hey all, brand new member here. I’m 21 years old and about 5’6, closer to 5’5 1/2. I have always been just slightly shorter than most of my short friends and that has always really affected my self confidence. I don’t need to be tall or average, but at least within that standard deviation of height would make me feel infinitely better about myself.
Thus, I think I would only want to do surgery to make myself 5’7-5’8. Initially I thought if I’m paying for the surgery I might as well go all out shoot for 5’10 (my dad’s height) but after doing a lot of reading here I’ve learned that there are a lot of long term effects that I would like to avoid as much as possible (arthritis, balance, loss in athletic ability). I know that with any LL at all there are risks and there will be some long term effects no matter what, but how do those problems look when you do say only an inch on the femur and tibia each (which is insanely expensive I know). Would those risks look different than if you did 2 inches on just your tibia?