Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[419]

I have perfectly balanced tibia to femur length ratio - the problem is because of this perfect ratio (since no bone is relatively shorter then other) - I am confused on where to do LL (tibia or femur) - I am leaning towards tibia because I believe relatively longer tibias will look less freaky then longer femurs. Or am I overthinking this? I mean many people did 3, even 4 -4.5 inches in one segment, so did they not think about looking odd ? Any input/opinion? I will add 7.5 inches. thanks.

[Penguinn]

3 inches on femurs is common because it's a stronger bone, internals are used in femurs making it easier, it blends in easier and proportions are easily hidden unlike tibias which stand out more, and wearing shoes helps if you have long femurs but would make your proportions even more awkward if you did 3" tibias.

7.5" is an unrealistic and dangerous goal

[419]

3 inches on femurs is common because it's a stronger bone, internals are used in femurs making it easier, it blends in easier and proportions are easily hidden unlike tibias which stand out more, and wearing shoes helps if you have long femurs but would make your proportions even more awkward if you did 3" tibias.

7.5" is an unrealistic and dangerous goal

good input, I do wear lifts - so your point is that if I wear 2.75" lifts - it is anyway going to make tibia look longer so if I add 3 inches more - that will look odd - so why not do LL on femur, correct?

btw, I know 7.5 ich kinda high, but anything below 7 inches in my opinion is not worth LL.

[Tiger9898]

good input, I do wear lifts - so your point is that if I wear 2.75" lifts - it is anyway going to make tibia look longer so if I add 3 inches more - that will look odd - so why not do LL on femur, correct?

btw, I know 7.5 ich kinda high, but anything below 7 inches in my opinion is not worth LL.

I hope you meant 7 cm, not 7 inches

[justaveragedude]

7 inches is 17.7 cm. That is fuking dangerous both for your physical and mental health. Most likely you will never walk properly. Now 7 or 7.5 cm is entirely different story, not sure if ATL surgery will be necessary, maybe if you lenghten slow you will avoid it? BodyBuilder or someone who did around 7-7.5 cm will be able to give proper answer. Also I am not proportion nazi or lover but anything +8cm will look terrible if you decide to go to a beach or in the gym during the summer.

[419]

7 inches is 17.7 cm. That is fuking dangerous both for your physical and mental health. Most likely you will never walk properly. Now 7 or 7.5 cm is entirely different story, not sure if ATL surgery will be necessary, maybe if you lenghten slow you will avoid it? BodyBuilder or someone who did around 7-7.5 cm will be able to give proper answer.

sorry guys, my bad - yes I meant 7.5 cms, - 3 inches. Any more inputs/opinions on tibia vs femur would be appreciated.

[justaveragedude]

I know that tibias lenghtening is generally more stressful for your body than femurs. If you ask me 7.5 is the absolute limit for tibias while with femurs you can go 7-8 cm. Also I think that many CLL-femurs surgeries are a little more cheaper than the tibias ones. If you have the money and want to do tibias go for it, but choose doctor will good reputation, if you can definitely meet with him, make him tell you everything about the CLL procedure you want to have including how, what and why he/she will to your body before, during and after the limb lenghtening process.

[myloginacc]

My opinion:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2266651/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26398436

[FormerKidd]

sorry guys, my bad - yes I meant 7.5 cms, - 3 inches. Any more inputs/opinions on tibia vs femur would be appreciated.

From what I've gathered here and at the Paley Institute, femurs seem to be easier and less likely to have complications.  Plus, they can be lengthened more.

[Johnson1111]

Your tibias would have to be longer than normal if you were under 5'6" and wanted to get LL on them at 7cm and didn't want to be in the moderate/high risk category.

From my understanding it's not that 3 inches can't be done safely on the tibias. It's just that if it's beyond the % outlined of your total overall tibia length than you automatically are at higher risk for complications.

That's why I don't understand why everyone isn't posting full pics below the torso to see what appropriate lengths and which part of their leg they should get LL in. It would help experienced members have a much better understanding of what can most likely be done and what's safe/what isn't.

[Purushrottam]

My opinion:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2266651/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26398436

This should be the most convincing reason for doing femurs over tibias. You don't want to risk a higher chance of arthiritis or other issues. I did 2.7 inches on my femur. The proportions don't really look that odd at all. I met tons of people after I started walking again. The only person who noticed was someone who knew I had LL (Dr. Parihar's friend).

Furthermore, Dr. Paley limits tibia lengthening to 6 cm. Other doctors may let you lengthen more, but I think 6 cm might be the limit for which you can recover your prior functionality. It will be much easier for you to do 7.5 cms on the tibias.

[Johnson1111]

This should be the most convincing reason for doing femurs over tibias. You don't want to risk a higher chance of arthiritis or other issues. I did 2.7 inches on my femur. The proportions don't really look that odd at all. I met tons of people after I started walking again. The only person who noticed was someone who knew I had LL (Dr. Parihar's friend).

Furthermore, Dr. Paley limits tibia lengthening to 6 cm. Other doctors may let you lengthen more, but I think 6 cm might be the limit for which you can recover your prior functionality. It will be much easier for you to do 7.5 cms on the tibias.

Do you feel much taller after 2.7 inches? How noticeable is it to you compared to before? Compared to what you thought pre-op?

[Purushrottam]

Do you feel much taller after 2.7 inches? How noticeable is it to you compared to before? Compared to what you thought pre-op?

I feel taller yes, but I'm also used to it now. Before when I went out, I used to be one of the shortest people around. Now I'm 5'9". While thats below average, you can't really tell the difference between that and 6'. As far as if its noticeable, people who interacted with me daily noticed. People I met after several years just said that I looked skinnier/better (LOL). Most people were like WTF did you lose a lot of weight or something?

[Johnson1111]

I feel taller yes, but I'm also used to it now. Before when I went out, I used to be one of the shortest people around. Now I'm 5'9". While thats below average, you can't really tell the difference between that and 6'. As far as if its noticeable, people who interacted with me daily noticed. People I met after several years just said that I looked skinnier/better (LOL). Most people were like WTF did you lose a lot of weight or something?

Alright thank you for the response. Glad everything went well sir