your insecurities, of course you know yourself the best but if you havent already you should consider looking at other aspects of yourself and see if there is something else missing. Maybe you should talk to someone about it.

If you want to be 6'3 or 6'4, it seems to me that for you to be "happy" with yourself you need to be among the tallest, maybe around 10% or lower of the male population in Sweden. Imo that says that you have troubles with finding something else to make you "special" that you need such an advantage in height to feel good. I could be very wrong though.

For me, i started at 5'9, and i felt short in Sweden, as i was always one of the shortest guys in a room even if it was by a small marigin some times, now i am 5'10 tall, and there are so many guys around that height that it will make me average and my height wont be a negative anymore, so i dont need to compensate for it and my other qualities will be more visible.

to compare, shorter people want to remove disadvantages through LL, while taller guys like you seem to want to gain extra advantages. Both are legitimate, but you should consider that you could probably get through this insecurity way more easily than the shorter guys can, and avoid a long journey of discomfort, pain and loneliness.

Thats my opinion, but if you want LL and you have the money no one can stop you.

[KrP1]

If you are insecure with 6ft you will be insecure with 6'2or 6'3. The problem isnt the height. The problem is in your mind

[Medium Drink Of Water]

Con: you risk permanent leg pain/stiffness and other complications just because of a whim.

[endomorphisme]

There is something that i don't get on this thread.If LL is so painful and risky, why, all of you go through this surgery?

I'm also 6 feet (the most overrated height on earth) like you op, but i live in France and even here, young people are tall.The average height is 180-181 cm here so i'm just average.
I want to have this surgery to feel more confortable and confident.When you're tall, you get more respect and you're more dominant, something people on this forum cannot admit.
But compared to you, i just want to gain 4 cm, it's safer and i would like to recover 90% of my ability.

[crimsontide]

because if you are short, life is much harder.... as far as risks, most of us will be ok, but for someone that is already 6 feet tall, even if the risks are low, why take a chance... if youre less than 170 cm,  in my opinion, it is worth it

[rickybobby]

If I was the US average height 5'9" i would never even consider this risky operation, surgery in general is a big risk to the overall health of your body.

How will your body handle pain meds? Will you ween off them? How will your body handle a foreign body in your bones? How will you take risking the nail breaking of consolidating too quickly or a screw popping out?

At 5'7" I think of my height every day, dream about getting taller, I have to get this done, I am exploring two options either paley or guicet... I dont really want to leave the country, but these FDA device malfunctions scare the crap out of me..

[crimsontide]

ricky, i have the same opinion.... i just want to be around 5'9

[Taller]

Both people who posted in the thread who are already six feet tall,

What are your sitting heights and wingspans? What pant inseams do you both currently wear?
If you become a very tall disproportionate person, you may be more insecure than you'd be as a slightly tall proportionate person. A fact is that a lot more people on the taller side are statistically more proportional before LL than after it because, the taller you are naturally, the longer your legs tend to be in relation to your upper body, although Caucasians (correction, it's actually Asians) do tend to have the longest upper bodies overall. Sweden did 7CM and says that he now has a noticeably short sitting height. Just something to keep in mind.

[Wannabegiant]

There is something that i don't get on this thread.If LL is so painful and risky, why, all of you go through this surgery?

I'm also 6 feet (the most overrated height on earth) like you op, but i live in France and even here, young people are tall.The average height is 180-181 cm here so i'm just average.
I want to have this surgery to feel more confortable and confident.When you're tall, you get more respect and you're more dominant, something people on this forum cannot admit.
But compared to you, i just want to gain 4 cm, it's safer and i would like to recover 90% of my ability.

The difference lies in: wanting to be average vs wanting to be above average.

People who want to be average dont want to be at a constant disadvantage by having to compensate their under average height by being better at other things than average height people are (and in many cases talent etc will never be enough to compensate short height). These people want to be treated equally as the normal height people are and not subconsciously be considered worse.

Compared to that, someone who is already average and wants to be taller, does not think he/she is good enough despite being average, that implicates that they most likely lack in some other areas or at least think they do, and want more height than average to compensate for that weakness.

