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[MyLongLegsAndMe]

The vast majority of discussion on this site is about lengthening of the legs, as it should be. However, I think we need to also put somewhat of a spotlight on the arms. A lot of people's concerns are their proportions. While they can't be perfect compared to naturally tall person, imo, the arms go a long way and are often overlooked by this community.

If you get arm lengthening, you can get the upper bones in your arm lengthened by 3-6cm, making them significantly longer and giving you a more grown appearance. It costs the same as the other surgeries, and will go a long way.

If you only do one surgery for your legs, then you can do without arm lengthening. But imo, two leg lengthening procedures with no arm lengthening looks incomplete.

Some of you will say that it's not worth the price or people won't notice or don't care. That could be true, depending on how long your arms already are.

But the way I feel, three surgeries is the charm. Feel free to chime in, I'm curious.

[afaq379006]

i am 169 cm but when i get to a doctor he measure me at 166cm lol keep aside this if in near future if i do two leg lenghtening surgeries i would definitely go for arm lenghtening too coz its look good and make you look proportionate you are only guy in this gorup who feel my pain . all these posts are only for legs people should do more and more humerus and wrist lenghtening posts.

[wavemaker5]

Agree with this. Unless you have long arms to begin with, lengthening 7+cm (even if 2 surgeries) without getting AL will just make you look like a freak

[afaq379006]

what if lenghten my humerus 7cm and 5 cm on wrist will i gain my arm flexibility?. is there long term consequences of it?

[GrowTow]

Don't listen to this idiot.

'three surgeries is the charm' is ridiculous.

Proportions do not matter.

No one that has done their surgery has complained about their ratios. People on this forum just want to make it a problem when it isn't. Lengthen your legs and then stop, no need to lengthen arms and who knows what else people on this forum want to lengthen.

[Ghostfish]

I think that everyone knows and wants the so-called perfect body ratio.   No one will deny that they wants to have the best looking body. 
However, in reality, any limb lengthening is not a joke.  It requires so much sacrifice, such as money, time, pain, relationship, career/study, etc. 
Do one leg segment lengthening first and think about arm lengthening later!

[KrP1]

Most people in this forum has low iQ. You need to know that the surgery is not a joke.  For each surgery you will end with some degree of disability. So more surgeries you do then more disability you will have. Do the less amount of surgeries that you need to feel OK.

[tom paul 24]

So you saying to do femur and tibia lengthening then do arm lengthening also??Well why not even add spine lengthening in there.
Seriously,there's a limit to which your body can endure.Just do something reasonable.

[Heightmare]

I'm pretty sure you'd have the mobility of a 80 year old man after all these surgeries lol.

Bear in mind no matter what people say you never truly recovery completely from such a surgery.

The only person I know who underwent arm lengthening is Apotheosis.

[afaq379006]

if this is the case i will onlt do 7cm tibias and will stop it. coz after that i will be atleast 175cm and that is enough  you are out of short phobia and 5.9 is not small by any means. more surgeries means more complications and mre stupid people to judge you.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

Why are you guys demonizing arm lengthening so much?

Of course it's fatuous to do 'forearm lengthening' but 'upper arm lengthening' is even safer than limb lengthening.

[GrowGrow123]

Just do one surgery and see how you feel afterwards lol. These surgeries are no joke.

[EndGame]

Don't listen to this idiot.

'three surgeries is the charm' is ridiculous.

Proportions do not matter.

No one that has done their surgery has complained about their ratios. People on this forum just want to make it a problem when it isn't. Lengthen your legs and then stop, no need to lengthen arms and who knows what else people on this forum want to lengthen.

Actually a few people do dislike their post LL proportions. Unfortunately this site has mostly extremes in views. Some like you incorrectly say proportions never matter. Others think even 1 stdev from the mean is bad lol. Truth is in between. Proportions usually don't matter but larger LL often do cause unnatural looking proportions. YMMV. Average to above average ape index and doing 5cm it's non issue. 8cm or more and shorter than average arms is where it often will matter.

[EndGame]

Just do one surgery and see how you feel afterwards lol. These surgeries are no joke.

