Current Height - 164 Cm
Sitting Height - 88 Cm
Wingspan - 173 Cm
What should be the ideal height that I should aim for? And what should be the safest amount to lengthen so that my proportions look normal, and at the same time my body functions normally after I recover from the surgery.
Don't you think 13 cm will mess up the proportions a little bit?
Quote from: LLprime3 on November 04, 2022, 08:51:23 AMyour wingspan allows for the full 13 cm, BUT
if you want somewhat safe high amounts, go for <7cm and <5 cm.
Recovery is really hard for any segment if you do the full amount. Don't underestimate recovery difficulty.
It's more painful than the surgery trying to fully use muscle strength, at least for me after each LL operation.
I think I'll happily bear all the pain for the result lol, but yeah I agree that it can be traumatizing for anyone. Tbh 177 cm is a pretty damn great height, I wouldn't even think of cll if I was that tall. How much did you lengthen and what was your height pre surgery? If you don't mind sharing.
Quote from: SpeedDialer on November 04, 2022, 05:06:43 PMI am I the only one who thinks 6-6.5 cm femurs + 4.5-5 cm tibia might be a good idea if his starting height is 164 and he is worried about proportions and recovery?
Dr. Birkholtz said that complications shoot up exponentially after 6.5cm ish (some say after 7) and complications with tibias shoot up exponentially after around 4 ish cm (some say 5). So its sounds like to me 6.5 + 4.5 might be a conservative option with a fast recovery + less likely to screw up his proportions. I think maybe you could go to 6cm femurs, then have the doctor measure your range of motion (Dr. Giotikas does it everytime you see him) and same with tibias, they measure the angles and then that can help to decide if you still want to go for more.
My starting height was somewhere between 166-169cm at the start and I'm at like 4.6ish cm on femurs so far and when I look at them, I already think damn these are starting to look long but still like normal-ish, especially if you use a longer t shirt. Another guy who had my starting height also commented my femurs are starting to look long, like its noticeable already but not necessarily bad
Who are you thinking of going with? I think g-nail femurs with dr. giotikas gives a pretty good balance between price and quality but some forum members are suggesting betzbone tibias first (which are probably easier in terms of pain and will be an easier experience, but I heard tibias have more complications)
Do you think 8 + 5 cm can be safe? I believe 2 other surgeons Mahboubian and Paley are also great as well.
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