Quadrilateral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Quote from: CCMidwest on June 29, 2016, 05:51:17 PMIamready,

In one of your videos you mention that you were going to make a video of your comments and concerns about the Paley Institute. Do you still plan on doing that?

I will do that once my rods are out, .

I tried on my boots today- I have 3 pairs of the same one- and wore some outfits to see if I can utilize these shoes going forward. I think they look fine.
Wearing wider pants help.  Excuse the beer gut, I didn't realize my shirt was see through.

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As always, thank you for blessing us with pictures of your body. Greatly appreciate you feeding into my obsession with it.

I must say I really like the one with jacket. Looks nice with the longer legs. Model like.

Cheers!

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I agree with others on you looking like a natural whatever height you're at. Congratulations.

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I am just imagining it, or are your chest and shoulders bigger post LL?

I assume it's from using the walker?

Of course you just look physically bigger being taller now, but you look more muscular too.

Really appreciate the hard work you've put into this very detailed diary, since a lot of guys quit posting directly after LL. Hope you'll keep us posted on recovery as well.

Edit: Really personal question...

You look good, and proportional, with clothing on for sure. But how do you feel you look nked? Skinny legs and butt I'm sure, being so soon after LL, but what about leg to torso proportions?

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In response to CCMidwest.  Without clothes, I honestly feel like I look like an athlete from the front on position.  But from the side, because I have no ass, I won't even comment.  I'm eating everything I can to get my big booty back.

Oh yeah, chest and shoulders.  The walker helps maintain muscle in the upper body.  It's a combination of me losing some weight and using specific muscles that assist me with moving with the walker that have affected my shape.

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Wow dude you look great! And you're standing unassisted now! Hows the recovery going? Do you still feel pain or taking pain meds?

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The leg to torso ratio is off but that can easily be dealt with using clothing, the arms do look short but that's to be expected as going from 5'5 obviously you won't have a 5'10 guys wing span. I think it's really brave to post these shots as other patients will post stuff but they will wear clothes to hide their proportions. You had typical proportions prior to surgery so you are an excellent example for guys who think they can get away with a large amount on one segment. It was good foresight to divide your lengthening into two segments and your tib/femur ratio looks excellent.
Everyone will be somewhat disproportionate after surgery and in your case going from from 5'5 to 5'10 was worth it. I am typically quite harsh in terms of proportion and compare the after lengthening results to people who are naturally 5'10 so I'm sure some forum members will disagree with my assessment.

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Imho the arms are more of the problem rather than torso/legs ratio still not that bad considering that he was 5'5.

Quote from: theuprising on July 01, 2016, 10:06:51 PMthe arms do look short but that's to be expected as going from 5'5 obviously you won't have a 5'10 guys wing span.

A lot of short people have bigger wingspans than their height take me for example im standing at 166cm with 175cm wingspan(and im not really a broud shoulders type of a guy).

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What was your wingspan before surgery?

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Hi Iamready

You look great!!  I really admire you for such a determination and honesty.  You are a true inspiration and I will follow your path someday.  Just one question for you.  I remeber that you were suffering from an electric shock like pain from some kind of surgery.  Do you still have it or at least is it getting better?

For other guys, I know this is a forum for discussing anything related to LL.  However, don't be too much obsessed with the proportition.   That would be not helpful for you guys to get over height neurosis.