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[redcentral]

Hey everyone,

I'm a 27-year-old Canadian man from Toronto. I'm no stranger to these forums - or the concept of LL - but this is my first post and first time making an account. I'm 172-173cm and have struggled with my height for probably about a decade now.

I have always done well with women, I have lots of friends, and respect has never really felt like an issue for me. I have an absolutely gorgeous girlfriend who doesn't care about my height, and I'm a bit taller than her when she's in 6" heels. However, I do feel that I am shorter than I'm supposed to be... When I picture myself, I picture someone who stands around 5'10" or 5'11" - aka average without a doubt. My legs are also proportionally short compared to my torso, so I don't always like how clothes fit me.

It's been a long journey of finding self-love, and while I am fairly content with who I am now, and much more mentally stable than I was in my teens, I still don't feel like a full version of "me" at this height. I had always fantasized about this surgery but never had the money.

Well... About a year ago I came into enough money to pay for multiple LL surgeries easily. Suddenly, my fantasy became a possibility. I have never expressed my desire to do LL to anybody in my life, which is a big bar for me. I believe many in my life would not understand.

This is my first tentative step towards (potentially) getting the surgery. I'm considering 5-6cm on my tibias, or my femurs, depending on which is safer/will lead to the best proportions based on x-rays and measurements. I am certainly willing to give up a couple of cms if it means a safer procedure and a healthier end result. From this forum, I would say Erkan is a huge inspiration for me, as he was at my height and his leg proportions look incredible now. I would still not be tall, but height would no longer be at the back of my mind if I could attain that goal.

Anyways, I hope this is the right place to post this... And I hope all of you are doing well. I'd love to hear some feedback, goals, and advice from others. Is my 5-6cm goal reasonable? Should I measure my tibias/femurs myself or is that better achieved by a doctor? Etc.

Thanks, everyone!

[KiloKAHN]

If your life is as great as you say it is, then I'd recommend not proceeding with cosmetic leg lengthening. If something goes wrong, you're going to curse yourself for doing it. If it doesn't go wrong, that's still a lot of money just to fit what you visualize you should be height-wise, and a lot of pain and discomfort that, until a leg lengthening surgeon goes through with it himself, no doc really understands outside of what their patients describe.

You would need x-ray measurements of your bones to be accurate with your segment lengths, as visual measurements won't do it. You could reasonably get an extra inch of length with femur lengthening than with tibial lengthening provided you use internal methods. Visually, tibial lengthening tends to look better, however.

[JJ299]

You are young, have enough money for LL, and probably have a good grasp of pros/con of this surgery. I would say if you want to make the jump now is the best time to do it especially with LL becoming very popular in recent years ( I am going with Dr. Lee and I can say that the number of LL surgery he is doing has exponentially increased with his average wait time being 2 years now + he increased his surgery price from 30k-40k to 80k in span of 5 years which is more than double ). 

I am also mainly doing the surgery because I am 173cm but always wanted to get taller and seeing how even married successful 60 year olds ( mostly because they didn't have this accessibility during their youth ) doing it, I honestly think it's better to do it in my 20s than getting old and regretting never doing it.

It's kind of crazy how popular/accessible a surgery that makes you taller has become in the last 10 years. Just imagine people in the past probably thought " I would give my fortune or life to get taller " and now we have the technology and technique to safely do that + even now some people probably think this but they don't know the surgery exists and/or just don't have the financial means to do it.

[tallmen]

Hey everyone,

I'm a 27-year-old Canadian man from Toronto. I'm no stranger to these forums - or the concept of LL - but this is my first post and first time making an account. I'm 172-173cm and have struggled with my height for probably about a decade now.

I have always done well with women, I have lots of friends, and respect has never really felt like an issue for me. I have an absolutely gorgeous girlfriend who doesn't care about my height, and I'm a bit taller than her when she's in 6" heels. However, I do feel that I am shorter than I'm supposed to be... When I picture myself, I picture someone who stands around 5'10" or 5'11" - aka average without a doubt. My legs are also proportionally short compared to my torso, so I don't always like how clothes fit me.

It's been a long journey of finding self-love, and while I am fairly content with who I am now, and much more mentally stable than I was in my teens, I still don't feel like a full version of "me" at this height. I had always fantasized about this surgery but never had the money.

Well... About a year ago I came into enough money to pay for multiple LL surgeries easily. Suddenly, my fantasy became a possibility. I have never expressed my desire to do LL to anybody in my life, which is a big bar for me. I believe many in my life would not understand.

This is my first tentative step towards (potentially) getting the surgery. I'm considering 5-6cm on my tibias, or my femurs, depending on which is safer/will lead to the best proportions based on x-rays and measurements. I am certainly willing to give up a couple of cms if it means a safer procedure and a healthier end result. From this forum, I would say Erkan is a huge inspiration for me, as he was at my height and his leg proportions look incredible now. I would still not be tall, but height would no longer be at the back of my mind if I could attain that goal.

