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[Flyhigh23]

I’m 21 years old male and I’m a weak 5’9 or 175cm. I’ve never been called short before however I have noticed discrimination and feel as if I were taller my life would be so much better whether that’s with women or at work. It’s not a lie that being taller gets you more respect as I’ve noticed this with my friends, whenever I’m out with them people tend to respect them more and they get treated like men while I sometimes get treated like a little boy. One of them is 6’3 and the other is 5’11 but even at his height he gets way more respect and female attention than me. My dad is 6’3 and I ended being 6 inches shorter than him which sucks probably cause my mom is so short at 5’2.
I always grew up looking up to my dad an thinking I would reach that height, I’ve always wanted to be tall. I’ve saved 25k so far and I’m going to save another 25k this year while I make my decision as to whether I do it or not. I plan on getting 5cm in the tibia and 5cm in the femur, I’d rather do two surgeries so I don’t ruin my biomechanics which is very important to me. This would be a total of 10cm taking me to 185cm which I would be very happy with. I then found out yesterday though that my wingspan is only 176cm so my height basically, which means my wingspan will be -10cm. This is what was putting me off doing it. Would I look weird? I was thinking just do it and then wait until there’s a safe way to lengthen the arms, but I’m having second thoughts about it. What do you lot think?

[Boy]

Do you know about Leon, the guy who did the surgery with livelifetaller?
He is 183 with a wingspan of 175 now and he doesn't look weird, his proportions are good.
If you don't know him search "Le_tremba" on tiktok or ig and look yourself the result.
So you could do 8cm on femurs and call it a day.
6 feet is a great height, also you wouldn't be doing 2 surgeries.

[Sambollio]

I used to argue with people about the starting height itself. 5’9 is around a lot of people end goals on this forum. Someone wanting LL at their goal height is a difficult prospect for them and they will defend the idea that being 5’9 is good enough and there will be little to no benefit to getting to or exceeding 6 foot. I could spend hours trying to argue that going from 5’9 to 6ft+Ish is a huge difference, maybe not as big as going from 5’5 to 5’8 but it’s still huge in the way people will see and treat you. But it’s a waste of time because people are too emotionally invested.

There is some truth to the idea that going from below average/ short to above average/average height will be a bigger difference in how people view/treat you in comparison to going from average to tall. I’m too lazy to post the studies but basically being short is a bigger disadvantage than tall is an advantage. Hopefully that makes sense, and there is plenty of literature to support this idea.

Now, is that reason for you not to get LL? Is it purely based on stats and studies? No, what you should analyze is how much your height is affecting your day to day life. It’s a subjective question. Is this something that you think about daily? Is this something that you often fantasize about fixing? For the money is this what would make you the most happy? There’s a lot of things 80k+ can buy, is this the most bang for your buck, including the risk? If you think about this daily or close to, if you fantasize about being taller constantly, if there’s nothing else in the world you rather put this massive amount of money, time and effort towards than it regardless of you starting height LL is right for you (given you can do it relatively safely).

[Beemer m3]

u got a big goal to impress your friends. doing 2 surgeries is going to be a big life difference. do you have time to even do 2 surgeries missing like 7 months without friends. just limb lengthening friends. even after that your 7 months without any money being made. if your were short 5'5 maybe but 5'9 and still going for 2 surgeries u must be struggling for something. its difficult doing even one surgery. if u were doing precice maybe thats good and easier on your body but expensive. good luck on what you are planning to do with your body.

[AllinStryde]

The title says it all.  "I don't know if I should get CLL or not."  If you don't know, then the answer should be no.  I say this as someone who has done it.  I dealt with height issues for years.  I went from 5'5" to nearly under 5'8".  I fell into the category of going from short to just a bit below average and I probably had to most to gain from 7cm rather than some dude 5'11" going to 6'1" or something similar.  If you don't think about being short on an almost hourly-basis, like I did for years, I would not recommend getting this done.  Like Dr. Robbins says on Cybor4Life interviews...this isn't a nose-job where you can go in one Friday, have a few days of downtime, and be back next week.  Take this for what you will, but that's just my opinion.  Do what you feel is necessary.

[guy_incognito]

The surgery and recuperation takes a year of your life, is relatively safe if you dont sting out on a good surgeon. Should you do it? For me LL is instrumental. Can you achieve your life goals without it? Is short height stopping you from enjoying your life? 5'9 is not too shabby. Main reason most people here do it is neurosis, all these things start with your head. People who have shortcomings but are happy the way they are shouldnt do these kinds of things. On the other hand, some disabilities will render you out of many venues that makes life enjoyable. Can you cope with your height? Do you have recurrent thoughts about your height?

My 2 cents would be to make up your mind and just go with whatever decision you had made. Dont make a mistake fantasizing about this surgery for years. If you decide that LL is not for you, just leave this forum altogether.

[JustineCollins]

I don't think you should go for the surgery really. It just do not make sense you are with peoples taller than you that is what messing with  your mind other wise a good decision to risk your legs under the knife.

just my two cents

[Tarczer]

I dont think you should do the surgerery as well