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Lenghten 5-6 cm Femur or Tibias

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LL2022
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Posted on Jul 13, 2021, 9:36 pm
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I have mostly been lurking around here on and off. Now I'm seriously considering lenghtning with the LON-method next summer, or possibly Stryde if/when it comes back and I have managed to save up the extra funds.

I had always thought my Tibias were proportionally very short compared to my femurs. But judging from the attached images that may just be an illusion because my calves and legs overall are very thick and stumpy.

http://imgur.com/a/JQCR7PV
Pics are NSFW I guess (in my boxers xD)

I'm 168-170cm
169cm wingspan

What do you guys think? Femurs or tibias? Personally I think a ~5.5cm on tibias would look the most aesthetically pleasing and well proportioned biomechanically. I don't really plan to lenghten over 6cm due to my short arms... sorry no xrays to measure exact lenght of femur and tibias yet...

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Posted on Jul 13, 2021, 9:46 pm
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Might be my flaw but I think you can pull 5 cm on your femurs with no issue, think about wearing shoes. If you lengthen tibias by 5 cm and wear (at least) 2 cm shoes, I think your knee level will be abnormally tall.

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LL2022
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 6:05 am
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I seewhat you mean, i just measured my tibia and femurs following a quick tutorial on youtube. Now keep in mind these measurements are very approximate, I find measuring the femur the most difficult to locate greater trochanter.

Tibia: ~32,5cm
Femur: 42,5 cm
T/F Ratio: 0,765

32,5 + 5,25cm tibia lenghtning will give me a T/F ratio of:  ~0,89
42,5 + 5,5cm femur lenghtning will give me a T/F ratio of: ~0,677
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 7:11 am
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You look great. Whats your current height
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 7:19 am
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From a purely aesthetic point of view then yes, tibias.

The problem bio-mechanically though is that when you lengthen approximately 5 cm or more on tibias they start cutting into your ACL and stuff like that to release tension. There is also the fibular bone next to the tibia that is also being lengthened but isn't controlled as easy. In general tibias are a mess to lengthen.

Your ratios seem perfectly natural and as you say, it is probably an optical illusion due to your lower legs being thick/muscular. I would say that if you are serious about gaining height and doing this surgery then do 5-6 cm femur internal, recover and move on with life. So many horror story's with tibia's it isn't worth it imo.
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 2:51 pm
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I would recommend pure external over LON, becuase if with LON method there is a deep bone infection( osteomyelitis) is a mayor complication. But yes with LON you will have the fixator much less time. Internal tibia is a lot more expensive.
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 2:52 pm
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Quote from: billsmafia on July 14, 2021, 07:11:04 AMYou look great. Whats your current height

Im around 169cm Lenghten 5-6 cm Femur or Tibias
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LL2022
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Posted on Jul 14, 2021, 2:59 pm
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Quote from: TheDream on July 14, 2021, 07:19:11 AMFrom a purely aesthetic point of view then yes, tibias.

The problem bio-mechanically though is that when you lengthen approximately 5 cm or more on tibias they start cutting into your ACL and stuff like that to release tension. There is also the fibular bone next to the tibia that is also being lengthened but isn't controlled as easy. In general tibias are a mess to lengthen.

Your ratios seem perfectly natural and as you say, it is probably an optical illusion due to your lower legs being thick/muscular. I would say that if you are serious about gaining height and doing this surgery then do 5-6 cm femur internal, recover and move on with life. So many horror story's with tibia's it isn't worth it imo.

It seems like most people lenghten tibias above 5cm, just does seem unworthy to go through something so invasive for below 5cm I guess...
Also based on my recent measurements my proportions would be more ideal compared to similar femur lenghtning. And the internal femur procedure is more than 2x the price of LON tibias...

Arghh it's a difficult decision. I might need professional consultation to make up my mind 😅
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John wick
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Posted on Jul 16, 2021, 2:15 pm
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What's your inseam?
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LL2022
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Posted on Jul 16, 2021, 3:33 pm
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Approximate 78,5 cm, it depends on how "hard" I push the book up my crotch to measure lol.

I have remeasured my Tibia and femurs and I think I got more accurate measurements now. Tibias ~34cm, femur ~43,5cm
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