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Posted on Jun 8, 2019, 4:24 pm
#1
I have taken pictures of myself. I have nobody to do this for me sadly, so I propped it up about 6-8 feet away from at about hip level. I did my best to make sure the phone wasn't tilted, but it's not perfect. I don't know how much of an effect it can have. It was very small angle if anything. I want to do 5-5.5 cms on my femur. All the measurements that I have self-measured and have posted before have told me it would be fine, but I need to know what the eye test says.

If anybody could please make some mock-ups of 5.5 cms on my femur, it would be much appreciated.

First one was head on

opinions on my proportions?

Second one is taken from the side

opinions on my proportions?

All honest feedback welcome
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Posted on Jun 8, 2019, 4:28 pm
#2
I can't do mock ups but your tibias look very very very short compared to the rest of your body, your legs in general in fact.
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Posted on Jun 8, 2019, 5:03 pm
#3
ah, I feared that possibility. I was really pulling for doing femurs instead of tibias since internal stryde femurs seem to have the best outcome on this forum. It's funny because I self-measured my tibia to be 12.5 inches in comparison to my 14-inch femurs, which gives me a ratio of .89 inches, perfect for femur lengthening. I'm sure that my self measuring has a lot of error in it or the picture is in fact slightly distorted. The final word on my tibia and femur will definitely be when I get a paley consultation and get x-rays to give the true length of each bone.

I knew my legs were a bit short for my body, but I started second guessing that lately. Again final say will be x-ray measurements.

The one thing I don't like about tibias is that it seems internal methods lag behind external methods due to the risk of permanent knee pain associated with internals as opposed to externals.

I believe the safe limit for tibia lengthening is 4cm, correct?
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Posted on Jun 8, 2019, 5:36 pm
#4
5.5 cm for tibia... u will Look funny and feminine when u will lengthen femur...

What is ur ethnicity?
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Posted on Jun 8, 2019, 6:26 pm
#5
'feminine'?

Are long femurs considered feminine now? That's a new one to me.

isn't 5.5 cms a lot for tibias? I personally feel like this surgery isn't worth it for less than 2 solid inches, but I also don't want to push my limits.

I don't know why ethnicity matters, but I'm Mexican
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