Need advice on how much i should lengthen my femur

Hey guys, I need your help. I am going go lengthen my femora with Prof. Dr. Betz in Germany using the Betzbone Nail.
I know I will be out of proportion lengthening only one Region, but maybe it does not look too bad?

Could you guys take a look at my mockup and tell me what lengthening you would advise from an aesthetic perspective?

https://imgur.com/H1iC1zT

My starting values:     Height: 171 cm    Femur: 48,5 cm   Tibia 38,6 cm   Wingspan: 178 cm


Thanks alot in advance!

6cm looks great proportions wise. Maybe 7cm would also be fine. So between 6 and 7 👍🏼

Even 10 cm doesn't look bad.

Thanks for your opinions! The more I look at my mockups the more I think they don't look good. 
I just hope the gain of height does feel and look good and counterbalance the worsening of the proportions.
 

The aesthetic difference between now and +6 is really good.

I can’t really see a difference between +6 and +8.
Femurs look a bit too long at +10.

Also a better probability of a good recovery if you stick to +6 so I would advise that.

Okay thats another vote for +6cm, thanks for sharing your thoughts   

6 is great but let's think about it for a second. You give your time, effort, mind(sincs u focus on the process) and money for a cosmetic surgery like this. In other words, i really think 7cm is better. Aesthetically, close your eyes, and look at only 1 specific mock-up(for example +7 cm). Does it look weird? Hell no
So I say 7cm it is!


Now an extra note, 10cm is okay(would rate it 7/10).If you would want 10 cm you should split it 6+4 (femur-tibia) and it would be a perfectly proportional taller you (also for 99% of people). I would even argue that adding 1cm more to each one (7+5) would be also a nice idea.

A picture with your arms hanging by your sides will be more accurate in terms of determining proportions.
6cm is of course better than the others because it is less. I dont know your height, but imo for any height above 168cm, 6cm is enough as you cross the 175cm thershold

Quote from: Caerulean_Cyborg on August 12, 2022, 06:16:10 PMThanks for your opinions! The more I look at my mockups the more I think they don't look good. 
I just hope the gain of height does feel and look good and counterbalance the worsening of the proportions.

To be honest, with 6cm you look aesthetically better than your current height and proportion.

@Shogun: I totally agree that a split looks better by far from the aesthetic point of view. I also did a 5 + 4 and a 6 + 4,8 mockup (not uploaded here)
Reasons against it are:
- I would have another severe operation (I think Tibia even more severe than Femur)
- healing in Tibia is worse, it would take alot of time doing two regions
- financially it would not be possible doing two regions (at the moment)

But from an aesthetic point of view it does look really proportionate with lengthening both areas, I agree!

@information is power: I don't have mockups with arms hanging down unfortunately (did not do them by myself). My starting height is 171 cm and my wingspan is 178 cm.
I would be 177 cm in height after getting 6 cm (and I have to go one leg 7,2 cm, cause of femur length difference of 1,2 cm. Tibiae are exactly the same length!).
The 175cm threshhold is not the 180 cm threshhold, I know, but I think maybe being 177 cm is still enough to lose my height insecurity. So I understand what you say about reaching at least 175cm is a goal in itself!

 
@Vogel: Wow, that is a statement! If that was true... if the proportional change of +6 cm Femur would even be "better than before" that would be so great! 


I really appreciate the discussion. I think only people with the same or similar issues can really give honest and good advice!