Really thinking about limb lengthening surgery
Incoming analyst, and I know this is not good,
For the last couple of months, I have been thinking a lot about LLS. I am about 5'9.5 "to 5'10 "barefoot and around 5'11" with shoes, and I want more. I simply feel as if my life would be better at 6'3. Now I'm aware this would take about 2 years and around 250k, which I'm ready to give, it's just that I want to be a banker, and I can't think of a time when I could simply take 2 years off without risking the destruction of my career.
Also, it's not like I'm doing now. I am pretty social, in shape, and objectively relatively handsome, and have great friends, am in a frat, have had a good amount of success with girls, and have a pretty girlfriend now. It's just that I want more, and this feels like the best way. When could I get this surgery during my career so it wouldn't ruin my banking career?
The only thing I have thought about is doing 2 years, then doing 3 years in the army, then 2 years of surgery and rehab, then 2 years of MBA, but then I'd be a 31-year-old associate. Or maybe drop banking after reaching VP, take 2 years off, then hope they take me back, or just someone takes me back into banking.
I'm 5'9 and think this is really ridiculous. If you were 5'4 I'd say there's some merit. You realize that it'll be impossible to play sports again or even just enjoy the physical health you have now, right? You could just get elevator shoes that add 3+ inches or something rather than put literal rods in your legs.
Would you say you are short at your workplace?
Also 5'9. Very average. When I worked in the prop shops I'd say the average height was even shorter.
Don’t do this. No one should ever do this.
Self love is not about making changes to yourself to achieve some ideal that you think will make you happy. It’s about accepting yourself for who you are.
You’re already in finance. 5’9” isn’t even that short, it’s average. Girls default to hating on guys for it as a way to neg them and put you in a position where you’re feeling a little insecure. Plenty of players I know were 5’9” or under! It’s just a confidence test, which you getting limb lengthening surgery for means you resoundingly failed. Learn to love and live with the body you were given.
And take it from a guy who’s >6’7” (and I’m not saying this to be obtuse or out of touch, like “you don’t get it!”), being tall does not immediately make women want to fuck you. You still need to work for it.
Also, why such obsession with getting so many women? It seems like such an ego play, when you already have a GF. And I'll say this much as someone who's seen so many friends who did the early engagement and settle down vs the ones who spent their early life trying to chase every girl they could. On average, the ones who settled down and got families are happier and are better set up for the future.
Spend less time focusing on height, more on what you want out of life. It will lead to greater outcomes.
Not every girl may wanna fuck lejames
Your life would be better at 6'3", my life would be better if I was born to a family with generational wealth. At the end of the day, money goes a lot further than height, and personality is the most important of all. Just be the best version of yourself you can be.
There's a 90% chance this is bait, but on the odd chance it isn't, let me just point out that for a 6-7 inch height increase you would need DOUBLE leg lengthening surgery, which is even MORE brutal than just regular LL, and will take even longer to recover from.
It is not. I know I would get femur about 8cm, then tibia around 5-6. I would go to Paley or the guy at HSS. And yeah, about 2 years.
If you really want to do it, I'd just get 2-3 inches in the Tibia, it would take less time and perhaps you'd still be functional enough to enjoy your twenties. Don't spend them bed ridden so you can be 6'3 at 35, you'll regret it
S-s-six seven?
I know 1 person that got this surgery. He was 5'3, miserable with it, and got the surgery. Chronic pain ever since. Your body is basically adding a few inches of bone to the femur through unnatural surgery. That bone isn't meant to be there.
The actual surgery is literally terrifying. They break your femurs, insert metal rods down the middle, and stretch your legs out so the bones reform around the rods. That means all that soft tissue around the bones and legs are stretched and destroyed, causing potential for lifelong pain and a year+ recovery.
I'm 5'9. Perfectly average as a guy. I've found that I can more than make up for it by working out regularly and being the smartest person(aka knowing what I don't know and being great at what I do know) in most rooms. You should focus on this stuff in your life first. Height is one of those things you should learn to live with early.
Lol you're at a decent height dude. Agreed taller is better, but not at the expense of your movement. You have to go to rehab and learn to walk again
Aside from the risks and the loss of 2 years of productivity, there's the fact that you woudn't be 6'3 the way a normal tall guy is 6'3. You'd be a 6'3 deformed freak with surgically stretched legs, weak bones, bad proportions, joint stiffness, diminished biomechanics, and an awkward gait that tells everyone something is off.
This website keeps getting weirder and weirder
This is a completely ridiculous post and I'm not even sure if it's parody. If it is parody, shame on you honestly because you're wasting everyone's time on here who are literally just trying to be helpful.
A few things:
I'd focus on working on yourself first and making sure you're content with every aspect of your life to the extent you can be. Revisit this thought after six months.
Dude probably just watched the materialist
I'm just a hair under 6'3" (solidly over 6'3", close to 6'4" with shoes on) and I will admit even I briefly fantasized about this ridiculous surgery when I was younger e.g. high school age (I'm fucking old now, still 6'3" but now rocking the "father of 3" bod!)
I'm ashamed to admit I actually fantasized about this shit as a high schooler, but I suppose when I was younger my reasoning was 6'3" is obviously plenty tall, but it doesn't feel so tall when playing basketball against dudes who are 6'6", 6'7" or even taller!
