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[AnotherLLer]

I'm going to do both segments, preferably in a ratio of 56:44 in favor of femur. I don't want to exceed safe limits but also want to increase each segment to its maximum safest limit. I'm going to start with femurs and after about 6 months (when the bones will be at least 75% healed) do tibia in order to save time and move on (I prefer to dedicate 2 years of my lifetime consecutively rather than going back for another segment after many years).

I'm not an athlete but recovery is very important to me. Of course I'm not expecting 100% recovery but I want to recover as efficiently as possible and am willing to sacrifice a couple of centimeters from both segments. In terms of recovery, I want to be able to jog, swim, do leg workouts without muscle problems and walk normally.

Starting height is strong 5'5 and starting lengths of tibia and femur are 34-35 cm and 43-44 cm, respectively.

I'm not going to exceed 15% of starting bone lengths so no more than 6.5 cm on femurs and no more than 5 cm on tibia. Although I'm okay with 5 cm femur and 4 cm tibia if the recovery will be significantly better compared to 6.5 cm on femurs and 5 cm on tibia.

By the way, I'm going to risk with LON femurs, there's no other option for me in foreseeable future and doing just 4 cm tibia is pointless in terms of height gain and I'm not willing to overlengthen my tibia for 6-7 cm for meaningful height gain in one surgery.

One of the Russian doctors mentioned in a video that joint and muscle contractures (especially at knees) happen after about 5.5-6.0 cm with LON femur. Due to that reason he says that he recommends splitting the lengthening in 2 phases if one wishes to lengthen more than 6 cm in their femurs. And Kulesh explicitly recommends maximum 4 cm on tibia due to achilles tendon issues after that amount.

Considering the abovementioned opinions of doctors and patient diaries, do you think that stopping at 5-5.5 cm on femurs and at 4-.4.5 cm in tibia worth it in terms of better recover? How do these numbers compare to 8 cm femur and 6 cm tibia recoveries (which seems to be the maximum safe limits according to western doctors)?