10 cm on my tibias?

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much better pic.


its just a shame that LL will destroy that muscle. im sure you will get it back when you finish LL though.

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Lol thanks

And, yeah, it'll probably wreck some havoc on my lower body (I should be able to maintain my upper body), but I should be able to get back all of my lower body strength in about six months or so after my bones have consolidated. "Muscle memory" (really just the previous stretching of the fascia) should get back my lower body muscles pretty quickly.

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Just measured my torso about five times using two different methods. First method came out with about 20 inches (51 cm) for my torso length, and the second one was about 22-23 inches (56-58 cm). That is about 3-5 inches larger than the average torso length of a 5'9-5'10 dude.

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Impressive upper body for sure. That kind of muscle will look great on a 6'1 frame and lengthened legs, if you can rebuild it after LL.

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I haven't followed the discussion but I would strongly advice against 10 cm in one surgery. I've been trying to learn of post-operation recovery and the more I read the more clear it is that lenghtening your legs should be approached very carefully.

That said it is possible to achieve 10 cm with relatively little risk if you divide it into two segments. I understand you're 5'10?
Then you would be roughly 188CM which is fairly tall and a very good heigth overall.

The next concern is how it's going to look. Judging by your pictures you have short legs indeed so that's not a issue and your shoulders look broad as well. However I think your arms look very short already and much out of proportion in the second photoshopped image. I'd say that's your problem -your arm lenght.

Measure your arms from the end of your middle finger to the top of the acromion bone, then divide that measurment by your height and you'll get a number like -0,424356..- that number should not be below 0,4 if it is then don't lenghten at all.
Try to figure out how you'll look in the mirror, maybe try standing on your toes or wear shoe lifts and try to figure out how much you would be willing to lenghten before it looks off. Good luck.

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I agree with most people on here in that your arms really are short, no joke.
If you end up doing 20cms altogether then you can bet your left nut you'll end up looking like a penguin in stilettos 
Heck you may even walk like one... I live smack bang in the middle of my city and its party central all night, every night and I see so many girls with small torsos walking around in 10-15cm heels, perhaps even more and they look so damn funny when they walk. Looks too unnatural

No point being that tall if you'll just end up looking abnormally weird, yes you can possibly hide it by dressing accordingly but even then it will still be a little off. 

I understand you want to save money and are trying to come up with excuses to do 10cm tibias in one sitting but thats just unsafe, I too would like to save money and go crazy in one sitting but I wont, its simply too risky and you're pretty much gambling with your health. There's no price when it comes to health. Like a previous poster already said, if you dont have enough time and money to do 2 surgeries then too bad, do one

TL:DR - You will be the circus act if you go the full 20cms, guaranteed or your money back. You can put your mortgage on that 
Arms are simply not long enough, perhaps maybe if you decide to lengthen your arms as well. I know you said you dont care about your arm length but arm length WILL become a problem

Good luck though

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About 5'7, not 5'10. I think I'll do 7.6 cm instead of 10 cm.

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But mate be careful of lenghtening one bone that much. I know it's time consuming and costly but a few years after you'll be happier if you did 4 or 5 cm in two surgeries and you'll be plenty tall as well.

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readrothbard.

what is your timeline for LL surgery.

are you planning on doing tibia and femur back to back? and when do you plan on doing them?

I ask because LL seems important to you. and how much do you have saved already?

if you go with guitchet it will cost you so much money? maybe you could consider getting less cm and doing external femur?

im just throwing up ideas. it is important I think to at least discuss these ideas. otherwise you might turn into 1 of these guys who dreams of LL for the next 10 years.

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Arm length (wingspan) is only about 68 inches. I suppose I could do some arm lengthening if I "grew" to 6'1 or so (I could do about 0.75 inches per arm segment to have a total of a 71 inch wingspan). I'll do a mockup to 6'1 to see how my 68 inch wingspan would look.