Is 8cm Femurs a good idea?

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Hi I'm considering doing 8cm Femurs. From 173cm/5'8 to 181cm/5'11.25 I would like to really add more than 8cm however I've been told I might have long legs/short torso.

However I feel like I have to compromise at 8cm (single LL) for the sake of my wingspan and torso/leg length
My wingspan is 176cm/5'9.
So Even at my LL Goal of 181cm having a negative wingspan of 5cm/2 inch isn't too bad.
I'm not sure how to measure femur/tibia length or my torso accurately. That's why I didn't include any measurements for my torso/femur/tibia length.

Also can I claim 6'0/183cm or even 6'1/185cm? From 181cm/5'11.25

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hmmm...just did 80 mm . now my wingspan and height is 1:1

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Before/After Height? And also did you have short Legs perviously?

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From what I’ve read on here the complication rate seems to rise to once you pass 6 cm mark on femurs so I’d worry more about that than reaching some arbitrary height goal.

Also after a certain length the amount you lengthen the femurs will result in less height due to the angle of the bone. So you wouldn’t be exactly 8 cm taller but more like 7.5 or something like that.

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Quote from: TheDream on November 23, 2022, 12:43:14 PMFrom what I’ve read on here the complication rate seems to rise to once you pass 6 cm mark on femurs so I’d worry more about that than reaching some arbitrary height goal.

Also after a certain length the amount you lengthen the femurs will result in less height due to the angle of the bone. So you wouldn’t be exactly 8 cm taller but more like 7.5 or something like that.

 10cm femur means 9.84cm. So 1.6 mm in height loss for the average regular person.

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I have just done 8.5 cm on my femurs. I finished LL on my right leg 3 weeks ago....
MMMmm I am not dissapointed, but if I could return back, I may have stopped at 6.5 cm or 7 cm max.

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5'6 1/2to 5'9 1/2
I am Asian so my upper body is naturally longer (or I like wearing my pants low ) , I measured my wingspan after lengthening .

But I believe most people has long arms compare to their height . 

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Quote from: LittleMember on November 29, 2022, 09:38:59 AMI have just done 8.5 cm on my femurs. I finished LL on my right leg 3 weeks ago....
MMMmm I am not dissapointed, but if I could return back, I may have stopped at 6.5 cm or 7 cm max.

what makes you say that ? I had muscle pain after 7 cm , it went away soon and not coming back post consolidation . I think 8 CM would be safe for most people .

If you just finished LL , rest a lot and let the muscle grow back , you will feel a lot better two months into consolidation ! hang in there !!

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Quote from: LittleMember on November 29, 2022, 09:38:59 AMI have just done 8.5 cm on my femurs. I finished LL on my right leg 3 weeks ago....
MMMmm I am not dissapointed, but if I could return back, I may have stopped at 6.5 cm or 7 cm max.

Yeah I sort of wonder.. I'm at like 6.2-6.3ish cm femurs now and am planning to stop at 7cm. Its less thinking/less worrying to just stop at 7cm like you said instead of 8. I think (?) I could maybe do 8cm but I'm feeling more fearful/less motivated to go for that last cm. The risk/reward ratio for that last centimeter doesn't look that great.

Some other patients commented that I basically look almost average height now, I'm a bit shorter than the average height males we interact with (driver, some males at physiotherapy) but not by too much --so I'm unmotivated to go for that last cm

It certainly depends on the patient whether they can handle 8cm well but the thing bugging me is like 'ok right, sure, but like how do I know until its too late whether my body specifically can handle 8cm well?'  -> Range of motion and x-rays, sure but I am not sure that is foolproof. Whereas if I just stop at 7cm its like "ok well there is a pretty great chance that I can handle 7cm well, my range of motion and pain now are OK now at 6.2-6.3, there are datapoints from the past of alot of people being able to handle 6.5-7 cm well.."  And I don't have precise, I can't reverse if anything goes wrong

I mean I guess its better for the forum to encourage people to do more because it gives us more datapoints of those situations. And some people can handle 8cm just fine, I know one guy in Athens who did 8cm femurs with a different doctor in a different country and I don't see any duckass or anything

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on November 29, 2022, 05:45:02 PMI mean I guess its better for the forum to encourage people to do more because it gives us more datapoints of those situations. And some people can handle 8cm just fine, I know one guy in Athens who did 8cm femurs with a different doctor in a different country and I don't see any duckass or anything

8CM is the safe limit you can do on femur so I was told . BUT it is always about patient who wants the best result for one self .
LL can be hard on your body and mind . I flew back home around 55 mm, and took 7 days off in the last month of Distraction .

It was hard , but the extra CM might saved me from another surgery on Tibias ( seriously thinking about getting 5 CM on tibia right now .lol)

DM me your whatsapp ,  I will send some Xray of mine and maybe some walking videos if you need emotional support for your final journey .

Remember , you can stop anytime you want , IT IS OK!