I can attest, that most short men suffer from too short legs compared to their trunk (sadly, I'm an exception to this).
I think, for men, as long as they don't go above a 50% leg-to-height-ratio, nobody will notice.
Over the past year, I've seen plenty of naturally-grown leggy men who clearly were beyond the 50% mark (mostly tall people) or men who had arms like a T-Rex (all heights).
Their proportions were notably off, but nobody seemed to care. Not even their girlfriend or wife they had with them 
It's just the short guys I never saw or met with a lady.
Women can even lengthen to more then 50%, in most cultures, it's even considered beautiful.
So, if your starting height is less than 165cm, height beats proportions any time.
And if you're taller, proportions still don't play that much of a role as long as you stay within reason and don't eff up your biomechanics.
Quote from: Chris on November 13, 2016, 01:30:00 PMI can attest, that most short men suffer from too short legs compared to their trunk (sadly, I'm an exception to this).
I think, for men, as long as they don't go above a 50% leg-to-height-ratio, nobody will notice.
Over the past year, I've seen plenty of naturally-grown leggy men who clearly were beyond the 50% mark (mostly tall people) or men who had arms like a T-Rex (all heights).
Their proportions were notably off, but nobody seemed to care. Not even their girlfriend or wife they had with them
It's just the short guys I never saw or met with a lady.
Women can even lengthen to more then 50%, in most cultures, it's even considered beautiful.
So, if your starting height is less than 165cm, height beats proportions any time.
And if you're taller, proportions still don't play that much of a role as long as you stay within reason and don't eff up your biomechanics.
Yeah but there's another factor involved. Personal satisfaction with results. I could go back and have them break my femur for another inch and I'm fairly positive from my experience, people wouldn't notice a thing, but I can't imagine lengthening any more and being happy with what I see in the mirror. It's not only me that thinks this way. I know a few other patients who lengthened with me who stopped because of proportions.
Iamready you Will look much better when you add some muscle to your legs. At first with atrophy proportions doesnt look as good as when you recover your muscle mass. But yeah i think for most people around 12 cm is the limit.
I'd only recommend 12cm if you have freakishly long arms or can afford arm lengthening and also put up with the suprising difficulty+pain of lengthening your arms.
Quote from: Iamready on November 13, 2016, 04:24:10 PMI'd only recommend 12cm if you have freakishly long arms or can afford arm lengthening and also put up with the suprising difficulty+pain of lengthening your arms.
So. Are you thinking to do arm lengthening?
What is the MAX do you think one can lengthen and look ABSOLUTELY proportionate and not needing arm lengthening, single section or both sections? That also means looking in the mirror and feeling satisfied like iamready is saying. I am thinking even adding 5cm to your femurs can look oddly long when nked compared to your tibia (disclaimer: opinion only, no bashing!).
Quote from: KrP1 on November 13, 2016, 05:02:20 PMSo. Are you thinking to do arm lengthening?
lets just say I have nails in 3 segments.
Quote from: blahblah on November 13, 2016, 05:24:24 PMWhat is the MAX do you think one can lengthen and look ABSOLUTELY proportionate and not needing arm lengthening, single section or both sections? That also means looking in the mirror and feeling satisfied like iamready is saying. I am thinking even adding 5cm to your femurs can look oddly long when nked compared to your tibia (disclaimer: opinion only, no bashing!).
You put me in a difficult place. I don't know the answer to that. Everyone I know thought my arms looked good at my new height. That's why I think it's up to every individual and how sensitive they are. I think the best thing is to do around 6.5 on the femurs and wear a suit and every different type of outfit, swimwear you have and see if you think you can do more at that point.
Quote from: Iamready on November 13, 2016, 06:55:14 PMYou put me in a difficult place. I don't know the answer to that. Everyone I know thought my arms looked good at my new height. That's why I think it's up to every individual and how sensitive they are. I think the best thing is to do around 6.5 on the femurs and wear a suit and every different type of outfit, swimwear you have and see if you think you can do more at that point.
Good advice, so would you say 6.5cm is safe for the arms not too look short or noticeably short?
Quotelets just say I have nails in 3 segments.
nail: femur, tibia, humerus?
Why the arm lengthening... Was it that noticeable at 11.5cm?
I would think that 6.5 should be safe. My advice is to be aware of it and monitor it during the process. I couldn't because my tibia nails were not weight bearing and after I did the femurs I could barely use the walker so I didn't really have a chance to analyse myself.
There were certain outfits I would wear that brought it to my attention- also while nude- so naturally I did the research and decided go through with it. But because arm lengthening is done in the humerus I am being very conservative to maintain a balance between a satisfactory arm length and not making the humerus appear too long.
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