Topic: Leg Shortening (Read 7780 times)

jujulia · « **on:** January 20, 2015, 06:42:48 PM »

Hello , I have been reading some of the posts . I am 5'9" female and absolutely hate being tall .. have been seriously considering leg shortening surgery but afraid I might look weird afterwards.. afraid of the scars and I also heard your legs can look bulky afterwards.. does anyone have pictures of the results ? Can you share? Thank you guys

ForcedPuberty · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2015, 06:47:41 PM »

hi jujulia.

thank you for posting before doing your surgery.

I think it is important to get feedback before doing any surgeries. especially when deciding on becoming shorter.

this might interest you.

http://www.boneandjoint.org.uk/highwire/filestream/14599/field_highwire_article_pdf/0/671.full-text.pdf

yes you will get scars if you do it, and your legs probably wont look as thin.

ForcedPuberty · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2015, 06:52:44 PM »

table III

46 patients, 4 got non union.

page 3 has pictures. there is a risk your legs will look hideous after the shortening.

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figure 5: Tibial shortening leads to a permanent abnormality in contour of the leg.

KiloKAHN · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2015, 06:55:34 PM »

Quote from: jujulia on January 20, 2015, 06:42:48 PM

Hello , I have been reading some of the posts . I am 5'9" female and absolutely hate being tall .. have been seriously considering leg shortening surgery but afraid I might look weird afterwards.. afraid of the scars and I also heard your legs can look bulky afterwards.. does anyone have pictures of the results ? Can you share? Thank you guys

One of the doctors I had a consultation with told me that he doesn't recommend leg shortening because the muscle compresses and looks bulky, the result being unappealing to the eye. Another told me that you will lose a lot of muscle strength after leg shortening and will need to work very hard to gain it back, probably more so than with leg lengthening. You should contact some doctors directly with your inquiry.

jujulia · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:54:40 PM »

Great info , thank you all ... that is my biggest concern ..to go through surgery and the long recovery, money , time etc etc and my legs look hideous afterwards . I contacted the Ilizarov Institute and they said they would do a two parts surgery ..they would take one inch from my tibia and another surgery done afterwards to remove another inch from the Femur and that way I shouldn't have any deformity .. all of that for two inches ..oh and it should take me at least one year to recover

Pretty crazy huh ??

Blackhawk · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2015, 06:15:27 PM »

Hi Julia,

When do you plan on doing this?

Disobedient · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2015, 06:55:06 PM »

Quote from: jujulia on January 22, 2015, 05:54:40 PM

Great info , thank you all ... that is my biggest concern ..to go through surgery and the long recovery, money , time etc etc and my legs look hideous afterwards . I contacted the Ilizarov Institute and they said they would do a two parts surgery ..they would take one inch from my tibia and another surgery done afterwards to remove another inch from the Femur and that way I shouldn't have any deformity .. all of that for two inches ..oh and it should take me at least one year to recover Pretty crazy huh ??

how about your arm length ? do you think it gonna be proportional with new height ?
5'7 is great height for a girl, as well as 5'9

endomorphisme · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2015, 06:59:58 PM »

Hi jujulia, you re not that tall don't worry, your height is pretty ideal for a woman.
where do you live?

butlerej · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2015, 10:11:17 AM »

hello i am 6ft and a girl, i hate my height i honestly feel like it controls my life, i would kill to be 5,6 or even 5,10. I have thought about extreme measures like surgery and think it could be an option, although mostly i would like to love my myself, yes i am tall and that dose pose problems but why dose it feel like it controls my whole life, there have been nights where i have cried myself to sleep or i won't go out of the house. People discriminate against me all the time and i feel like i always stick out. I am torn between accepting it and surgery, dose anyone have any thoughts?

maximize · « **Reply #9 on:** June 04, 2015, 07:29:24 AM »

Quote from: butlerej on June 03, 2015, 10:11:17 AM

hello i am 6ft and a girl, i hate my height i honestly feel like it controls my life, i would kill to be 5,6 or even 5,10. I have thought about extreme measures like surgery and think it could be an option, although mostly i would like to love my myself, yes i am tall and that dose pose problems but why dose it feel like it controls my whole life, there have been nights where i have cried myself to sleep or i won't go out of the house. People discriminate against me all the time and i feel like i always stick out. I am torn between accepting it and surgery, dose anyone have any thoughts?

The main points to keep in mind are the ones discussed in this thread. Leg shortening can cause muscle bulging which can make your legs "stouter". Leg shortening will make your legs shorter, but nothing can make your torso shorter, so you will end up with short legs. Most women want long legs. The surgery is not easy and you will be out of commission for probably 6 months or maybe a year.

