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Posted on Jan 15, 2024, 9:03 am
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Hello, I am a 22 years old guy from outside the states. I myself am 171/172cm barefoot and wear 2.5 inch shoe lifts to make me appear like a 176-177cm guy everytime I leave my place.

Anyway, I’ve realized that I can't wear shoe lifts forever. I mean every time I take off my shoes, I am facing reality again..Also, as you guys know, young people are getting taller almost everywhere and the average height in North America and most European countries for guy around my age (under 30) last time I checked is literally 177-180cm (hence, I'm not even talking about Holland and some Scandinavian countries where young guys are 182-184cm on average)

With that said though, even I have an ambition and good financial security, I still feel like girls would still ignore me for taller guys barefoot.

Now, I really want to save a big money for undergo two separate bilateral (femur+tibia) lengthening in the US which would bring me to maxed 181-182cm. While 181-182cm is still not that tall by Western standard, it's literally a solid height for a young guy almost everywhere in the West (again, save Holland). Oh, I almost forget to mention that I choose the US due to its good reputation for this kind of surgery (ex. Dr. Paley from Florida and Dr. Rozbruch from New York).

So, my question is, should I save a big money for this surgery? Is it worth it for guys my height? Thanks in advance.

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Posted on Jan 15, 2024, 2:41 pm
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Well, I am worried about body proportions too since I've seen some dudes who did only the femurs and they look a bit weird..

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Posted on Jan 16, 2024, 1:28 pm
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Quote from: Acemace86 on January 15, 2024, 04:20:27 PMIf you do 10-12cm on femurs you will look weird

Nope, some dudes did 8 cm maxed on femurs and as I said their proportions look so obvious weird, esp. when they wear swimming short..

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Posted on Jan 17, 2024, 2:30 pm
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Quote from: Temoc on January 16, 2024, 01:39:45 PMIn most Western countries people already reached their max heights, in some countries it's for people born in the 70s, in others in the 80s. Immigrants and poorer countries are still growing as they develop. Still, that's a good 3-5cms taller than people born in the 40s or 50s, and not due to old people shrinking.

Correct, Spaniards and Italians from Southern Euro went from being the shortest people in Europe to alomst on par with the British, Irish, and French since the 90s.

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Posted on Jan 17, 2024, 2:32 pm
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Quote from: Acemace86 on January 16, 2024, 01:47:50 PMAnd some look totally fine

True, but doing both femur and tibia still guarantee normal proportions imo.

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Posted on Jan 28, 2024, 5:02 pm
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Well, I have always seen both short and tall young women with 6'0"+ dudes all the time and it's not just the case for the US/Canada.

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