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ebook12345
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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Hello,

I just had bone lengthening surgery and am lengthening my tibia.
my height: 172.5 cm
arm span: 174-175cm
sitting height: 90cm

I want to raise tibia by 7 cm and femur by 8 cm.

final height 187.5cm

the only question is whether the proportions will become so ridiculous that I will look like a dwarf on stilts.

The guy from lifeLiveTaller lengthened his legs by 20 cm and, honestly, it's a little noticeable, but the profit is so big that it outweighs the costs.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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6 inches is too much and it's not only about looking uncanny post lengthening but more importantly losing your function for many years if not permanently.

If you insist on lengthening that much, the final outcome depends on your leg to body ratio. If your leg to body ratio exceeds 0.51, you will look like dwarf on stilts.

Even I, who have very short legs and very big trunk, will look uncanny after 12 cm of lengthening as my leg to body ratio will exceed 0.51.

IMO, no living man can look good nked after 12 cm of total lengthening unless he had comically short legs to begin with. And Sedat from LLT had very short and bowed legs, it was a disability, he was not normal, that's why he looks good after 20 cm of lengthening, but no normal man will look good after even 15 cm of lengthening, 20 cm is just insane.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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Is the leg-to-body ratio measures from the ground to the protruding hip bone?
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AnotherLLer
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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No, it measures from outer ankle to femoral head. It's very hard to measure exactly without taking x-rays. Basically, it's the same as femur bone length + tibia bone length. If you measure your femur and tibia bone lengths (including their heads from both ends) on x-rays, you will get your exact leg length.

My tibia is about 35 cm, so femur in theory should be 43-44 cm. So, my total leg length is anywhere between 78-79 cm. Measuring femur bone without x-rays is very hard, I just multiply my tibia length to 1.25 (in accordance to 0.8 tibia / femur ratio) and get about 43-44 cm. Now, there are some men who have very short femurs, closer to their tibia length. I don't think I have that short femur as I feel that my tibia / femur ratio is very close to 0.8.

Now, 78 / 165 = 0.4727 and 79 / 165 = 0.4787.

If I lengthen 12 cm total at 78 cm current leg length, it will become (78 + 12) / 177 = 0.5084 and if I lengthen 12 cm total at 79 cm current leg length, it will become (79 + 12) / 177 = 0.5141.

As you can see, if my leg length is 79 cm, 12 cm lengthening is already pushing it as my leg to body ratio will exceed 0.51.

For me, the limit is 11 cm total lengthening before I start to look uncanny nked.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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According to this formula:

stature = 38.94 + 2.95 x femur length

165 cm = 38.94 + 2.95 x femur length so my femur length should ideally be 42.73 cm so very close to 43 cm.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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And, according to this formula:

Height (cm) = 123 + 1.24 X tibial length (cm)

My tibia length should be 165 cm = 123 + 1.24 x tibia length so it should be 33.87 cm, again, very close to 35 cm measurement I made by myself.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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femur: 44,56cm
tibia: 34,67 cm

add: 44,56 + 34,67 = 79,23
my height: 172.5cm

ratio legs to all height: 0,4593

Ratio tibia vs femur: 0,7782

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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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There's no way you're 7.5 cm taller and have exact same tibia length as me and just 1-1.5 cm more femur length.
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ebook12345
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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idiot, I have x-rays, not your measurement with a ruler.
your talk is worthless.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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That's a great explanation, I am also 165 with 38 cm tibias and 43 cm femurs,(got xrayed) , planning to get quadrilateral 12 cm, it'll become 93/177 = 0.525, my leg to body ratio will go high.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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IMO stick to 10 cm for better recovery and proportions. Solid 175 cm is enough for a man. Additional 2 cm will not make that much difference TBH. It will just make the recovery much harder though.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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OK, thanks for the answer, very informative.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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Be careful with 7cms on tibias, big chance of permanent damage. 5 cms is much safer and you would still be pretty tall at over 185.
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lucindaris
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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What clinic?
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AverageSizeGuy
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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I started lengthening my tibia. my goal is 6-7cm.
Keep fingers crossed.

https://imgur.com/a/qofeVO1

Wow, I've got so many questions.

Where are you getting the surgery? What's the clinic? Dr's Name? How much does it cost you? How many Stages does your procedure have?
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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Good luck! Are you planning to follow with femurs right after recovery, or quadrilaterally, or when? I'm considering quadrilateral and that's why I'm asking
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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I started lengthening my tibia. my goal is 6-7cm.
Keep fingers crossed.

https://imgur.com/a/qofeVO1
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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some guy already lengthen that much with limbplastix
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6zhv7lvn1E/
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dominikochal
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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I understand that i will not proportions but gain is more.

The best height is 6.1 and 6.2.

Find video in YT when girls rejected short guys.
We do only for womans.
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Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
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dominikochal:

WTF man, you think that if a man is not 6'1 or 6'2 he is miserable with women? Where do you live? I know that women prefer tall guys but you paint such a picture as if you don't reach 6'1 with double LL, it's not worth it but it's not true. That guy who got crippled at Yuksel Yurttas probably also thought that way and that's why he did LL at 5'11 and wanted to reach 6'1. He probably thinks the same way and attributed his lack of success with women to his height (at least partially, but in reality height was not his issue at all).

You and others who think that way sound very delusional and think that all the men around the globe who fall between 5'7-5'11 struggle with women and only 6'1 and taller guys have no issues with them. I see many 5'7, 5'8 and 5'9 men in the streets with all kinds of women imaginable (short, tall, skinnny, curvy, blonde, brunette, etc.).

Imagine Jason Statham without fame and money, do you think he would struggle with women at his height of 5'8-5'9?

Now, below 5'7 is legit handicap for majority of men, no matter how good looking and athletic he might be. IMO strong 5'8 is enough for good looking and fit men in order not to be handicapped in dating. More is better but I prefer not to exceed 9 cm in total and settle at 174 cm rather than become crippled and reach 178-180 cm.

Now, you might say that Jason Statham would be jerking off in his home if he wouldn't be famous and reach because he's not 6'1 and hovers over 5'8. That's up to you to believe that. I see many men around Jason's height who look very masculine and well groomed & dressed who don't give a fk about being average height because they got other attributes of manliness that attract women and they know it.

If I was at least strong 5'8 I would never consider this surgery (even for one segment), but at 5'5 things are really hard and I'm going to gain at least 9 cm in two surgeries. I'm not willing to lengthen my femurs for 8-9 cm due to proportions and biomechanics, that's why I'm splitting that amount in two segments in two surgeries.

I bet that if a man at 5'8-5'9 range is unable to attract women, he won't be able to attract them at any height above it.
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