Is limb lengthening important if I am 5'9

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Quote from: oklama on January 19, 2023, 09:46:11 PMthats factually untrue but it is diminishing returns, I doubt if someones above 5'8 its really worth it to do this surgery unless maybe if they live in Northern Europe

Its true,5'10 to 6 ft is hardly gonna matter that much, especially if the person doesnt care about dating. It might increase ur dating pool for people who have serious height preference, but outside of it, like work and social life, it aint doing much.

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I also gotta tell you off doing this surgery because you are already 175cm. This is a ok height unless you are in the Nordic and Germany. For the rest parts of Europe it is pretty okay. If you did this surgery only to grow beyond 5'9, and not for toxic girls who only want 6' guys, you will definitely regret it. This surgery is very brutal, physically and financially.

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In Athens we do know one guy who started at 5'9 and became 6'1 using 4 precise nails

He appears to be happy with the result even though he initially wanted to become 6'2. Paley (I know that Paley is all the way in Florida but I'm just using his youtube advice for reference) might be right that it might be safest for quadrilateral to stick to 4cm/4cm or 5/5 and then rebreak if you want more, but this particular patient was flexible and I think he accomodated the 11 cm (in one shot with 4 nails) gain pretty well all things considered. Takes considerable work/stretching obviously though and might not be a great idea for everyone

In Athens I also believe there are two guys here who are about 5'8 and are on course to become about 5'11

We all meet up at physical therapy a few times each week, they did/do look very tall standing next to us

We have told them a few times "man you didn't look short at all at 5'8 or 5'9" or other statements implying they really don't need this

Dr. Paley talked about this feeling once in a youtube video --where he also got that same feeling seeing 5'8+ patients. But now Paley will lengthen them anyway because he said that they have the same height neurosis problems/similar psychological profile as 5'7 and shorter guys. And a naturally 5'11 patient Dr. Paley talked about years ago that he told to get lost/go back to Europe-- but now Dr. Paley said he would lengthen him today if asked. 

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I think you should. There are people who have surgery and are happy even though they are taller than you.

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I think a good rule of thumb is LL is worth it if you’re height is having a daily negative impact on your life. This can present as lowering self esteem, constantly thinking about it, being treated worse by others, depression, etc. I’d suggest to everyone to first address mental health before deciding, if regular therapy isn’t helping then continue forward with LL. For me therapy helped me with anxiety and depression but I still am being substantially negatively impacted by my height. After that look into your finances, how dedicated you are towards recovery amd your knowledge on risks of the surgery.

Now to address what others are telling you. A lot of peoples goals here are your starting height. If you are 5’8” or above many other users on here will say to not get this surgery because your height is already “fine”. Disregard that  , there are so many reasons to get this surgery and people have a wide variety of backgrounds. It’s just jealousy or anger that they are going through this surgery to get to your height. It also may be that if they are 5’6 or so, they think everything would be better with 3 more inches, which may be true, but you wanting this surgery challenges that idea.

The nice thing about LLing at your height is that you are able to get to the “magic” height range, where just because of being 6ft+ you get benefits. People treat you better, look at you with more respect, women (even though you aren’t interested) are more interested, etc. There is a huge list of benefits that shorter people on here will try to downplay. I’m not trying to oversell it, it is a huge decision, but a lot of these answers are not being honest.