I'm sorry to have to say this.
I don't understand why you're insisting that you look good. I've met you in person, and several patients have pointed out, right to your face, that your arms didn’t look quite right—even before you did the tibia lengthening. It's risky to tell others that everything looks good when it really doesn't. You almost couldn't hold your crutches properly because your arms were too short compared to your leg length.
Now, with the tibia lengthening, it’s bound to look even more disproportionate, like a T-Rex.
It seems rather arrogant to keep saying, again and again, that you think you look good and that everyone else has said the same. That's simply not true.
I’d suggest you post a picture and be open to receiving genuine comments from people about how you look, rather than just ignoring the reality.
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Thank you for this diary, people are being way too over-analytical with the proportions, no one apart from this forum cares, in reality, no one gives a crap.
Part of the reason why people lengthen is because their height insecurities, the disproportion between wingspan and height does come into effect at a certain point and can become an insecurity itself. I kept it at a 1:1 ration based on my wingspan and current height, and I'm glad i stopped where I did.
People are giving their honest opinion of someone they actually met and to others that are considering this procedure should see, good or bad feedback. People will notice this so called over analytical perception, if you're standing next to them at same height but you arms are 5-6 inches shorter than theirs and you have tiny hands.
Quote from: JaceDevana on October 08, 2024, 04:50:49 PMI'm sorry to have to say this.
I don't understand why you're insisting that you look good. I've met you in person, and several patients have pointed out, right to your face, that your arms didn’t look quite right—even before you did the tibia lengthening. It's risky to tell others that everything looks good when it really doesn't. You almost couldn't hold your crutches properly because your arms were too short compared to your leg length.
Now, with the tibia lengthening, it’s bound to look even more disproportionate, like a T-Rex.
It seems rather arrogant to keep saying, again and again, that you think you look good and that everyone else has said the same. That's simply not true.
I’d suggest you post a picture and be open to receiving genuine comments from people about how you look, rather than just ignoring the reality.
I am not sure if you have really met me as from the patients I have met there was just one who had this opinion. In fact I have met with some after the second surgery as well and they did not see it like you said. Also I am pretty sure that those would have the decency to tell it in person to me instead of posting it in an anonym forum… Anyway I am not here to get ratings on a forum which is super analytical and sensitive on proportions due to their research. I am here to share my experience in lengthening. I think the most will always „destroy“ some of their proportional figures, either the wingspan to body ratio, t/f ratio or leg to body ratio when they are doing this surgery. The majority will start from normal figures, that’s fact. In my case it is the wingspan to body ratio which was 1:1 before the surgery, so „normal“. However even now I am far away from T-Rex arms, I can functionally do everything like before….
But, I had not a normal leg to body ratio before the surgery which is now in particular in the perfect range according to most studies. So, if I would have to chose between having to short legs compared to my body height or having a decent leg to body and healthy t/F ratio with slightly short arms compared to my peers, I would go again for those surgeries. Before the surgery the people looked at me because I was really short and had short legs compared to my body. It is not that I had problems with that, I had always good portion of self-confidence, probably even too much as I have never seen me as being too small. However, I have noticed that now I don’t raise any attention when I am walking in public.
That’s why I say, I look good
What counts for me is the real life and the before after comparison.
Quote from: Taller90 on December 04, 2024, 06:34:39 PMI am not sure if you have really met me as from the patients I have met there was just one who had this opinion. In fact I have met with some after the second surgery as well and they did not see it like you said. Also I am pretty sure that those would have the decency to tell it in person to me instead of posting it in an anonym forum… Anyway I am not here to get ratings on a forum which is super analytical and sensitive on proportions due to their research. I am here to share my experience in lengthening. I think the most will always „destroy“ some of their proportional figures, either the wingspan to body ratio, t/f ratio or leg to body ratio when they are doing this surgery. The majority will start from normal figures, that’s fact. In my case it is the wingspan to body ratio which was 1:1 before the surgery, so „normal“. However even now I am far away from T-Rex arms, I can functionally do everything like before….
But, I had not a normal leg to body ratio before the surgery which is now in particular in the perfect range according to most studies. So, if I would have to chose between having to short legs compared to my body height or having a decent leg to body and healthy t/F ratio with slightly short arms compared to my peers, I would go again for those surgeries. Before the surgery the people looked at me because I was really short and had short legs compared to my body. It is not that I had problems with that, I had always good portion of self-confidence, probably even too much as I have never seen me as being too small. However, I have noticed that now I don’t raise any attention when I am walking in public.
That’s why I say, I look good
What counts for me is the real life and the before after comparison.
Hello taller90 with both of your surgery did you have any no-union problems?
Quote from: I want 8,07 cm on December 04, 2024, 11:05:06 PMHello taller90 with both of your surgery did you have any no-union problems?
Not so far and even the tibias have almost growth together. Think they will recover fully as well with the time going on
For me the clicking was the same. The first couple of days has been difficult to learn it but not really painful having your daily painkiller level anyway. The clicking mechanism is the same just that you are doing the rotation with your feet. Easy going and much easier then at the femurs.
Was pain fully gone in a few weeks?
Hey Taller
Its been now 3 years from your femur LL. How is it going right now? Still any issues with that or nothing at all?
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