Any celebrities?

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And that right there is one of the reasons I didn't do femurs. 

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Quote from: Batu on July 25, 2020, 05:25:56 AMAnybody know her pre-op ratio's?

I personally do not think her femur to tibia ratio looks aesthetically good.

That's cos she did 8.5cm on femurs alone. She had her operation with Betz

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I don't personally think that 8.5 cm and 7 cm will make too much difference. Almost the same though, am i wrong?

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I think, in most cases, femoral lengthening by more than 5 cm makes tibias visually short.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on July 25, 2020, 07:35:44 PMAnd that right there is one of the reasons I didn't do femurs. 

You may be onto something here. However I think there is no one size fits all with this procedure and you have to think hard about what is right for you.

For example, for males who are in the 5'1, 5'2 range, I think gaining as much as possible from CLL will in general improve quality of life over the ratio + athleticism sacrifices (this is assuming a successful surgery with Stryde and a top doc). For those in the 5'5, 5'6 range I think this is not the case (imo).

If this model was 155cm-160cm and added 8.5cm on femurs, the aesthetics will be a different to what I would personally achieve.

For myself at 166.5cm I think a gain of 6.5cm is sufficient. It moves me from one height category to the next one up (imo) and if I can do that on femurs without having a strange looking ratio (like the model here) then I think it is the better choice vs. tibia.

It will reduce the time of lengthenting, hopefully reduce time of recovery and give a better chance of maximizing athletic performance.

I also thing body shape is important. Some people have a more "stubby" look and can look shorter even when they're the same height as a more leaner frame.

I remember seeing this on Mahboubian's before and after pics. Two guys went from 5'6 to 5'9 and although they both looked better, one in particular looked much taller due to his leaner frame.

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@bala: Why do u know that she did it with betz? Source?

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Here's an old article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-height-odd/politician-stands-tall-after-bone-breaking-surgery-idUSTRE53S6HM20090429
Not a celeb, but a public figure nonetheless.

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on July 26, 2020, 09:26:44 PMHere's an old article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-height-odd/politician-stands-tall-after-bone-breaking-surgery-idUSTRE53S6HM20090429
Not a celeb, but a public figure nonetheless.

Damn! You found something cool. I think i've seen some comments about how a female politician has done the surgery but couldn't find any articles and stuff.
Thank you.

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Quote from: germanlim on July 26, 2020, 09:13:32 PM@bala: Why do u know that she did it with betz? Source?

My mistake. I read this Artikel " https://www.20min.ch/story/theresia-hat-sich-die-beine-verlaengern-lassen-651981156831 " and wrongly assumed she did her procedure with Betz. Unfortunately I can't modify the previous post because it is a quote

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Quote from: germanlim on July 23, 2020, 11:08:09 AMThere is a German model called Theresia Fischer  who did ist

Recently stumbled across an interview of her where she talked about LL. Was kinda surprised she is mentioned here. She did 8.5cm femurs and her reasoning for it was very absurd, at least according to that interview.
Essentially, she said, "it wasn't a cosmetic surgery for me" but a way to overcome bullying trauma from high school. Interestingly, however, she was never bullied because of her height (she was pretty average height for females in Germany anyways) nor stated she had height dysphoria. She was bullied because she has an old man fetish that was present in school already (note her husband is like a 30 years older grandpa). To overcome this bullying experience, she decided to lengthen her legs, to "overgrow her problems"... Her lengthening experience was a painful one (according to her) but she liked the pain because it made her feel like she shrugged off her old self, like a snke that is skinning (her words, not mine).
In that interview and other photos, her proportions are quite normal and her functionality seems normal too.

This whole thing makes me wonder why the hell doctors even ask for a "psychological evaluation" in the first place. I bet people get declined for far more common things than that.