Hello, I've been lurking the forums for many years. My height neurosis used to be very bad but now it is what I consider a healthier amount of neurosis (Not being fixated with my height, but my appearance does bother me).
I am 169cm at night, 24 year old male from Canada. Hopefully once I graduate university I can save up the money for Paley. I do not want to cheap out and give myself a good chance of ruining my life.
When I was 9, my doctor predicted my height would be 174cm. That is reasonable given my dad is 176cm and my mom is 155cm. I am the shortest person in my extended family barring one grandfather. So that accounts for my height neurosis. I have always wanted to be around 174cm. I think this is the perfect height for me. It is about my height on my tip toes. My sitting height is 89-90cm (Which is strange, I've seen 176cm people on here with lower sitting heights, I thought mine is quite low and that I have long legs). My wingspan is only 171cm.
Looking for anywhere from 5-8cm. Ideally quadrilateral but for complication reasons, I am perhaps ok with just one segment lengthened. Proportions are very important to me, I want to be within normal proportions even if it means lengthening less. I also want to regain the majority of my athletic abilities. I noticed that a lot of my features are a similar size as my 6'0 friend (finger width, hand length is almost the same, wrists are thinner, forearm length not too much shorter). My head size probably looks best around 5'9 range from a previous mockup.
I will most likely eliminate my neurosis. I am in no way shape or form trying to fully blame my height for my limited success with women, but after hearing so many LL stories where they suddenly got treated better from other people and women, as well as had increased internal confidence, this would be a huge plus. My neurosis isn't bad right now, but I want it gone. I want to be able to go about my day without ever feeling bad about my appearance. I don't want to feel like I have to avoid certain situations. I have tried therapy for years, medication, you name it. After so many years with this, I believe I intrinsically know that getting to the ballpark of average height in Canada would be a godsend. At least I hope I am correct.
One huge reason for why I wouldn't get it is because I am a skateboarder. I have seen an apparent video of a limb lengthening patient SHREDDING on a board which shocked me. I am not as good as him even before surgery:
https://www.facebook.com/LAOrthopedics/videos/life-after-limb-lengthening/603923503004142/This is absolutely insane. This guy would easily be the best skater at my skatepark.
If I could regain most of my athleticism regarding skateboarding, I would for sure consider this surgery. I first need to get that kind of money but I can.
Thanks for reading.