I quickly disabused myself of that notion though, because even if I match the heights of my peers who are 6'6"+, I would not be matching their athleticism. In fact, whatever athleticism I had would plummet to zero. Which would mean bye-bye basketball, tennis, golf, and other sports that I love to play. Hell, even just daily life would become a challenge. I know someone who got this surgery several years ago, and to this day they have trouble walking down stairs (going up stairs is okay, but walking down stairs is impossible for them)
Not tryna be dismissive or anything, but you need to evaluate why you're going straight to cosmetic surgery to satisfy your need "for something more". I think we all experience feelings of inadequacy in some subset(s) of our lives, but its important to find healthy ways to deal w those feelings. You see this a lot with older people who don't know how to deal with their problems. They spiral and spiral- getting more cosmetic modifications or working crazier hours or whatever..
I think at the end of the day you can change the way you look but you'll always be the same person on the inside. Its tough but you need to realize that this shit does not matter that much, let go buddy.
Look up the height of Medvedev, Stalin, or any significant person in finance and world history.
I’m 5’4 and I would never do this, you’re ruining your ability to walk to marginally increase your chance of looking a bit taller.
putin has more aura
He’s a megalomaniacal psychopath with the blood of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people on his hands. The closest the twenty-first century has gotten to Hitler, Stalin (whom he admires), and Mao.
Some aura.
When you trade off your physical mobility and feeling of having the natural body God gave you, the dysmorphia you will feel then will almost certainly be way worse than whatever vague desires you have now. Think of this decision as similar to gambling your banking savings 5 years in on UFC title fights, and then decide if you still want to go through with it.
Henry Kravis is 5'9", Jamie Dimon is 5'10" fyi... in fact a lot of F500 CEOs are what would be classified as the manlet height range.
If you're thinking about it for dating purposes, it's not going to make a woman respect you more than if you just stayed your original height, especially a woman who cares about what her kids will look like, since you're still passing your original genes down to them.
doubt you’re going around telling every woman you meet you had limb lengthening surgery lol. But I agree, if you’re getting married, it can’t work.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it would be pretty obvious the moment you see them in shorts or a tucked in shirt no? Since it would make your legs look disproportionately longer compared to your torso, and men are naturally built to have a shorter leg to torso ratio versus women. Plus, their arms would look ridiculous too short for their body, should be a dead giveaway since men’s arms should usually hit at 1/3 of their thighs or more.
Maybe I’m just the odd one out and over-analyze appearances though. I’m very superficial
trust me being 6'3 has advantages but it's one part of the puzzle. staying in shape, being healthy, working on your skin/face routines, being social, you get it
jamie dimon 5'10, and bezos is 5'7. no need doing that.
Does the poster of this have a name that starts with the letter R?
No
Most people will think you're 6'0" if you're hitting 5'11" with shoes. If you're looking for more presence then work on your confidence. If you're in shape and still this insecure then learn how to fight.
It's clear you are so mentally weak, you won't make it far in banking, regardless of your height.
Pathetic. Men act like females nowadays and society is badly suffering because of it.
Man up and get back to work.
wtf? This has to be a troll post. If you are going to spend your career on planes, terrible call. You won’t even be able to fly at some point.
I’m 6’2” without shoes, around 210lbs and fit and can’t comfortably fit in an economy seat. I have joint and back injuries from sports. The injuries you’d get from a surgery like this will be miserable. My dad was 6’6” and had to fly first class because he also had some sports related injuries. He couldn’t do 4 hours in economy.
I had an analyst once who I traveled with a good bit who was 6’9”…we once had to take a Southwest flight across the country, and grabbed the window and aisle seat. The last minute boarding the flight a fat dude with a baby tried to squeeze between us. That was one of the worst flights of my life.
If you think bigger picture, this is a terrible decision. I’m not even that tall, and it’s an issue. I know tons of much shorter guys who have had no issues in dating. Professionally, who gives a crap. It doesn’t really matter.
The energy you project is far more impactful than height in attracting women. Their stated height criteria / preferences are forgotten about pretty quickly when they observe high-value character traits. You're thinking about attraction too much through the lens of a guy - the same mistake many men do by obsessing over physical appearance.
If you get the surgery, your insecurity will remain and you'll just be in the same boat. Work on yourself first - building competence as a man creates genuine confidence, which will more likely yield the success you currently crave.
You're telling me I worked all my life to reach 6'2" and now kids can just surgically make themselves my height? Communists.
Wah wah wah, everyone in these comments calling OP "pathetic" and preaching the need for confidence but wouldn't hesitate if their wife wanted to buy a new rack. The guy asked one question, "When could I get this surgery during my career so it wouldn't ruin my banking career?"
I never called anyone pathetic, just questioned if this is real. He will substantially hurt his career by doing this. I used flight travel as an example. If you have to fly to some tiny city for a deal, you'll be on a tiny plane. This will not be helpful. I have knee, ankle and lower back issues from my athletic career. Even flying first class kind of sucks because I still can't get up and move around like I need to before my body starts locking up. Why do that to yourself intentionally with limited upside?
I’m sorry you can’t get it up in first class…there are doctors / meds that can help there.
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