Anyways, I hope this is the right place to post this... And I hope all of you are doing well. I'd love to hear some feedback, goals, and advice from others. Is my 5-6cm goal reasonable? Should I measure my tibias/femurs myself or is that better achieved by a doctor? Etc.

Thanks, everyone!

Maybe first try therapy. If you can fix your neurosis by therapy then it's better otherwise you can go for the surgery.

[TheDream]

Just keep in mind that this is not a minor surgery like a nose job.

You genuinely risk serious complications. Not saying not to do it. We are all here because we have the same dream as you. We just need to remember that maybe we take healthy legs and body for granted sometimes.

Being able to run and jump, do stairs etc. without worrying about bones snapping. Again I’m not saying not do it. I’m just reminding you to really consider what you are risking and if it is worth it.

You have a good starting height. If you were to do this I would recommend something like 4 cm Femurs and don’t try to save money on anything.

I believe that after 3 cm on Tibias (which from what I understand have more complications) they cut your ACL. And after 4.5/5 cm Femurs they cut your IT-Band. This can happen at lower lengths though so it is not always exactly these numbers.

Generally the more you lengthen the higher the complication chance rises exponentially. And inversely the less you lengthen the exponentially higher the chance of a full recovery. There is always a good risk of complication no matter the length though.

I guess as a summary I’d say that your height getting a genuine 4 cm boost would bring you up quite a lot especially compared to girls. And if it means a genuine high chance at a full recover after 1-2 years I’d take that rather than push for 5-6 cm and lower the chance of a full recovery.

[AllinStryde]

Well, you say you've had no problem with women and have a great girlfriend...so you've got that area covered.  Also, I noted that you said height wouldn't be in the "back of your mind" anymore.  Truthfully, this surgery is for people who have height in the front of their mind... all the time.  That was me.  It will take multiple years to recover, and I don't know if I will have 100 percent range of motion ever again, honestly.  The decision is yours, but it is a drastic undertaking physically, mentally, emotionally, and of course financially.  Best of luck in whatever you choose.

[femurs2022]

I did 6 cm on my femurs at a similar age under (from what I can tell just from what you wrote) similar circumstances. I'm kind of surprised people are discouraging you from doing the surgery. I won't lie, it was extremely difficult and there is the risk of life threatening complications. But I'm happy with the results and have had a quick recovery. I stopped lengthening on the right leg about 6 weeks ago, I was allowed to fully weight bear (still with crutches) based on x rays taken 2 weeks after I stopped lengthening. I'm hoping to be able to fully weight bear without crutches when I get new x rays this week which will be 6 weeks post lengthening. My range of motion is better than it was before surgery and my gait is completely normal with forearm crutches and I would imagine almost completely normal without. I honestly feel confident I could run (though it wouldn't be very elegant) if I was allowed to. I felt very pressured to go to 8 cm but I was very confident in my decision to stop at 6 cm and I really do think there is a difference in speed of recovery at 5-6 cm vs 7-8 cm.

[redcentral]

I did therapy for a while, and height was a big driver for my seeking it at that time. I felt that it was maybe neurosis or some kind of body dysmorphic disorder and that therapy would help me view things more rationally.

The ironic thing about it is that my psychologist/therapist was around 5'11"-6'0", yet he kept calling himself 6'2" and telling me that I actually must be around 5/10" - 5'11" (based on the fact that I was only 3-4 inches shorter... When I'm very clearly measured at 5'8"). It was like he wouldn't accept that I was actually 5'8" and completely downplayed my feelings about height. It was absurd, and I think the experience was actually what solidified the fact that my feelings about my height were mostly valid - even a qualified expert in mental health didn't want to accept that he was shorter than he thought.

[JJ299]

I did therapy for a while, and height was a big driver for my seeking it at that time. I felt that it was maybe neurosis or some kind of body dysmorphic disorder and that therapy would help me view things more rationally.

The ironic thing about it is that my psychologist/therapist was around 5'11"-6'0", yet he kept calling himself 6'2" and telling me that I actually must be around 5/10" - 5'11" (based on the fact that I was only 3-4 inches shorter... When I'm very clearly measured at 5'8"). It was like he wouldn't accept that I was actually 5'8" and completely downplayed my feelings about height. It was absurd, and I think the experience was actually what solidified the fact that my feelings about my height were mostly valid - even a qualified expert in mental health didn't want to accept that he was shorter than he thought.

It's understandable as height is probably the most important trait a financially stable guy can have ( there are papers out there where men lie about their height by around 1.5 - 2 in ). That's why you see so many celebrities wear ridiculously obvious lifts even with their fame ( RDJ, Justin Bieber with his LL rumor, etc ) and even NBA players get caught lying about their height despite being in the .01% bracket.

[oklama]

thats just foolish, as long as you consolidate your bones are at no more risk of snapping then they were previously, the soft tissues are more the issue