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[5-3]

Hi,

I'm thinking about leg lengthening for about tow years now and definetly want to do it.

I'm 23, look like 15, I'm a 160 cm "tall" guy, I'm European and most girls are taller than me. In fact, I only met 2 girls that were shorter than me in my whole life. I had my last girlfriend when I was 16, I guess. I want to be at least 170 cm, that would make me taller than most a few girls, but 175 cm would be nice. My mother is 166, my father and brother are 178. There body is only about 2-4 cm taller than my body is. My legs and my arms are short (wing span is about 160 cm also). Maybe it looks a bit weird then, when I'm 1,75?

The problem is more - how do I do it? The cheaper way would be one step and do 10 cm (tibia) - maybe at Dr Xia. But I guess it would look better, when I do 7,5 cm on tibia and femur, right? I'm also a bit worried about the time I have to spend. I have dogs (lol, but I could never abandon them) and when I have to pay a boarding kennel for months, I think it would be better to do it at Dr Betz and go home after a week. I'm a bit worried about the nails, they say the nails often break, anybody here that made experience with that? Also Dr Betz is really expensive. Right now I would have the time, but not the money.

So I guess, enough questions.

[KrP1]

If you have money the ideal is to have femur and tibia lengthen.
For you 5/6  in tibs and 6/7  in femurs will be the best way to go.
With 172/174cm you will have a good heigth to get dates.
If you couldnt do the two segments . Do one and 7.5cm if tibs or 8/9 if femurs You will be 168 that is very short but at least much better than be 160 forever

[amatan]

^ is right, for someone with your starting height who wants huge total gains, two surgeries is pretty much a necessity. I don't think anyone here would recommend doing 10 cm in one surgery, let alone on tibias.  Doing 7 cm on femurs, 6 on tibias is probably best for you.  You could do tibias fairly cheap in Beijing and internal femurs with say, Jamal.

15 cm over wingspan is definitely odd looking.  I would say assuming your shoulders are average width, 7-8 over is where your arms  *start* to appear short for your height (but in the normal range), and 10-12 over is the point where you will start to look a bit weird.       

[alps]

Hardly a handful of people (wait, just two: Apo and Tall from the old forum) have done two surgeries.
Their recovery is questionable.

We need some clear justification as to why 2 surgeries (6+7) is better than 8-9 in one segment.

Btw, maybe like it happened with leechlet, you tend to lose your height dysphoria after one surgery.

[onedayillgrow]

What about sweatpants? She is doing two surgeries..

[Adriano]

Goman also did 2 surgeries.

[TRS]

I believe Jungle did 3 surgeries

[Ronaldo]

Post pictures of your proportions and we can do mock ups.   You might look weird if you have 10cm tibia.

[Sweden]

The risk is too high with 8-9cm in one go.