How much should I lengthen?

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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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Quote from: clarkkent7 on November 05, 2022, 04:09:17 AMDo you think 8 + 5 cm can be safe? I believe 2 other surgeons Mahboubian and Paley are also great as well.

Yes

I think maybes check range of motion/x-rays w/ doctor when you get to 7 femur and get close to 5cm tibia and ask their opinion, won't be a guarantee it will work out but I think should help

I sort of wish we had a more scientific way of figuring out the best length to get to, but I don't think we really have a better way than "get close to the recommended limits, then ask the doc what to do" to figure out if they want you to stop or slow down lengthening etc

I'm going for 7 femur, 5 tibia but might stop earlier than that depending on the pain/range of motion. I'm doing just gnail femurs now, I'm at like 4.6ish cm and somehow it is getting easier and somehow my range of motion is getting better than at 1-3cm, especially my quads are becoming more and more normal. I heard it gets harder at 6-7 cm though, fingers crossed

I sort of think though that if you are ever in doubt you can just stop at like 6-6.5cm femur and 4.5 cm tibia, have a faster recovery, worry less about complications and get to enjoy the height sooner. I guess there is some argument to be made for "why even come close to risking it over just 1-2 more cm?" but I still think I want to push it to 7 femur, 5 tibia if the doctor lets me

Someone doing tibias now in Athens was like "I don't want to do 6cm, the recovery will take too long" or something like that and he might even stop before 5cm

So I think alot of people just decide to stop a bit earlier when the time comes. At some point, I felt hellbent on getting 8cm femur /6cm tibia and now I just don't want to deal with that last cm anymore