169 cm guy here

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Quote from: younglengthening on August 11, 2023, 02:58:04 AMso I'm around 169cm, maybe 170 morning on a good day
I currently plan to get 6cm femur lengthening. I'll get minimum 5, as I want to be at least 174.
But personally 180+ has always been my dream height. Even something slightly lower, like 178 or 179, since I'd be 180 with most shoes. Which leads me to the question: would it be a good decision to get an additional 3-4 cm tibia?
I'm not 100% insistent on this, it'd just be nice and make me the happiest personally, but I'd still be around average at 175 and can always just wear high shoes or something.

But athleticism is very important to me, swimming, hiking, combat sports, are all hobbies of mine. Explosivity is important to me. Of course, I know I'll never be the same after surgery, let alone two, but I'd like to still maintain 90-95% athleticism and enjoy these hobbies without complication

That being said overall: is it a good idea for me to go with the additional tibia lengthening? Or should I just stick to the 6 cm femur. It could be a good idea to get my first surgery and wait, but if I opt for two surgeries, I could get less femur to compensate: so, say 4-5 femur instead of 5-6, since I'd still be growing ~8cm overall as opposed to 5 or 6

You'll get two camps of people: 1) those who will pursue more modest/conservative gains in order to optimize safety and post-lengthening athleticism and performance; and 2) those who are willing to sacrifice a % of their athleticism and flexibility in order to maximize height gains.

The correct answer is what *you* want, not what anyone here says you should do.

I am personally in the camp of pursuing max height gains, even if it means I won't be the same athletically going forward. This is because I see being tall as better, even if I'm not the same athletically. That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Others wouldn't make it.

And just for the record, I'm 172-173 and am going to get Quad Precice 2 to max out at 14cm (8 femur + 6 tibia) in order to achieve ~186. I'm avoiding LON because of the infection risk. Then when I fully heal 1-2 years later, am very much considering another osteotomy / re-breakage to get to ~191 (6'3"). Some would view that as frivolous or absurd. That's fine. Likewise, maybe I won't even care / want that extra 5cm down the road. Maybe I'll be more than content at 186.

As far as proportions are concerned, I don't even care. If you're tall and have proportionally long legs, that's good. I see life as worse being shorter + more proportioned.

The TLDR: the more you're willing to sacrifice, the taller you'll be.

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just book an appointment with some renowned ll doctors. they have *real* medical training and data points

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@JustinSeattle2001 arent you scared that your proportions will look off? Im genuinely curious