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Hello everybody,

As I've posted before that I'm a 174cm male who would like to be 185+cm.
My wingspan is slightly above 180cm, and my sitting height is 90.5cm.

So, If i lengthened the femurs to 8cm more, i'd be 182 and my proportions would look good.

But there's a thing, I guess my tibias are short, so I also need to lengthen them.
But, for personal and reasonable reasons, I would NEVER go more than 5cm on tibias.
But If i got +5 cm on tibias, i'd be 179 and that height would not be satisfying at all.

So do you guys think that I'd look good if i got 7cm on femurs and 5cm on tibias?

edit: The actual problem is, If i lengthen my femurs, my tibias will look even shorter lmao. Also it'd be physically weird for my momentum.

[Michael J. Assayag, MD]

The best way to answer this question is to obtain a standing long leg xrays and measure segments  and calculate proportions.

Your goal of 7+5 is realistic , with enough dedication and discipline.

Dr. Michael J. Assayag, MD. FRCSC
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgeon
International Center for Limb Lengthening of Baltimore
http://www.heightrx.com
https://www.limblength.org/conditions/short-stature/
massayag@lifebridgehealth.org
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[Sweden]

Don’t lengthen more than 7cm on femurs, and absolutely not more than 5cm on tibias.

I was 173cm and did 7cm on tibias. My goal was 6cm and then later maybe 6cm on femurs, making me 185cm tall.
180 was a pretty good height so I went for 7cm on tibias. That cost me a lot of down time in life.

I understand your dream height, I’m still considering femurs, and then I’d do ~4cm. Quick and easy.

Personally I wouldn’t start with femurs. Your tibias will look really short if you decide one surgery is enough.

7+5 is really pushing the limit. But sure, there are guys who has done 11cm on femurs and 10cm on tibias. I can’t imagine the aches they go through on a daily basis considering I still have some aches from my surgery. But I also push myself to the maximum limit every week like I’m still 18 years old.

[Tomhard]

Don’t lengthen more than 7cm on femurs, and absolutely not more than 5cm on tibias.

I was 173cm and did 7cm on tibias. My goal was 6cm and then later maybe 6cm on femurs, making me 185cm tall.
180 was a pretty good height so I went for 7cm on tibias. That cost me a lot of down time in life.

I understand your dream height, I’m still considering femurs, and then I’d do ~4cm. Quick and easy.

Personally I wouldn’t start with femurs. Your tibias will look really short if you decide one surgery is enough.

7+5 is really pushing the limit. But sure, there are guys who has done 11cm on femurs and 10cm on tibias. I can’t imagine the aches they go through on a daily basis considering I still have some aches from my surgery. But I also push myself to the maximum limit every week like I’m still 18 years old.

Hey Sweden. Can I ask you why you wouldnt do not more than 5 cm on tibias? Because I was planing to do
5,5 cm on tibia

[Sweden]

Hey Sweden. Can I ask you why you wouldnt do not more than 5 cm on tibias? Because I was planing to do
5,5 cm on tibia

All of the problems started right after 5cm.
5cm is a safe amount. You’ll get back to normal quickly.
You can achieve 5,5cm. It just takes you a bit longer to get back to normal. You never know how your body response to this trauma either. Stay safe.

[a]

Don’t lengthen more than 7cm on femurs, and absolutely not more than 5cm on tibias.

I was 173cm and did 7cm on tibias. My goal was 6cm and then later maybe 6cm on femurs, making me 185cm tall.
180 was a pretty good height so I went for 7cm on tibias. That cost me a lot of down time in life.

I understand your dream height, I’m still considering femurs, and then I’d do ~4cm. Quick and easy.

Personally I wouldn’t start with femurs. Your tibias will look really short if you decide one surgery is enough.

7+5 is really pushing the limit. But sure, there are guys who has done 11cm on femurs and 10cm on tibias. I can’t imagine the aches they go through on a daily basis considering I still have some aches from my surgery. But I also push myself to the maximum limit every week like I’m still 18 years old.

Hello,

May I ask what did you exactly mean by "pushing the limit"?
Do you mean my wingspan and sitting height or is it just pushing too hard in general?

I don't think it's pushing too much since the amount of the lengthening on the both segments are safe, 5 cm on tibias and 7 on femurs.

Don't you think it'd be alright in time?

[a]

I think you have pushed the anotomical limit with going 7 cm on tibias,
because 7cm is considered safe on FEMURS.

[a]

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[dreamingtall]

TBH, if you have the money and the will power than do the two segments... however if you look at traditional proportions, longer femurs to tibia is actually desirable

[precice strider]

What about deep squats? According to Dr. Paley
I think I might be a .78 or .79 femur to tibia and honestly I'm worried 8cm femurs would be too much.