how will i look after LL

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thanks Blackhawk

after much thought I will only be doing one height surgery of either 5 or 6cm, so I need to decide based on proportions which one I should go for.

apologies for previous posts I got carried away with the new nail which made me think i could do alot more with less pain.

so this is one surgery only, i am content with 169 as much as i am 170 so my priority is to not look too strange in the mirror for my tibia, i like to wear shorts a lot as well.

any advice on whether to choose 5 or 6cm would mean a lot to me, and any general advice on how to do a mockup will be great.

i will be seeing my gp soon, so i hope to get an x-ray, i guess if my ratio is close I will likely be doing 5cm instead.

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No problem.  I'm happy to help.

Let us know what your femur and tib measurements are when you get them.  I'm sure you can pull off 5cms on tibs pretty easily.  My tibs are 51cms and seem pretty short.  Yours would be 53 after 5 cms of lengthening; still a reasonable length at a height of 169.

The advice of veterans of LL is to not decide on a number prior to LL.  See how you look and feel at 5 cms, then decide if you can do 6, or more. 

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1 extra cm may not seem much but damn are my legs really short, when looking down on my legs and imagining 7cm added to my tibs i think that will look way too long.

But I will wait on the x-rays and let the numbers decide.

I know many people here are at 170 and getting LL, may say to not pay attention to proportions and even go for 7cm but I am happy to wear say a 4cm lift to bring me to 173/5' 8", which is 2cm below the male average, which i'm very happy with.

I know lots of guys 169 that wear a 1cm lift (you get 1cm from any formal wear shoes, and various boots like doc martin etc.), its a very common height, sadly i only know 1 other person my height, it's kind of rare and your always the shortest in the room, with LL i hope to become a more common height, but i realize people come here to go from 'a little short' to the male average which i respect, but to re-iterate im more interested in proportions over height and im only doing 1 LL and i wear shorts all the time when inside.

I guess that means femurs would be best as you wont see the scars easily? but I will need to look into that further, seems tibs is the most common option.

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Hi microman

Personally, I think longer femurs look better than tibs.  Unless you are planning on two surgeries, I think 6-7 cm femur will be great for you. After that, if you still feel like to add more height, you can do tibs.  That is my thought.

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Might be right there, just did a few mock-ups, i think i only added on 4cm.

tibs
http://i.imgur.com/ink1xff.jpg?1

femur
http://i.imgur.com/vCqMAeH.jpg?1

Isn't femur a nightmare with externals, meaning it will be lon/latn only, i will only be doing the more budget options, also mitkovic's device allows for femur as well so that is also another option.

and yeah 7cm looks almost 25% of my tibia, i have really short legs.

and why are tibs much more popular anyway, is there some other advantage i should be aware of.

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Internal femurs is the way to go if you have the money.  External femurs seems like it is a nightmare but there aren't many diaries for this method. Most people are on a budget and external tibs is the only option for most people.

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ill see what the x-rays say, i guess mitkovic would be my only option if i wanted femurs.

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I though Mitkovic doesn't do internals anymore.  Do you think about external femur lengthening?

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I think you look much better with longer tibias.

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Yes, It gives you the impression of being taller and slimer than you actually are. However, tibias take way longer to recover and you can't lengthen as as much as on the femurs. Another bonus of the femur lengthening is that it' much easier to hide simply by wearing your pants a little lower. Long tibias are pretty easy to spot imo.