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[lessthanavg8300]

Curious what the experience was in terms of perception after from friends and family.  I feel like this is an amount you could get away with people not really noticing if you wear flat shoes.

Also how was your recovery time (months) to normal walking?


Lastly, did you feel it was worth it or do you wish you did more?

[informationispower]

There are diaries around of people who did. Look at it

[lessthanavg8300]

Yeah Ive read most, Im just looking to get a bit more data for people that didnt write a journal since there arnt too many that do lesser amounts.

[boklecrt]

yeah 2 inch is lit
not too much, definitely not too little
seeing above people from your past is definitely very amusing

[lessthanavg8300]

lol you did exactly what I'm doing in terms of height increase (170cm->175cm).  Thats awesome and congrats on doing it.  In your opinion, is it possible for family to not notice including your parents or not really?  And what generally were the reactions?  I feel like 5cm is a lot easier to hide than 8cm but I could be wrong.  Maybe height is just one of those things people notice so easily it doesnt matter how much you do.

Im going to wear flat shoes after to try and reduce reactions.

[SpeedDialer]

I second what people said above, I think 5cm is a great option especially for tibias (some doctors recommend 5 cm or 6 cm on tibias based on them finding out that complication rates increase exponentially after those lengths). I think Conway and Paley recommend 5cm or less on tibias. I think Parihar says do not go above 6. I think Giotikas also recommends not going above 6 for tibias

I'm at about 5cm on femurs now, and it feels amazing standing next to male adults and being shorter but not as much shorter as before. I'm going for two more centimeters if I can handle it but I think even if I stopped now I would be pretty happy

I feel like what is going on now in the forum are these two different schools of thought:

betz patients going for like 10+11 or like at least 8,9+ on both segments. In the interview with cyborg4life I can't remember if betz says that people can still recover fully if they train very hard and train for more months. I think in that 2021 interview betz also said most of his patients do 7-11 cm on femurs

Versus the other doctors (USA, South Africa, Greece, etc) recommending 6-8 cm max on femurs, and 4-6 on tibias

er well 3 schools of thought, I guess there are some people doing externals to save money and going for 7cm+ to 7.5cm externals on tibias, I think 2.5-3 inches via external tibias used to be very popular

And I feel like these different viewpoints are causing different perceptions about how much lengthening is safe/desirable. I feel like the second viewpoint (6-8  femur and 4-6 tibia) has been becoming more popular over the last few years and I think this conservative approach helps to protect the lower potential patients--- which I appreciate alot as a very slightly overweight American couch potato with below average flexibility (i'm trying to be less of a couch potato, I've been training/stretching more)

[lessthanavg8300]

Good to know 5CM does a lot for you mentally.