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[aRealHamboi]

Hi guys, I'm going to be going through the lengthening process soon, I still need to fully decide if I will go over tibia or femur.
I plan only on lengthening 5-6cm and for me, that will be good enough.
However, I do need to get some perspective on how my proportions are since I have quite short arms and legs but a long torso, also my feet are big for my height.

The following pictures are left to right normal - tibia - femur
https://imgur.com/a/5Fch6TG

I need to get back to my doctor around Monday so I'm counting on yall!

[Thehighest]

Tibia looks better in my opinion

[aRealHamboi]

Thanks for the input!
I'm afraid my tibias will look too long for my height after 5cm even though they are quite short, so until now my first instinct was going to do femur, but I've been second-guessing myself.

[GrowANut]

I'm about your height I was gonna do 4.5cm tibia and 5.5cm on femur to get 10cm and reach 5'9 it'll look more proportional. but regarding your question I think I would go with tibia it looks a bit better.

[dexter1930]

to my eyes, look better with femur

[Body Builder]

Tibia is always more aesthetic than femurs and makes you look taller. Also, you can go full externals which is the cheapest, most painless and safest way to do LL.
As I did tibias, I suggest you to do the same amd kengthen about 6cm to have a reasonable add and safe also.

[Want-3-inches]

Tibia is always more aesthetic than femurs and makes you look taller. Also, you can go full externals which is the cheapest, most painless and safest way to do LL.
As I did tibias, I suggest you to do the same amd kengthen about 6cm to have a reasonable add and safe also.

I know you will not agree but this is not true. With femurs no one knows where the hip is when you wear clothes. With tibias everyone can see where your knees are, so your shins will look too long.
Also in terms of recovery the most impressive outcomes both in numbers and in quality are seen in internal femur patients.

[aRealHamboi]

Thank you guys for coming to give your takes; I have heard conflicting opinions on which segment makes you "look taller", some people say that its the femur because your hands are compared to the distance to your knees, some people say its the tibias because your knees will be farther from the ground and it also makes your arms look longer.

I just don't want to look too disproportional, I will still be short (just not THAT short) after LL, do any of you know if it's common for a shorter man to have a longer tibia or femur? I have always thought about doing femur though recently I'm biased towards tibias because my arms are also short.

In the end, I will be getting x-rays this Monday to know for sure my measurements, so far at home, I've measured something like 32-33 tibia and 39-41 femur.

Sitting height is 88cm, around 54% of my total height, so that isn't a problem at all for me at least.