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[zeldacat]

For a while now I've been kind of considering doing this in the back of my mind. I definitely can't afford it now, but I'm wondering if it should be something I should even consider for the future.
I'm 5'3" right now and I would love to get to around the 5'6" - 5'7" range. Part of it is the height thing - being taken more seriously and not being towered over by everybody, and just not having to be categorized as short/ petite. Part of it is wanting to not have short stubby legs (especially tibias). And I know this is a serious surgery. If it didn't bother me a *lot* I wouldn't even consider it.

But then I read a few things on here that seem to suggest getting tibias done as a female is a huge no-no, especially internally? If that's the case, is it preferable/ possible to do them some other way? Or is it just a terrible idea either way? If that's the case, would it look completely ridiculous to just do 2-3 inches on the femurs with tibias already on the shorter side? There's nothing I would love more than to just not have to think about height anymore, to just be perfectly average or maybe even slightly above average

[Medium Drink Of Water]

We had lots of girls lengthening their tibias in Beijing while I was there.  Notably Dong Mei, who lengthened over 4 inches.  Women look great with elongated tibias.  What problems have you read about that makes you say doing tibias as a female is a no-no?

[microman]

girl on the left looks terrible proportion wise, is she 10cm taller than wingspan there.

[Penguinn]

5'3 is a great and the most normal height for a girl. Girls don't need to be taller like guys do, and nobody I know takes a 5'6 girl more seriously than a 5'3 girl..

I always thought short girls had the same advantage as a tall guys.
Tall guys = can date short and tall girls
Short girls = can date short and tall guys

[Morgenst.]

Whatever makes you feel better honestly, there's clearly less social pressure to be tall in women but that doesn't matter much if you don't feel tall enough yourself. Far as lengthening I think everyone can agree tibias are the best way to go for an initial lengthening.

[Penguinn]

Far as lengthening I think everyone can agree tibias are the best way to go for an initial lengthening.

Explain.

[KiloKAHN]

We had lots of girls lengthening their tibias in Beijing while I was there.  Notably Dong Mei, who lengthened over 4 inches.  Women look great with elongated tibias.  What problems have you read about that makes you say doing tibias as a female is a no-no?

I think programdude posted in his diary that the patients who had the most problems lengthening with Paley were the female internal tibia patients. That could be where the OP got the idea.