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[Uppland]

Yeah I know you meant a total of 7cm over two portions. I honestly think that 9cm will be fine. Especially when I build up my legs.. Torso looks ever so slightly short to me but not enough for people to point it out. Not even enough for me to be dissatisfied.

So.. I'm coming for you Uppland. You and me 5"10. (I know 177cm isn't 5"10. It's close enough though)

One picture where you are 4 cm taller and one where you are 3 cm taller. 7 cm will screw with your proportions and athleticism my friend.

[aspirant185]

I think the middle picture (5+4) look the best.

What is your initial height btw ?

[Alittletooshort]

I agree with Uppland, I personally think that both pictures don´t look very good. I´d personally stick to 5-6cm´s on your femurs if I was you, this way you´d have a decent amount of gained height but your proportions won´t be affected to such a large degree.
Your torso looks somehwhat small in both pictures eventhough you are quit muscular, what´s your wheight btw?

[Deads]

One picture where you are 4 cm taller and one where you are 3 cm taller. 7 cm will screw with your proportions and athleticism my friend.

I'm not following. So you're suggesting sticking to just 3-4cm total? I'm not going to do surgery for just 4cm's. I won't even notice a difference.

[Deads]

I think the middle picture (5+4) look the best.

What is your initial height btw ?

I'm 168cm currently.. I agree.

Alittletooshort: I am currently 82kg. I haven't trained my legs for the past 2 years as I am currently awaiting a hip surgery (just a bone spur needing to be shaved off). If my legs reflected my upper body, I'd be around the 87-90kg mark I would imagine.. I've made up my mind on the 9cm as I don't see anything wrong with the way I look in the mock up. I initially thought my tibs looked a tad long, but I think I'm so used to seeing myself short and wide that the extra length looked new and unfamiliar to me.. But after forgetting about how I used to look and focusing on the mockup as a unique picture with nothing to compare it to, it looks fine. If someone was to show me that pic with nothing to compare it to and ask me if I notice anything abnormal, I wouldn't be able to.

[Uppland]

I'm not following. So you're suggesting sticking to just 3-4cm total? I'm not going to do surgery for just 4cm's. I won't even notice a difference.

Yes, or perhaps 5 if you can handle it, don't you realize you will look worse after doing 7 cm+?

You will not be more attractive or well respected if your proportions are bad. Better then to be slightly shorter but better looking and more functional.

[Deads]

Yes, or perhaps 5 if you can handle it, don't you realize you will look worse after doing 7 cm+?

You will not be more attractive or well respected if your proportions are bad. Better then to be slightly shorter but better looking and more functional.

5cm fib and 4cm tib is probably the safest way to lengthen.. So functionality/athleticism shouldn't be an issue.. Proportions look fine to me in underwear. In clothes they'll even look better. I wear larger shirts due to my size and with that comes extra length in the shirts which make my torso look even longer than usual.. Trust me, I'm anal about proportions and if I didn't think I looked acceptable I wouldn't be going ahead with 9cm.

I will show everyone in good time that I will rock 9cm easily

[Uppland]

5cm fib and 4cm tib is probably the safest way to lengthen.. So functionality/athleticism shouldn't be an issue.. Proportions look fine to me in underwear. In clothes they'll even look better. I wear larger shirts due to my size and with that comes extra length in the shirts which make my torso look even longer than usual.. Trust me, I'm anal about proportions and if I didn't think I looked acceptable I wouldn't be going ahead with 9cm.

I will show everyone in good time that I will rock 9cm easily

It's your life, if you read the Q&A thread with doctor Franz though you'll see that he doesn't think 2 surgeries will yield any sort of functional benefit. Instead it will be even worse for your health, better to do one operation and call it, 2 is unrealistic anyway.

[Deads]

It's your life, if you read the Q&A thread with doctor Franz though you'll see that he doesn't think 2 surgeries will yield any sort of functional benefit. Instead it will be even worse for your health, better to do one operation and call it, 2 is unrealistic anyway.

If you lengthened 4cm on your fibia as opposed to 8cm, logically it would yield a better recovery and therefore better quality functionality. Different people will react differently to the surgery, but it makes sense to spread your lengthening out over two portions. There is less trauma on individual portions and your leg proportions are better.. 2 surgeries at a conservative length of 4 and 5cm's is a very realistic prospect in my eyes.

[Uppland]

If you lengthened 4cm on your fibia as opposed to 8cm, logically it would yield a better recovery and therefore better quality functionality. Different people will react differently to the surgery, but it makes sense to spread your lengthening out over two portions. There is less trauma on individual portions and your leg proportions are better.. 2 surgeries at a conservative length of 4 and 5cm's is a very realistic prospect in my eyes.

More trauma overall, worse recovery long term.

2 surgeries will cost you up towards 200 000 us dollars (unless you spend time in india/china/pakistan/somalia or wherever the hell) and take years to complete.