+1

8cm Femurs is generally the best move to start. Safer than Tibia and more gain and often patients end up happy and move on. Some go back for Tibia and/or arm LL if still suffering height disphoria. It's really not a one size fits all situation. Some people start 5'3" and others 5'9", and some start -2" ape index and others +3".

[Movie]

this is true, arm proportions are often overlooked, I lengthened Femurs by 8cm and my arms do look short in Pictures, and something looks a bit off, I notice others may not.

[NailedLegs]

this is true, arm proportions are often overlooked, I lengthened Femurs by 8cm and my arms do look short in Pictures, and something looks a bit off, I notice others may not.

What is your current height and what is your wingspan?

The average ratio is almost 1:1.

Skewing that slightly won't have a noticeable impact on appearance. In my opinion, as long as you are within two inches of your height, you'll be fine. Once you go beyond two inches is when things start to get uncanny, but even then not terribly so.

Ask yourself this:

Would I be overall more attractive being a tall(or)average height, but with slightly short arms?

or

Would I be overall more attractive being a short height, but with normal proportioned arms?

The answer is simple.

[shanese35]

To some arm length is important, what’s your arm length at the moment?

[JustinSeattle2001]

The vast majority of discussion on this site is about lengthening of the legs, as it should be. However, I think we need to also put somewhat of a spotlight on the arms. A lot of people's concerns are their proportions. While they can't be perfect compared to naturally tall person, imo, the arms go a long way and are often overlooked by this community.

If you get arm lengthening, you can get the upper bones in your arm lengthened by 3-6cm, making them significantly longer and giving you a more grown appearance. It costs the same as the other surgeries, and will go a long way.

If you only do one surgery for your legs, then you can do without arm lengthening. But imo, two leg lengthening procedures with no arm lengthening looks incomplete.

Some of you will say that it's not worth the price or people won't notice or don't care. That could be true, depending on how long your arms already are.

But the way I feel, three surgeries is the charm. Feel free to chime in, I'm curious.

No female is going to assess you by your arm length. This one is very much an all-in-one's-head in terms of arm proportion mattering or not. And let's suppose you do lengthen a couple centimeters on the humerus. Literally no one would notice. The only people who will criticize your arm length as being T-rex like are anonymous people on forums like this who haven't even seen you in real life anyway.

[jaicionadain]

Arm lengthening would be interesting to see a diary

[YOUNGandSTRONG]

Does anyone know if it is possible to continue lifting weights and doing pull-ups after a humerus lengthening procedure?

[lessthanavg8300]

I have heard reputable doctors say arm lengthening is not safe or recommended.  The ratio that matters is femur/tibia.  Very rarely does overall height to legs matter unless you went quad crazy.  I think they say not to lengthen past 4-6cm your wingspan....something like that.  If you are a literal midget maybe its worth exploring but otherwise id stay away.

[EndGame]

I have heard reputable doctors say arm lengthening is not safe or recommended.  The ratio that matters is femur/tibia.  Very rarely does overall height to legs matter unless you went quad crazy.  I think they say not to lengthen past 4-6cm your wingspan....something like that.  If you are a literal midget maybe its worth exploring but otherwise id stay away.

I am not suggesting anyone should get arm LL. Most people won't need it. However, your post borders on misinformation. Both Paley and Rozbruch do humerus LL and it's generally considered the safest lengthening one can do, even safer than femurs.

[TheDream]

Isn’t the average difference in wingspan quite a lot? As in it is completely normal to have a wingspan +/- 5 cm from your height? I doubt anyone would notice anything unless you lengthened your legs by like 20 cm.

By contrast the tibia to femur ratio is almost always exactly 0.8, as far as I’ve understood, for everyone so surely this would be a lot more of a giveaway than wingspan which varies a lot naturally.

[breakmylegs]

Isn’t the average difference in wingspan quite a lot? As in it is completely normal to have a wingspan +/- 5 cm from your height? I doubt anyone would notice anything unless you lengthened your legs by like 20 cm.

Having shorter wingspans isn't unusual down to -4 inches which is 10 centimeters, though it averages at 1:1.

Honestly some people have short wingspans and look normal, but some don't because of long torsos and stuff, I suggest you do mockups, like I did and see, let others judge you.