Quote from: Johnson1111 on July 15, 2018, 02:45:37 PMNot when you're under 5'6".
If you're under 5'6", chances are your tibias are noticeably smaller than those belong to average-sized male so once you lengthen the femurs, your tibias would become abnormally small, not just to other men's tibias, but also to your own femurs.
Thanks for your replies. So it seems that the problem is indeed not so big as I thought. Anyway, I always wanted to lengthen both femurs and tibias although some doctors say that its okay to lengthen only the femurs. Nevertheless, I want the proportions of longer femurs and longer tibias to be right balanced and of course increase more heigh in total. During my consultation I met a guy who only had lengthened the femurs 7-8 cm and with clothes on, it looked quite normal, not conspicuous. He said to me he was happy and did not desire a tibias lengthening. So I guess also nked it has to look acceptable for him. He also mentioned he did not want to spend more money for another surgery. But that was only one of two people I have ever met after such a surgery. Its not representative. The other guy lengthened all limbs and standing next to me he was quite tall now, ca. 185 cm. I was quite impressed, the only drawback his arms looked very short to me. I thought oh a human T-rex. Of course, I paid close attention to that, acutally. Maybe if you dont know the background it does not seem to be so noticeable for others.
Quote from: mrblack on July 15, 2018, 05:11:37 PMHe said to me he was happy and did not desire a tibias lengthening
I did femurs with Dr. Paley, but during my initial consultation, I told him I was interested in quadrilaterals. He told me just to do femurs because ~80% of people were satisfied with just that increase, and to come back afterwards if I still wanted the tibias done.
And you know what? While doing both would have put me at my desired height, honestly, I'm not sure it's not worth it.
Quote from: FormerKidd on July 15, 2018, 05:17:59 PMI did femurs with Dr. Paley, but during my initial consultation, I told him I was interested in quadrilaterals. He told me just to do femurs because ~80% of people were satisfied with just that increase, and to come back afterwards if I still wanted the tibias done.
And you know what? While doing both would have put me at my desired height, honestly, I'm not sure it's not worth it.
How many cms do you do?
Well the question is whether all of these patients are 100 % satisfied or dont want to undergo such a complicated procedure again. Tibias lengtheing is particularly even more complex.
I did 6.5 cm femurs with Paley. The proportions are not obvious at all. Only people who know about LL would know, and thats a very small subset of the overall population.
Quote from: Purushrottam on July 15, 2018, 07:45:12 PMI did 6.5 cm femurs with Paley. The proportions are not obvious at all. Only people who know about LL would know, and thats a very small subset of the overall population.
so even nked its not a problem f.e. a new girlfriend would not notice it?
Quote from: mrblack on July 15, 2018, 08:20:55 PMso even nked its not a problem f.e. a new girlfriend would not notice it?
The scars, yes but they are fading. But the proportions no. In my experience no one noticed.
Quote from: mrblack on July 15, 2018, 05:31:58 PMWell the question is whether all of these patients are 100 % satisfied or dont want to undergo such a complicated procedure again. Tibias lengtheing is particularly even more complex.
I suspect both are true. Also, I look at it from an investment perspective - I'd have to spend just as much time and money, and I'd probably get half what I'd get from the equivalent surgery on the femurs.
Quote from: Bruce Wayne on July 15, 2018, 05:24:50 PMHow many cms do you do?
About 6 1/2, the same as Purushrottam
Hello budy, how are you ? I will use my measurements to make it easier to understand.
The final proportion will depend on its current proportion, biologically the femur is the longest bone in the body getting up to 59% higher than the tibia, but in my case I have the femur ratio 50% and tibia 50% (42cm and 42cm ) then a stretch in the femur of 8cm would be femur50cm and tibia 42cm the proportion would still be femur 54% and 46% lukewarm my proportion would still be normal.
Another very important issue is the wingspan, in my I am 1.78m tall and 1.84m wingspan, and most importantly my relaxed arms down are in the middle of the length of my femur,
if I stretch it 8cm it still gets propocional below the waist, for people with arms up to the waist the final proportion with pernar longer can get strange even.
so take your measurements, do the calculations and take photos, edit the photos to get an idea of how the final proportion can be. 
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