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Bigpoppapump
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 8:46 pm
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The lengthening will vary from person to person your body doesn't give a sh@t about percentages or formulas you have come up with.

These ridiculous percentages/formulas individuals come up with in here are proof that these people are clearly not wired up right and should not be doing this surgery.

The proportion police are severe body neurotics/dysphoriacs its proper medications they need not surgery.

'Oh if I lengthen 8cms il have lengthened 'x' percentage of my tibia which will make my tibia/femur ratio 'x' amount blah blah blah. Trust me when you cannot walk properly or are hobbling about on crutches for a year the last thing on your mind will be your fkn wingspan or ratios
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YourSpaceBoyfriend
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 8:53 pm
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Yes because there is no difference between lengthening 5cm and 10cm.

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The Kaiser
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 8:55 pm
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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on November 04, 2016, 08:53:26 PMYes because there is no difference between lengthening 5cm and 10cm.

there are people with 7 cm and fked up and some people with 9 cm and doing very well. so it depends on your body mostly then numbers
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 8:57 pm
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Quote from: The Kaiser on November 04, 2016, 08:55:11 PMthere are people with 7 cm and fked up and some people with 9 cm and doing very well. so it depends on your body mostly then numbers

Funny, because people that end up with problems are people who lengthen more than 6cm.

Absolute coincidence right?
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The Kaiser
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 8:59 pm
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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on November 04, 2016, 08:57:47 PMFunny, because people that end up with problems are people who lengthen more than 6cm.

Absolute coincidence right?

i said it clear "depend on your body". even 5 sometimes a problem and you should stop before. just follow your body thats it
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 9:06 pm
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It'd be awesome if we could get a reputable doctors input on this. I beleive the 5 to 6cm limit is not for the bone. It is for your soft tissues. Once they stretch beyond 5 to 6 cm, you start losing more and more function.

Its also hard to gauge peoples recovery because some people don't care about athleticism. They grow. If they can walk they are content where as other people feel LL crippled there life because they can't run like they used to even though they can walk just fine or even run moderately.
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Bigpoppapump
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 9:08 pm
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There's zero debate with this the more you lengthen the bigger the risk! As for the folk who have done 9-12cms per segment give it a decade and let's see what shape they are in. And as for the folk that have done both segments and done in excess of 15cms trust me youl be glad you are not them in future.
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BiggestProblem
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 9:22 pm
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I never said that there was any magic formula. I am just saying the the "under 6cm tibia and you will be safe" will most likely not apply if you are 150 and have really short tibias. So when setting a goal for yourself. Remember, I am talking about goals. Doing it % wise is a better way.

And also, since most people don't get the big issues before 5cm which is under 15% for most people. Setting a goal of 15% on each bone would be wise for me.

For an example @YourSpaceBoyfriend, your goal is 6cm femur and 4cm tibia. Doing the math most likely it would be wiser to do less femur and more tibia. Since your femur is not 50% longer than your tibia. (Not attacking you just taking your goal as an example since I think it's a very good and realistic one.)

This is just estimates as I find the math fun, and people with an iq over 105 will understand that.
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 9:43 pm
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How is 15% 8-10cm?
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Bigpoppapump
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016, 9:50 pm
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Quote from: BiggestProblem on November 04, 2016, 09:22:59 PMI never said that there was any magic formula. I am just saying the the "under 6cm tibia and you will be safe" will most likely not apply if you are 150 and have really short tibias. So when setting a goal for yourself. Remember, I am talking about goals. Doing it % wise is a better way.

And also, since most people don't get the big issues before 5cm which is under 15% for most people. Setting a goal of 15% on each bone would be wise for me.

For an example @YourSpaceBoyfriend, your goal is 6cm femur and 4cm tibia. Doing the math most likely it would be wiser to do less femur and more tibia. Since your femur is not 50% longer than your tibia. (Not attacking you just taking your goal as an example since I think it's a very good and realistic one.)

This is just estimates as I find the math fun, and people with an iq over 105 will understand that.

Sorry pal I wasn't having a go I'm just trying to point out that these formulas just don't mean anything. Il give you two examples, two guys I met in Beijing one was 164 and the other 172cms starting heights the first lengthened 5cms the second 5.5cms. The first said he felt the safe range on his tibias was 4cms and he has problems to this day, the second one got 3.5cms removed as his feet didn't move and running was virtually impossible. These 'safe ranges' are largely made up.

The people here who have claimed to recover their athletic abilities likely had the athleticism of Steven Hawking before they even done this surgery so it's a pointless conparison.
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