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[alfo]

I got my legs measured with X-ray and my total leg length is about 84.5 cm.
Are my legs long for my height which is 172cm?
And do you think I will look unproportional after quad lengthening 10cm(5cm fem+ 5 cm tibia)?
PLS don't reply with the proportions don't matter bs.
Wingspan is not an issue, I can afford humerus lengthening if needed. My concern in leg/body ratio

[GrowGrow123]

If you lengthen 10cm, your leg to body ratio will be ~0.52 which is fairly normal. I believe the average is 0.50. So a little leggy but nothing crazy or out of the norm.

[alfo]

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[alfo]

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[GrowGrow123]

You should be more concerned that the average height is 178cm and you’re currently 6cm under it. You’re fretting about minor proportion deviations that don’t matter much.

[alfo]

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[JON SNOW]

is 84.cm  only your femur + tibia lengths  or includes your foot ?

[alfo]

This is only my femur+tibia

[jerrytheman]

people think proportions matters so much when in reality it doesnt. Unless you're lengthening over 10 cm on a single segment, relax.

[Bob Vallens]

do you know you Sitting height?  a portion of the femur is inside the pelvis, so Sitting Height is more observable .  Its also more widely reported statistically.

the median Sitting Height to Height ratio is about 52% for 18 year old non-hispanic white men in US. And round 50.25% for nonhispanic black 18 year old men.  The lower the ratio, the more leg. Black men usually have longer legs in USA.

25-75% white nonhispanic -> ~51-53%  Black -> ~49.8 - 51.25%

If 84.5 was also your Subischial Leg Length, you would subtract that from 172 to get your sitting height, which would then be 84.5 which implies a SHHR of 50.9%. so on the long side for white but right in the middle of black.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32579888/

[alfo]

My sitting height is about 90cm

[alfo]

I said don't reply with the "proportions dont matter" bs pls.
There are people who look odd by 8cm let alone 10cm. I was simply asking if my legs are long rn

[alfo]

My sitting height is about 90cm and sitting height is not really accurate I think since most LL surgeons don't even talk about it. It is X-ray scanogram of the tibia and femur that matters

[SSLX]

You need to concern your tibia over femur ratio as well, I did femur and I regret every single day. The doctor said it looks phenomenal, but it’s not. I can walk normally after 8 months, but I can tell it’s definitely disproportional. Get your ratio close to 0.8