I'm undergoing the LON tibia surgery RIGHT NOW. 3cm so far and every day since day one has been from a little to very painful with peripheral nerve pain.
All the patients around me are aiming for 7-8cm (tibia), only me for 6-6.5cm at first. But for whatever reason, deep down I thought to myself: If I was born of being 170 naturally (avg height in my country is 168), would height be important to me? and the answer is no I wouldn't care about it if that was the case. Like really I don't mind being shorter than other men, as long as I'm taller than most of the female human beings around my life, I'm happy.
So, probably I'll go with 5.5cm with this first surgery, because:
1. After this first surgery, I'll be taller than most of the women in my country, and considering I have other good characteristics (I'm confident that I do), dating wouldn't be a problem anyway
2. If I do another 7cm on the femur, I'll be taller than most of the women in countries I would ever travel to and all the girls I possibly like (I don't like girls are too taller than my original height no matter how much height from LLS I gain)
3. If I take the max risk and go for +14cm, my proportion would look a bit off, that would put me in a tall range in my country, but not really in countries I'll travel to anyway
4. As I'm feeling pain every day, I think that's a sign that I shouldn't take too much risk
What do you(s) think?