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Posted on Mar 19, 2023, 2:18 pm

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Hi,

Got surgery on femur booked for this month, hoping to get 8cm. I'm 171cm tall right now.

Debating whether to go for the 2nd surgery after on tibia, assuming all is fine with the first surgery. Would sole the femur/tibia ratio issue but of course then you get into problems with upper/lower body split.

Here's the mockup. Middle pic is me currently (171cm). Left is +8 on femur, right is +8 on femur and +5 on tibia (so +13 total). Personally I don't think the +13 in total mockup looks that bad, but I'd be full of inherent bias and so these things are best to get independent opinion on.

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Posted on Mar 19, 2023, 8:21 pm

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I think all of them look fine but the +13 might look strange to some ppl

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Posted on Mar 20, 2023, 3:30 pm

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If I was you I would be doing 5-6 cm maximum.
Looks more natural and you will have maximised the lenght in terms of risk / reward. Lower risk for complications + easier to recover and 176-177 is enough to feel "normal".

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Posted on Mar 21, 2023, 12:02 am

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Quote from: oklama on March 19, 2023, 08:21:29 PMI think all of them look fine but the +13 might look strange to some ppl

Yeah this is my big internal debate. It'd be massive to go from 171 to 184, properly life changing, but definitely don't want a dwarf on stilts look.

Quote from: sered22 on March 20, 2023, 03:30:20 PMIf I was you I would be doing 5-6 cm maximum.
Looks more natural and you will have maximised the lenght in terms of risk / reward. Lower risk for complications + easier to recover and 176-177 is enough to feel "normal".

Nah I'm definitely doing the first surgery and going for 8cm, not going through all this to still be below average height, it's not just about feeling normal.

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Posted on Mar 25, 2023, 11:20 am

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I second that. If you really want to get really taller and look nice, you'll need 2 surgeries. You could easily do 6+4 and your proportions would be perfect... and with 181 new height, you will be taller than average with minimal risks.

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Posted on Mar 25, 2023, 2:21 pm

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Quote from: sered22 on March 20, 2023, 03:30:20 PMIf I was you I would be doing 5-6 cm maximum.
Looks more natural and you will have maximised the lenght in terms of risk / reward. Lower risk for complications + easier to recover and 176-177 is enough to feel "normal".

I second this.

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Posted on Mar 25, 2023, 2:25 pm

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Quote from: Torbjorn on March 25, 2023, 11:20:46 AMI second that. If you really want to get really taller and look nice, you'll need 2 surgeries. You could easily do 6+4 and your proportions would be perfect... and with 181 new height, you will be taller than average with minimal risks.

Yeah the +13 (8+5) assumed 2 surgeries. First one is already booked and paid for so it's just a question of whether to go for round 2 afterwards.

Doesn't seem to be a ton of people saying the mockup looks unnatural so thats a good sign at least!

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Posted on Mar 26, 2023, 5:24 pm

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Quote from: p00293 on March 25, 2023, 02:25:26 PM
Yeah the +13 (8+5) assumed 2 surgeries. First one is already booked and paid for so it's just a question of whether to go for round 2 afterwards.

Doesn't seem to be a ton of people saying the mockup looks unnatural so thats a good sign at least!

What is your sitting height? I actually think the +13 looks unnatural. +8 seems ok. Good luck on your LL journey

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Posted on Mar 27, 2023, 4:29 pm

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with clothes on you'll look perfectly fine

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Posted on Mar 27, 2023, 5:59 pm

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Quote from: EndGame on March 26, 2023, 05:24:53 PMWhat is your sitting height? I actually think the +13 looks unnatural. +8 seems ok. Good luck on your LL journey

How would I measure that? Surely it'd depend massively on the height of the chair itself?

Or do you mean sit on the floor with my back against the wall and measure my height there? In which case, I'm not sure - although I guess I could find out.

Quote from: Shiaro on March 27, 2023, 04:29:01 PMwith clothes on you'll look perfectly fine

Yeah these things are hard to judge since let's face it, with clothes on is more important as that's 99% of how people see us, but it's pretty hard to do mockups with clothes.

Think a lot of what might make it look a bit weird is the legs look thin (rather than outrageously long) - which happens when you're stretching them during mockups, but wouldn't happen IRL, and if it did, it's nothing a bit of light leg training wouldn't take care of as I don't train them at all right now.

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