Your proportions will suffer as you pass 5 cm, why not do 6 cm on your femurs, are those 3 cm more important than your health, time and money?

[aspirant185]

3 cm are not to be disregarded. For example, from my perspective, 178 cm I am average for where I live (in Germany) . I am below average in some northern german cities such as Hamburg and Bremen. However, at 181 cm I would be at the top 35% or even top 30% overall and also above average in the northern cities.
I would probably do 5 cm femur 4 cm tibia, ==> 5 cm with Dr Monegal internal and perhaps 4 cm with Dr. Mitkovic external and that would cost me just about 60k euro in total.

[ShortandStubborn]

Your upper bode handles 8 CM quite well. It's at 9th CM your upper body begins to appear smaller. Though Personally, I wouldn't do 8 CM in one segment and if I've to do two surgeries, I might as well do 9 CM.

[Alu]

I agree with that sentiment. So it would be interesting to see how 4 + 4 CM would look like instead of just 8 CM in one.

[Deads]

Your upper bode handles 8 CM quite well. It's at 9th CM your upper body begins to appear smaller. Though Personally, I wouldn't do 8 CM in one segment and if I've to do two surgeries, I might as well do 9 CM.

The only reason the 8cm pic looks so great is because the tibs weren't lengthened.. If you only lengthened the tib 3cm and left the fib at 5 it wouldn't look so lanky.

[Deads]

More trauma overall, worse recovery long term.

2 surgeries will cost you up towards 200 000 us dollars (unless you spend time in india/china/pakistan/somalia or wherever the hell) and take years to complete.

Your proportions will suffer as you pass 5 cm, why not do 6 cm on your femurs, are those 3 cm more important than your health, time and money?

You can go to Dr Alex M for nearly half of that..... And dude, stop asking me the same question (why don't I lengthen xxx amount instead). I've answered why I want to do 9cm a thousand times... But one more time just to be clear.

1. I think I look fine with 5cm on the Fib and 4cm on the tib (so the proportion argument is now invalid)

2. If I'm going to do this I want it to be worth my while. Hence the noticeable gain of 9cm.

3. Recovery is better this way. I will not go above 5cm on one portion. I'd rather modestly damage two portions then really stretch and damage 1. This is better for my goals.

[Alittletooshort]

You can go to Dr Alex M for nearly half of that..... And dude, stop asking me the same question (why don't I lengthen xxx amount instead). I've answered why I want to do 9cm a thousand times... But one more time just to be clear.

1. I think I look fine with 5cm on the Fib and 4cm on the tib (so the proportion argument is now invalid)

2. If I'm going to do this I want it to be worth my while. Hence the noticeable gain of 9cm.

3. Recovery is better this way. I will not go above 5cm on one portion. I'd rather modestly damage two portions then really stretch and damage 1. This is better for my goals.

I think you should stop thinking about two surgeries before having the first one started. Start with your femurs and than you´ll find out if you are really willing to get another round of LL. Especially since it takes 1-2 years to get back to a somewhat pre op shape. A lot of people talk about two surgeries after they find out that this procedure exists, yet so few people actually do both segements. My advice to you is, stop looking to far ahead and focus on your first surgery.
The whole proportion debate will be answered after your surgery anyways, mock ups are not precise at all. No one here is able to tell you weither you´ll look good or not.

[Deads]

I think you should stop thinking about two surgeries before having the first one started. Start with your femurs and than you´ll find out if you are really willing to get another round of LL. Especially since it takes 1-2 years to get back to a somewhat pre op shape. A lot of people talk about two surgeries after they find out that this procedure exists, yet so few people actually do both segements. My advice to you is, stop looking to far ahead and focus on your first surgery.
The whole proportion debate will be answered after your surgery anyways, mock ups are not precise at all. No one here is able to tell you weither you´ll look good or not.

I agree... I'm going to start with the 5cm on the femur and see how I go from there. I have aspirations of doing two surgeries though. A long term and a short term goal.

[Deads]

Okay, so all this talk of proportions made me curious to see how I'd look a tad shorter... I always said that I thought my tibs looked a tad lanky. At 9cm I felt that I could pull it off but I knew that I was pushing the envelope. (Only slightly haha)

So I've had another mock-up done (thank you KiloKAHN) and like what I see. I will never go below 3inches, so below is a mockup of 4.5 fib and 3 tib. It will take me to 175.5cm, which is 5"9, and I feel it's a great height. Hearing some of the goals from the shorter guys on here made me appreciate my height and the fact that I can even reach an average height with this procedure and look normal.

So without further ado me with 3 inches. Signed, sealed, delivered. This is what I'll be doing in the near future.

http://i.imgur.com/NlgINeg.jpg

[Alu]

Torso to leg relation is good...still can't get over the short arms though lol

[Deads]

Torso to leg relation is good...still can't get over the short arms though lol

Meh; you'll never have 'perfect' proportions after a notable length of 3inches or more.