How common are 6 inch/15cm+ procedures?

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It's possible and has been done. I recall Dr. Paley once saying that about 25% of his patients get both tibia and femur surgeries. However, 15 cm is going to be close to the maximum that most people will do safely, so you're going to have a harder time finding people who've done it. That being said, Dr. Shah Mahboubian has a couple of people on the testimonials section of his site who did 5-6 inches, so you can take a look there.

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15 cm is achievable but not common with only 2 surgeries (1 for femurs and 1 for tibias). Most likely you will need to rebreak once.

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Are you certain you are done growing? You are 17, you still have some years to grow. Maybe if you can get to 5'6 naturally you wouldnt have to do 2 surgeries to get a desirable height. If you are stuck at 5'4 I would say do 4-5 inches only of lengthening. Be on the safe side. Better to be 5'8 than try to be 6'0 and end up either looking like slender man if you have short wingspan, or worse crippled for life.

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Quote from: SuchLL on December 03, 2021, 11:22:07 PM15 cm is achievable but not common with only 2 surgeries (1 for femurs and 1 for tibias). Most likely you will need to rebreak once.

This. The unfortunate irony of LL is that the shorter you are, the less length you can achieve “safely”. I don’t think you can achieve this length without a rebreak.

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Quote from: Highest on September 24, 2021, 02:32:18 AMThis is correct. OP also has to consider how weird he will look compared to natural 6 foot tall guys. A guy who is 5'4 with 15cm lengthening on legs alone will look comical. 10cm most people can carry off OK.

I honestly don't buy into proportions theory. If you look up Apotheosis' real Instagram, he doesn't look particularly out of the ordinary--and he lengthened 8 inches. No, there's reasons not to lengthen beyond 15 cm (or more precisely, 20% of your leg length), but this isn't one of them.

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 05, 2021, 11:39:32 PMI honestly don't buy into proportions theory. If you look up Apotheosis' real Instagram, he doesn't look particularly out of the ordinary--and he lengthened 8 inches. No, there's reasons not to lengthen beyond 15 cm (or more precisely, 20% of your leg length), but this isn't one of them.

Lol I assume you're referring to the same Apotheosis that did arm lengthening surgery to even out his proportions?

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Quote from: Highest on December 06, 2021, 12:23:54 AMLol I assume you're referring to the same Apotheosis that did arm lengthening surgery to even out his proportions?

Yes, but I assumed you were referring to leg-to-torso ratio or limb diameters—not wingspan.

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 05, 2021, 11:39:32 PMI honestly don't buy into proportions theory. If you look up Apotheosis' real Instagram, he doesn't look particularly out of the ordinary--and he lengthened 8 inches. No, there's reasons not to lengthen beyond 15 cm (or more precisely, 20% of your leg length), but this isn't one of them.

I totally agree, I think people on this forum don’t recognize their own bias. Most of us are obsessed with height, to some degree at least. And with the benefit of hindsight and specifically looking for proportions, it seems obvious to us that someone’s proportions are off. However going out in real life and just looking at people around you, proportions vary wildly. Of course at some point proportions will matter but that point is wayyyyy higher than having an extra 8cm on femur for example.

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Quote from: Sambollio on December 07, 2021, 11:53:51 PMI totally agree, I think people on this forum don’t recognize their own bias. Most of us are obsessed with height, to some degree at least. And with the benefit of hindsight and specifically looking for proportions, it seems obvious to us that someone’s proportions are off. However going out in real life and just looking at people around you, proportions vary wildly. Of course at some point proportions will matter but that point is wayyyyy higher than having an extra 8cm on femur for example.

Exactly, I agree completely. Theoretically, I think lengthening more than 5-6 inches will negatively-affect proportions--but nobody should be lengthening more than that, anyways, unless you're suffering from achondroplasia.