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[wangchaoan]

Well, 2018-12 to 2020-07, it's been around 1.5 years. Everything goes well. Daily walking is 95% ( my girlfriend never noticed anything wrong with my walking), rarely jumping but I know I can jump well, sometimes jogging and feeling good. It's normal for me to go upstairs and downstairs quickly and 2 steps by 2 steps. Just one thing, tendons around my knees are still tight if I bend my knees and stretch my upper legs backwards. Anyway, things are getting better day after day. If there is a recovery rate, I bet it be 0.01%. That is, after the first fast recovery year, it will be like only 3.5% recovery for the following every year. You will be completely normal someday. Believe it.

[ghkid2019]

Every since the week I discovered LL and found your diary as well as your statements about "don't do LL" I can't stop thinking about your words. I don't know what to think. I really wonder if a dude was truly truly short and not 173 like you, but instead like 160 or 165, if you would still strongly tell them to not do it. You do have wise words, and it might be in our heads, but I honestly don't know what to think.

I don't know what to think anymore. Your words resonate, but so does my desire to be taller and lose the neurosis. Don't know. What to think. Or do.

[brondo]

Hi OBG,

Do you think that doing 5cm femur Strydes will still be worth the risk these days if you do everything right? Do you think with the improvement in the nails and just knowing more about the procedure versus in 2013 that the risk these days could still be worth it? Would you have more confidence in getting this surgery now than if you had done it in 2013? Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your journey with us.

-brondo

[wangchaoan]

Only one suggestion, keep in mind that never over lengthening.

[wangchaoan]

If you are under 170cm, it's worth a try.
If you are over 175cm, not quite neccessary.
If you are from 170-175cm, it all depends on your finacial situation and your desire.

[OldieButGoldie]

hey guys whats up

just had a glass of wine too much (or two ) and checked in on here
people still doing this crazy op?
obviously yes.
and will continue to do.
invest your money into something else.
life is not about height.
peace
over and out
OBG

[BelowTheMean]

Welcome back OBG. Your post-op skiing videos were one of the things that convinced me to do the surgery lol.

It's great being taller, but I agree.. doing the surgery makes you realize that height isn't that important.

[Movie]

I second this, save that half-of-a-house deposit money. hit the gym, 8cms in femurs people notice you're a bit disproportionate so you got to have thick skin to take the looking and people noticing you did this surgery, specially since it has become very main stream now...

[Kintaeryos]

I second this, save that half-of-a-house deposit money. hit the gym, 8cms in femurs people notice you're a bit disproportionate so you got to have thick skin to take the looking and people noticing you did this surgery, specially since it has become very main stream now...

Is it really that noticeable? A lot of people here say that for 7 cm it isn't.

[Siegfried]

I second this, save that half-of-a-house deposit money. hit the gym, 8cms in femurs people notice you're a bit disproportionate so you got to have thick skin to take the looking and people noticing you did this surgery, specially since it has become very main stream now...

@movie strongly disagree, going from 1.67 to 176 via LL myself is the best thing that ever could have happened to me. oldiebutgoldie was not small (1.73) before he did the surgery, so obviously he has not gone through what actuall short people go through in life.

I agree that with 8cm in femurs you proportions will be off, but that is something you should have accounted for beforehand.

[Acemace86]

Move along then!

[1team]

I second this, save that half-of-a-house deposit money. hit the gym, 8cms in femurs people notice you're a bit disproportionate so you got to have thick skin to take the looking and people noticing you did this surgery, specially since it has become very main stream now...

What amount femurs do you think average person can get away with not getting noticed that you have LL legs? 6cm?

[babygirl]

What amount femurs do you think average person can get away with not getting noticed that you have LL legs? 6cm?

Anything goes as long as the ratio between tibia and femurs is around 0.76-0.84

[Movie]

congrats, glad you're happy with your results, I'm just sharing my experience if I had to do it again coming from somebody who did the surgery 4.5 years ago

[Rockstarz5]

Dont get it.. are you not happy with your height? If it just propotions well you can also do tibias as well,

[Rockstarz5]

Sound like dissapoting, well Im already disportioned, long torso big back but small legs, femur and tibia, you think it would look bad?

[tilli]

congrats, glad you're happy with your results, I'm just sharing my experience if I had to do it again coming from somebody who did the surgery 4.5 years ago

Hey @Movie, i didn't quite understand, what do you mean by the statement "if I had to do it again" - what would u do differently?

I am also wondering about those 8cm talks in femurs, also from @Siegfried - is it that noticable? I am thinking about 7 to 7.5cm in my femurs.

Do you guys have any videos (from someone, not necessarily yourselves) where one can see someone in that femur lengthening range, in short pants, and especially from the side? I would really be interested in that, like, how would it look on the beach etc.
I mainly get to see front view pictures, i wanna see how it comes across when walking from the side perspective.

By the way, i find the @OldieButGoldie comments SO interesting, he goes from enthusiasm in the beginning to an absolute "0/10, can't recommend"