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[Noritos]

Hello, I've been lurking the forums for many years. My height neurosis used to be very bad but now it is what I consider a healthier amount of neurosis (Not being fixated with my height, but my appearance does bother me).

I am 169cm at night, 24 year old male from Canada. Hopefully once I graduate university I can save up the money for Paley. I do not want to cheap out and give myself a good chance of ruining my life.

When I was 9, my doctor predicted my height would be 174cm. That is reasonable given my dad is 176cm and my mom is 155cm. I am the shortest person in my extended family barring one grandfather. So that accounts for my height neurosis. I have always wanted to be around 174cm. I think this is the perfect height for me. It is about my height on my tip toes. My sitting height is 89-90cm (Which is strange, I've seen 176cm people on here with lower sitting heights, I thought mine is quite low and that I have long legs). My wingspan is only 171cm.

Looking for anywhere from 5-8cm. Ideally quadrilateral but for complication reasons, I am perhaps ok with just one segment lengthened. Proportions are very important to me, I want to be within normal proportions even if it means lengthening less. I also want to regain the majority of my athletic abilities. I noticed that a lot of my features are a similar size as my 6'0 friend (finger width, hand length is almost the same, wrists are thinner, forearm length not too much shorter). My head size probably looks best around 5'9 range from a previous mockup.

I will most likely eliminate my neurosis. I am in no way shape or form trying to fully blame my height for my limited success with women, but after hearing so many LL stories where they suddenly got treated better from other people and women, as well as had increased internal confidence, this would be a huge plus. My neurosis isn't bad right now, but I want it gone. I want to be able to go about my day without ever feeling bad about my appearance. I don't want to feel like I have to avoid certain situations. I have tried therapy for years, medication, you name it. After so many years with this, I believe I intrinsically know that getting to the ballpark of average height in Canada would be a godsend. At least I hope I am correct.

One huge reason for why I wouldn't get it is because I am a skateboarder. I have seen an apparent video of a limb lengthening patient SHREDDING on a board which shocked me. I am not as good as him even before surgery:

https://www.facebook.com/LAOrthopedics/videos/life-after-limb-lengthening/603923503004142/

This is absolutely insane. This guy would easily be the best skater at my skatepark.

If I could regain most of my athleticism regarding skateboarding, I would for sure consider this surgery. I first need to get that kind of money but I can.

Thanks for reading.

[SpeedDialer]

Great post, Noritos!

[google42]

I'm Canadian as well and I'm around the same height and age as you and I have similar feelings about my height as you do, so I know where you're coming from.

First off all I would like to mention that there is also a doctor in Canada who does cosmetic LL if you haven't heard of her already, she is Dr. Marie Gdalevitch and located in Montreal. I think she started doing cosmetic cases only a few years ago but there was an interview with her and from what I've heard shes had good outcomes and is competent. Heres the link to her interview:



You'll notice how cosmetic lengthening isn't really advertised at all on her website that's because I think due to the Canadian healthcare system she has to mainly deal with actual deformity correction and lengthening so cosmetic cases aren't the main thing for her. She is also cheaper because I remember seeing somewhere that the price was 80k-90k for the precise nail and I assume that's in Canadian dollars so compared to the USA (considering exchange rates) it's cheaper plus in the video she says the nail removal and potential complications are covered by the government also which is a huge plus.   

That being said, Paley does have more experience but is gonna be more expensive and your gonna have to deal with being out of the country and any potentiol extra costs. If money is not an issue and you don't mind being in another country then paley would be a great option.

Also, keep in mind that you might not get to 100% back to where you were athletically pre-lengthening, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to do sports or anything like that. Just be prepared for any potential complications and the fact that recovery could take longer than what's normal. I remember a few years ago reading on the forum of a patient whose femur fractured during lengthening (or the nail malfunctioned, i can't remember fully) aand recovery took longer for him. But stuff like that is pretty rare.