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[zaozari]

I read a user in an old topic, but with no further discussion, saying that if lenghtening tibias, using lifts afterwords may not be advisable.
Does anybody have a view, if this is just an opinion or if there's really any  relation? (BTW, I supose this doesn't apply to ''normal'' elevator/platform shoes).
Women doing tibias often use high heels afterwards....

[Medium Drink Of Water]

I agree with that assertion.  Not just for lifts but for all height increasing shoes.  My balance is wonky enough as it is.  Maybe if you lengthen less than me you could get away with a little padding though.

As for thoughts about wedge lifts specifically causing ballerina feet, or at least preventing it from improving, I think that's probably not a big deal as long as you spend some time standing without the wedges regularly.

[Mine]

Damn that sounds brutal. I wouldn't do Leg Lenghtening if I couldn't wear lifts (3inches) afterwards. Actually SAD!

[JamesBrown]

Damn that sounds brutal. I wouldn't do Leg Lenghtening if I couldn't wear lifts (3inches) afterwards. Actually SAD!

I wear 3 inch lifts wherever I go, only problem is that you have to eventually take them off. It's not possible to reject your friends' invites to activities everytime for places that don't need shoes (ex. swimming, beach volleyball, yoga, bowling, going to their house, etc.).

LL solves this problem, I don't even want to be tall or average, just more accepted than I currently am.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

I wear 3 inch lifts wherever I go, only problem is that you have to eventually take them off. It's not possible to reject your friends' invites to activities everytime for places that don't need shoes (ex. swimming, beach volleyball, yoga, bowling, going to their house, etc.).

LL solves this problem, I don't even want to be tall or average, just more accepted than I currently am.

Agree. Once you are short, you are socially cast.

[zaozari]

I asked this because I am so short (3SD) and height neurotic that I need lenghtening tibias PLUS lenghtening femurs PLUS elevator shoes or lifts (I don't care taking off shoes in private settings, though).
And not only I have still not money for femurs as I am not young and thus can't wait too long for both surgeries (segments).

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

Then u should try Paley's Option 5, and keeping a vertically erected hairstyle. Wearing shoe lifts, forget it, I know it will also probably ruin your proportions.

[AimHigh]

I think shoe lifts damage posture and result in long term pain as they stress your ankles, knees, hips and spine, and maybe give you a hunched look eventually too.

[randy]

I think shoe lifts damage posture and result in long term pain as they stress your ankles, knees, hips and spine, and maybe give you a hunched look eventually too.

Hi AimHigh, who was your Fitbone surgeon? If you don't want to tell it publicly do you mind DMing me?

[BoneStretching]

Nothing wrong with small shoe lifts. 2 to 3 inches.

I guess if you got your tibs lengthened it would really make your tibs look long, so that may be an issue. Other then the look, you will be fine as long as you do not tilt yourself forward too much. Also, Have shoes for different situations. tie events, keep your 3s handy, beach, get a nice lifted sandle. No shame in all this, women lift their boobs, get implants, wear heals its purely aesthetics.

[zaozari]

Thanks for the advice. Since I have short tibias also in relative terms, I hope it won't be an issue.
When you say not to tilt too much forward, you mean, because of lack of balance, I would be more prone to fall forward?

[BoneStretching]

Yes, basically if you notice women in high heels they tend to tillt forward when they walk. Your center of gravity has shifted. Invest in quality elevator shoes where the soles are built in and you can maintain as flat footed "as possible" (wont be perfect). The idea is to reach a height that will not mess up your posture or your gait.

Frankly, I have been in situations where i have been called out on my lifts, i laugh and just tell them, "ay, nuntin wrong with alil boost". If someone de friends me bc of 2 inches, they are not my friend lol .

Be sensible, and non obsessed with it.

[zaozari]

You think you're "spotted" because of posture, gait, or they saw your ankle a bit too much out of the shoe?

[BoneStretching]

Well if you go to high, you will get spotted due to posture and gait, and look of the shoe. Shoe lifts are no longer uncommon, they are mainstream now (you see them all over being sold on social media.

But to your question, yes if you go to high, people will notice.

As for myself, i was noticed a few times because I would enter a home where shoes were not permitted, or visited a resort with a lovely woman, and obviously had to get in the water. The more you act like you care, the more they will care, if you can get to a place where it does not change you at all, you will be fine.

3 inches for events (cool)
2 inches daily lifestyle stuff
1 to 1.5 inch sandle for beaches etc (not noticeable).
And finally, when you cant have any, fk it man - you did your work, you got what you got, just do not care about it. Look at it like a woman would, if she had to swim in a pool, and could not wear her push up pads... no one cares but her. This is really what it is like.

[zaozari]

Thanks! I have that part of the "strategy" all clear! :-)
It may sound a bit naif but maybe I will also try to train gait and posture...

[BoneStretching]

yes of course, practice walking normal with them on. Allow yourself to adjust.