The thing is, its much easier to improve in areas other than height such as personality, skills and work etc, so it should be easier for taller people to become happy with themselves. Thats why LL makes less sense for them. At 6 feet, you are already very unlikely to be excluded from certain things in life which a shorter than average person would be. So for a tall person its more about how you feel about yourself, while for a short person it is both self esteem as well as the fact that the world is harscher towards you.

[amatan]

Sigh.

The average height for a young swede is ~5'11", not 6'1.5", look at military records where people are actually measured barefoot.  A 5'11" girl is not common anywhere in the world.  It's in the top 3 percent in Sweden.     

Since you overstated the height of your peers by 2.5 inches, I'm going to guess you are actually 5'9.5"-5'10" instead of 6", and if so, the surgery would probably be worth it, you can hit average to above average height. 


@182.5cm

You are taller than ~70% of your Caucasian peers in northern France.  There are few women who would not consider your height a positive, and most men think is it a good height.  If you think you are too short and your life would be so much better if you were 4 cm taller, it is in your head, while for men who are below average height, it is an objective fact that they suffer disadvantages in almost every area of life. If you think limb lengthening will fix your issues, by all means, go for it, but I (and many others here) doubt it will make any difference.  The fact that there are pretty much zero people who have actually done CLL who had a starting height of 5'11"+ says a lot.  If you guys want to be the tallest people to ever be insecure about their height to the point where you would throw 6 months of your prime years and tens of thousands of dollars away, that is your prerogative, but that low number suggests that normal, well adjusted people who are 6 feet tall likely don't even THINK about how much better their lives would be if they were a bit taller.

If you are so convinced it will make your life a lot better, do it.  Why do you seek our approval?

My mind is fine, seeing as I refuted all of your points so far. Explain how it will not help him overcome his insecurities about his height?

How is this relevant to anything?

By their own admission, these 6 footers are not convinced that they would benefit significantly from this surgery, evident through their asking this forum if it would be worth it or not for THEM.  Assuming they are actually 6", they probably don't have height related insecurity at all, they are probably just imagining an ideal future full of benefits that don't exist.   
 

[YellowSpike]

If you really are 6ft and really are considering this (assuming you're not a troll), I'm horrified. Even in your country, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with being 6ft. You are at the very least on a level playing field, and your height shouldn't even be on your mind.

Hell, I'm just below 5'6" and I've had trouble deciding to go through with this (I'm now 99% sure that I am, though). Since I was a teenager, I've always felt that, at around 5'8", if you have other things going for you (which I most certainly do), you will be just fine. Below 5'8" is when you really start to run into problems. I'm looking go from 166.5 cm to 173.5-174cm. At that height, which is still short, my other positives (good career, education, facial aesthetics, etc) will compensate.

I get so angry when men who are already 5'10"+ think they're "short." You may not be TALL, but assuming you have other things going for you (education, looks, decent body, etc), there's no reason you can't succeed in all areas of life.

But if it makes you feel better - go for it.

[Sweden]

You don't need it. It's not worth all the life long aches you will get.
Nobody gets away with this unaffected.

You say 10cm in one go.....
Jesus Christ!! You should start meditating or something else to search within yourself what's really bothering you in your life.

You don't want 2 surgeries......
Well that's something which is good. 

Your focus is truly somewhere else.
You will regret this surgery so bad. Even 7,5cm is a lot. It's the upper limit of what you should lengthen femurs with.
I did 7cm on tibias and I have constant aches, especially in the mornings. I can't run like I used to and my walking doesn't feel normal any day.

Don't do it.

[onedayillgrow]

You don't want 2 surgeries......
Well that's something which is good. 

What's wrong with 2 surgeries? I understand why in his case, because he already has a very good height and etc but what's wrong with doing 2 surgeries? As long as they are within good range like (5-6cm per femur, per tibiae) and with a good doctor, what's the problem?

[Sweden]

What's wrong with 2 surgeries? I understand why in his case, because he already has a very good height and etc but what's wrong with doing 2 surgeries? As long as they are within good range like (5-6cm per femur, per tibiae) and with a good doctor, what's the problem?

The double trauma to the body.

[PrettyTall]

wait what 6ft how the hell did you get here ?

[Moubgf]

If you want Leg lengthening surgery when you are 6'0 then you failed at life.

[Sweden]

If you want Leg lengthening surgery when you are 6'0 then you failed at life.

Haha!! 
It is true.