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[lovinglonglegs]

i'd appreciate if you can share your current age and the expected age when you're going through the surgery.
Personally i'm 33 and will do it in 34.

[thaw1010]

17. Surgery early june, second one a year later, should be wrapped up by the time I start college

[financialadvisor]

29, plan to do it in early 30s in Russia, hopefully they will open traveling

[ReadRothbard]

I'm in my mid 20s and planning to be recovered from my first surgery by the age of 27. Once I'm fully recovered, I'll undergo a second surgery for my femurs, and I plan to be fully-recovered from that (on powerlifting, at least) but 28 or so.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

21 y.o rn, an age when boys must not be short.
16 y.o, the age when I ceased to grow taller.

[ReadRothbard]

21 y.o rn, an age when boys must not be short.
16 y.o, the age when I ceased to grow taller.

Lucky you—I grew maybe 1-2 inches at most after 13.

[ilovescience]

17. Surgery early june, second one a year later, should be wrapped up by the time I start college

Are you 17 years old?  :)That's too early for cosmetic surgery like LL.

You are probably still growing.

[zaozari]

17. Surgery early june, second one a year later, should be wrapped up by the time I start college

Is the surgery already scheduled? What's your doctor?

[ReadRothbard]

17. Surgery early june, second one a year later, should be wrapped up by the time I start college

Wish you luck, man--you're doing what I wish I did.

[thaw1010]

Got x-rays of my wrist and legs twice, growth plates are closed according to the radiologists. I also haven't grown in a year and a half + my growth chart has stagnated.

IIRC there was another 17 year old on here who had this done as well

[thaw1010]

Yes. First one will be early June this year. I'll say what doctor I'm going with when I start my diary (in US with Precice nails)

[thaw1010]

Thanks! Best of luck to you also whenever you start your journey. That quote about not caring how you get there, just the fact that you do get there has really been encouraging lol

[ilovescience]

Yes. First one will be early June this year. I'll say what doctor I'm going with when I start my diary (in US with Precice nails)

Are you still high school? If you do LL this coming June, you probably will miss school which might start new semester on September.

[thaw1010]

I'll miss a little bit more than a week this school year, and am planning on going virtual for the first few months of the next school year.

[ilovescience]

I'll miss a little bit more than a week this school year, and am planning on going virtual for the first few months of the next school year.

Virtual? Like long distance learning with internet? That students participate in classes through webcams?  I know some schools are doing it now but in my high school days we won't have that for learning.

[thaw1010]

My school started Zoom classes at the beginning of the pandemic. This school year, they allowed students to choose between Zoom or in-person, and if someone tested positive for COVID they had to go on Zoom for a week. So I'll just be on Zoom for the first few months of the next school year to finish recovering.

[Highest]

17. Surgery early june, second one a year later, should be wrapped up by the time I start college

Did you ask your parents to pay up and they said yes or did you need to convince them?

[ilovescience]

My school started Zoom classes at the beginning of the pandemic. This school year, they allowed students to choose between Zoom or in-person, and if someone tested positive for COVID they had to go on Zoom for a week. So I'll just be on Zoom for the first few months of the next school year to finish recovering.

I see. Internet does make things easier for everyone when a pandemic happens or people who have to stay at the hospital for a while due to big surgery. Back in my high school and university days internet connection was still an issue. We were using dial up modem to connect, it failed many times. The connection strength would be inadequate for webcam learning or long distance learning, not sure how people call it. Will you write a diary of your rehab from surgery on here? Like others doing right now?

[thaw1010]

Did you ask your parents to pay up and they said yes or did you need to convince them?

They said they would pay for it from the start.

[thaw1010]

I see. Internet does make things easier for everyone when a pandemic happens or people who have to stay at the hospital for a while due to big surgery. Back in my high school and university days internet connection was still an issue. We were using dial up modem to connect, it failed many times. The connection strength would be inadequate for webcam learning or long distance learning, not sure how people call it. Will you write a diary of your rehab from surgery on here? Like others doing right now?

Yes. I plan on posting daily on my diary

[Exxon]

Age : 19 (Transitioning from 1st to 2nd Year University)
Planning to get surgery : No idea, preferably mid 20s.
Growth ceased fully after age of 13-14. Dropped significant amount of percentiles by the time final year of high school rolled around.

[ReadRothbard]

Age : 19 (Transitioning from 1st to 2nd Year University)
Planning to get surgery : No idea, preferably mid 20s.
Growth ceased fully after age of 13-14. Dropped significant amount of percentiles by the time final year of high school rolled around.

Yep, that’s me, too. I jumped up from the 85th percentile (which I was in from ages 0–11) to the 97th percentile, then I fell down to the 15-20th percentile. My goal is thus, of course, to reach the 85th percentile of my growth charts again minimum (so 5.5 inches/14 cm total lengthening).

[zaozari]

Yep, that’s me, too. I jumped up from the 85th percentile (which I was in from ages 0–11) to the 97th percentile, then I fell down to the 15-20th percentile. My goal is thus, of course, to reach the 85th percentile of my growth charts again minimum (so 5.5 inches/14 cm total lengthening).

Without any judgement, just an honest question, how would you feel if, for example assuming you live in the USA, if you were (or if you are only able to reach safely)176 cm tall?

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

Without any judgement, just an honest question, how would you feel if, for example assuming you live in the USA, if you were (or if you are only able to reach safely)176 cm tall?

176cm is not short in USA not to mention if we are talking about barefoot height.

[ReadRothbard]

Without any judgement, just an honest question, how would you feel if, for example assuming you live in the USA, if you were (or if you are only able to reach safely)176 cm tall?

I would feel better, but I still wouldn't feel totally adequate.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

I would feel better, but I still wouldn't feel totally adequate.

Neither will I even if after Paley's Option 3 I can only get up to 178cm barefoot but we can just call it a day or you wanna go further waiting for Stimulate Transcranial Electronic Magnetic Therapy coming up in the next decades?

[ReadRothbard]

Neither will I even if after Paley's Option 3 I can only get up to 178cm barefoot but we can just call it a day or you wanna go further waiting for Stimulate Transcranial Electronic Magnetic Therapy coming up in the next decades?

If I can get taller, then sure, that's great, but let's try to be satisfied with what we can get.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

If I can get taller, then sure, that's great, but let's try to be satisfied with what we can get.

If that therapy can come out before I hit old age then I will for sure give it a shot but if I can't even walk normally due to the degeneration as I age then this kind of therapy cannot make sense then.

[ReadRothbard]

If that therapy can come out before I hit old age then I will for sure give it a shot but if I can't even walk normally due to the degeneration as I age then this kind of therapy cannot make sense then.

I suspect things like that could happen in time; what height would you consider to be your ideal/goal?

[ilovescience]

I suspect things like that could happen in time; what height would you consider to be your ideal/goal?

That things won't happen in our lifetimes?

[ReadRothbard]

That things won't happen in our lifetimes?

No, I think they could; it's always hard to predict with experimental technologies.