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[Uppland]

Hi everyone I want to gain about 6-7CM in height and I'd like some advice on how to go about it. According to the recent "safe limit" topic this number is stretching it a bit but I hope that I'll be able to make it.

Should I do it all in one surgery or split it up?

I'm leaning against an internal femur operation but I'm open for suggestions. My femur seems to be about 35-36CM long while my tibia bone is roughly 33-34CM. I measured them with a small yardstick so it might differ a CM or two in reality. Also please tell me if I'm off by some impossible anatomical margain and I'll see what I did wrong.

If someone knowledgeable could weigh in I would greatly appreciate it, thank you.

[KrP1]

That measures are wrong. Your legs are longer than that . You need xrays to see your measurement

[YellowSpike]

It all depends on your soft tissue. That's most people's limiting factor (and also your proportions). Look at ShyShy...he did 7.5cm WITHOUT any ITB/tissue releases, and was just fine (though he told me he had nerve pains when we've PM'ed each other). I did right around 7cm, and I have a good amount of soft tissue pain (which I'm told will go away in time, but it blows, trust me).

I used to wear pants with a 32inch inseam, and my proportions still look great (legs/torso and tibia/femur).

[GeTs]

If u can't decide by yourself then u're not using your brain

[Uppland]

It all depends on your soft tissue. That's most people's limiting factor (and also your proportions). Look at ShyShy...he did 7.5cm WITHOUT any ITB/tissue releases, and was just fine (though he told me he had nerve pains when we've PM'ed each other). I did right around 7cm, and I have a good amount of soft tissue pain (which I'm told will go away in time, but it blows, trust me).

I used to wear pants with a 32inch inseam, and my proportions still look great (legs/torso and tibia/femur).

How flexible were you beforehand, is there any indication tI can use to guess how hard it will be?

My legs are somewhat stiff, though they have become looser with stretching, and my muscles can get sore if I walk or run for a longer duration.

[Uppland]

If u can't decide by yourself then u're not using your brain

If I had to make a decision I'd do everything in one internal femur operation but I wanted to ask your opinions.

[TRS]

You can possibly reach 6-7cm with internal femurs. See how your body responds and listen to your doctor's advice. 
Splitting the surgery is safer, in terms of smaller lengths, but trust me once you recover from your initial surgery, chances are that you will not want to break your legs again and return to your LL condition! 
Pre-op, I was adamant with 12cm by splitting my femurs and tibias. However, after achieving around 8cm on my femurs, I have decided not to undergo another LL surgery on my tibias, even though I'm still below average. I honestly don't want to go back to the state I was in during LL. It's a very difficult process and people that have actually done the surgery realise the tedious and painful nature of LL. I encourage you to only think about doing it once with a realistic target and then maybe think about a second surgery if you're still unsatisfied after the first surgery. Nevertheless, accepting your current height and doing no surgery is the best and safest advice.
Regarding the measurements you have provided, it would be best to see a doctor and ask him to measure your legs or take an x-ray. My pre-op femurs were around 41.7cm and tibias were around 37cm and I'm much shorter than you.
I reckon 6-7cm on the femurs is realistic and should not cause any obvious disproportion. You can always conceal this by wearing shoes to make your tibias appear longer.

[YellowSpike]

How flexible were you beforehand, is there any indication tI can use to guess how hard it will be?

My legs are somewhat stiff, though they have become looser with stretching, and my muscles can get sore if I walk or run for a longer duration.

I did a lot of stretching on my own in the months leading up to LL, and also in Dr. G's pre-op training program. The PTs were all impressed my relative flexibility as I was lengthening, but I don't know how much all that prep mattered (if it even did at all). My soft tissue really began to take issue with me and what I was doing after the 5CM mark, but I pushed as long as I could because (like TRS said) after this...there's no way on God's green Earth I would do another LL. Just...no.

So I would say prep as much as you can, and try to get all your CMs in one shot (while also paying attention to safety and proportions).

[Uppland]

Thanks, I'll go for one surgery then, that should be enough anyway.

-Good advice Yellowspike, thanks.

-TRS is making a lot of sense, definitely made an error while measuring.

[ItsMyLife]

Many people do not end up getting LL, so I am surprised if he gets LL. If he is unable to accept/comprehend the fact that the yougov.uk survey involved women's opinions rather than men's (which he has claimed) then it is not a good indicator and he is probably better-off re-evaluating pro vs cons because there might be some distortion of mindset. Just a friendly advice. But I am all in for party autonomy.

Uppland said:

We are now presented with a link to "YouGov" who made a survey that would fit right in at jolly good "HeightDB" except that they didn't ask voters what height they prefered in the opposite sex but rather how tall they themselves would like to be. As this upon closer dissection reveals itself to be inconsistent with previously stated issue (what height women prefer in men) it, unfortuantely, renders this source irreleveant.

Yougov website:
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/07/11/ideal-height-56-woman-511-man/
Quote:

On average, women say a romantic partner 5’3” or shorter is generally too short for comfort, while a partner 6’3” or taller is too tall, and the “ideal” height for a man is 5’11”. 

If he wants this for women, I humbly suggest that this is wrong. If he wants this to feel tall, then by all means.

I agree with TRS that the best option is to re-evaluate. Regardless, it would be better to do a one-segment operation, given your starting height. (I think for a mere 6-7 cms, an average or tall guy can easily handle this in one segment)