Why are you really considering/doing LL?

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I will go first.  If I am totally honest - it is because my height doesn't match my ego.  I have suffered very little from heightism and if I have it has been because of myself rather than anyone else.  I am sure there will be other advantages too but I know it is for me more about a mismatch between my mental self image and the apparent.

It appears that most guys want LL to improve their status and sxxual attraction - though I have feeling that many will be disappointed as their problems are elsewhere.  I am particularly interested in the real reason why women are interested in LL as most men agree that sxxual attraction is not a problem for short girls - in fact taller girls have a harder time.

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Quote from: Bry on November 16, 2018, 03:25:47 PMI just want to be around average height on my country because I feel really bad by always being the shortest from all groups.

I'm 167cm right now, want to reach 174cm.

I'm 169cm aiming to reach 180cm+ by lengthening both segments.

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Quote from: Bry on November 16, 2018, 05:53:26 PMThat's a pretty good and ambitions goal, I would be more than happy with only 7cm more

Just waiting for exam results so I can check which segment would be better for proportions.

Yeh - I figure it's going to be once in a lifetime thing - may as well go for the best I can so there are no regrets later.  But I am doing the surgeries separately with upto 6 months between them.
I am undecided whether to do the tibs with internals or not - leaning on externals at the moment. The femurs will definitely be with internals - Stryde.

Quote from: ThatGuy on November 16, 2018, 07:46:11 PMI'm 173ish and I'm aiming for 183-184cm, what's your wingspan?

I measured it as 180cm.  More ape than man at the moment. 

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Quote from: myloginacc on November 17, 2018, 01:48:56 AMCongratulations on the honesty, and the level-headedness displayed elsewhere here. I'm sure you're doing proper research on this surgery.

Thanks myloginacc, I have met 4 doctors and all were excellent except one who was dodgy in my opinion - mainly for his sales push during the consult, the lack of process to his consult and the blaming of patients for bad outcomes.  A well known patient diary of him confirmed my suspicions.  I think the key is to find a doctor whose primary role is non-cosmetic treatment - trauma and deformity.  These guys know how to prevent things going wrong and they know what to do when things do go wrong.

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Since some of you are wondering who the Dr.s that I met were:

• Paley - the gold standard with an excellent team to support and a very thorough consult which includes a whole body x-ray.  A very refined process that includes PT
• Kohne - a highly rated trauma/deformity correction surgeon and very friendly too with excellent pricing and a good consult which includes x-rays
• Salameh/Schmidt - very experienced trauma/deformity correction surgeons who use Prof. Salameh's unique compact hinge based fixator system - friendly, with excellent pricing and a good consult

The 4rth Dr. was a pioneer in LL technology but seems to have lost his way, despite having some excellent qualifications.  I won't name him but if you have done your research you will know who.

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Quote from: TinyTL on November 18, 2018, 10:39:51 PMIn the end which surgeon did u pick for ur femur LL?

I prefer to keep that to myself for now but I can say that my choice was largely due to my current circumstances.  I would prefer that you guys do what I did - see some surgeons before deciding.  But go armed with a good set of questions such as those posted by Unicorn888.  It will likely save you much more money than spent on the consults themselves.  Paley is a special case - he has probably answered all the questions on videos of him that were posted on this forum as well as his excellent FAQs on his website.