If you want any feedback on what you'd look like with the surgery, you can post a full length picture of yourself in sports attire (eg. sports bra and short gym shorts). Someone can no doubt crop it for you to show you what it would look like if you lost 2-4" in your legs.

Whether this is worthwhile to you or not will be up to you at that point.

butlerej · « **Reply #10 on:** June 04, 2015, 03:08:36 PM »

here is the image - IMG_3492.jpg also do you know the maxim amount of cm you can loose through surgery?

maximize · « **Reply #11 on:** June 04, 2015, 04:06:59 PM »

Try uploading your picture via:

http://postimage.org/

Click browse to find your image on your computer. Then under "resize", select "do not resize my image". Then upload it. Once it's uploaded, give us the link to the page.

Not sure about maximum amount you can shorten.

butlerej · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2015, 08:46:35 AM »

http://postimg.org/image/amt6zwo0d/ <a href='http://postimg.org/image/jsawk4al7/full/' target='_blank'><img src='http://s1.postimg.org/fvxko4plr/IMG_3497.jpg' border='0' alt="IMG 3497" /></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://postimage.org/'>picture sharing</a> hihttp://postimg.org/image/jsawk4al7/

These are the pictures? i don't know if you can see them!
many thanks

KiloKAHN · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2015, 09:10:33 AM »

Quote from: butlerej on June 06, 2015, 08:46:35 AM

http://postimg.org/image/amt6zwo0d/ <a href='http://postimg.org/image/jsawk4al7/full/' target='_blank'><img src='http://s1.postimg.org/fvxko4plr/IMG_3497.jpg' border='0' alt="IMG 3497" /></a> <a target='_blank' href='http://postimage.org/'>picture sharing</a> hihttp://postimg.org/image/jsawk4al7/

These are the pictures? i don't know if you can see them!
many thanks

You look normal from the pictures. One risk I see with limb shortening is that even a lot of the famous and very experienced orthopedic surgeons have never shortened a limb in their careers as there's very rarely a case where you'd want to shorten a limb. I've spoken to a few and some have never done shortening before, and some don't recommend it because it's very hard to recover your strength and the rehab time is supposed to be very extensive.

You should e-mail some orthopedic surgeons to discuss the risks associated with limb shortening. I'd start with Dr Dror Paley: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=57.0

butlerej · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2015, 08:51:00 AM »

thank you! but i really struggle with my height! it causes a lot of problems and i feel the only way to solve them would be to go down the route but thank you though it is really nice to here something positive about my height for once!

greatheight · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2015, 10:37:49 AM »

I also find your legs nice, like musicmaker, but I understand your concerns. You're too tall even for tall men... Anyway, I'm not sure about leg shortening because of scars and possible stumpiness

just_me · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2015, 02:49:11 PM »

I agree with musicmaker as well. You have very beautiful long straight legs - There are lots of beautiful tall girls with attractive long straight legs around the world.

Sweden · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2015, 03:23:18 PM »

Forget surgery.

Try to become a fitness model instead. You'll be very much appreciated.

butlerej · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2015, 10:22:39 AM »

thank you!! greatheight- you part of the reason why i want surgery in the first place this idea that i am to tall for a boy friend! i mean its got nothing to do with my personality, what i like or don't like but the majority of people look at me and think no way to tall. Even though they don't know me, i mean how is that fair? i would never not go out with a guy shorter than me just because of height. on one hand you say don't get surgery but on the other hand you say thats to tall. One day i hope i will be able to accept my height and be happy and prove this idea wrong with or without surgery

microman · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2015, 10:35:32 AM »

have you tried removing the mid sole from your shoe so you lose a cm of height in shoes.

sadly if you do this you will feel the ground alot with your feet, but you will be 1cm shorter, or rather you wont gain the cm that everyone else has when they put on shoes.

also are you really 183cm, you should buy a stadiometer and check your height accurately, I am just skeptical because that would put you in the 99.9th percentile

Alittletooshort · « **Reply #20 on:** June 11, 2015, 12:43:28 PM »

Why would you want to shorten your legs? I know a lot of guys who prefere tall women (+180). Tall women are super attractive in my opinion, the taller the better

The surgery would probably have an impact on your looks, since long legs are seen as attractive in women. You might end up with bulky looking legs.

G-Man · « **Reply #21 on:** June 11, 2015, 08:37:59 PM »

I really don't understand. Any half-decent chick gets tons of interest on any dating site. You have a nice bod so assuming you are normal or good looking, you shouldn't have any problems finding a potential date taller than you?

Unless you live on a remote Mongolian tribe, it should be possible to find a guy among the zillion messages girls get!

KrP1 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2015, 10:44:39 PM »

Try to aboid the surgery. If you look some photos the results look really bad. Being tall has more advantages

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