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senk
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 4:14 pm
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Hello everyone, i've been reading and following this forum for quite a long time now, i'm 22 and my height is 170-168 cm, the plan is to do femurs and tibia with Monegal in the next 2 years. My goal is 7 cm total but i think it'll be better to do 4 or 4'5 cm femurs and 3 tibias in terms of proportions and biomechanics. Do you think its a good idea or its  unnecessary? Also my wingspan is 174-175cm so i dont think it will be so off with same heigh to wingspan or -1 at max

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Worzezterlire
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 5:13 pm
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Both surgeries at same time or one after the other a year apart?  I think you might end up not doing two surgeries after the pain of the first if you do them a year apart.  The first one really wears you down.

177ish with a 174-175 wingspan is almost certainly fine.
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senk
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 5:21 pm
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yes, my idea is to do between 4-5 cm femur with Monegal, i think he does 2 stage lengthening(1 leg and then the other), and 1 year later do bilateral tibia for 3 cm to even the proportions. I talked with dr Monegal and he told me that both operations are aroun 64 k
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Thorfinnn
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 5:22 pm
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I would just do one surgery on femurs and get your desired height. Yes 177 with 174-175 wingspan will look fine
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senk
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 5:32 pm
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Thank you for your answer, but my question is that by doing 7 cm  on just femurs theres going to be an obvious disproportion when i see myself nked right?(avoidable with clothes ofc), its just that i want my femur/tibia ratio to look proportional, ive seen so many photos of patient here that only did 5-6 cm femurs and its noticeable.
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TouchTheSkies
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 6:26 pm
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Quote from: senk on June 19, 2021, 05:32:52 PMThank you for your answer, but my question is that by doing 7 cm  on just femurs theres going to be an obvious disproportion when i see myself nked right?(avoidable with clothes ofc), its just that i want my femur/tibia ratio to look proportional, ive seen so many photos of patient here that only did 5-6 cm femurs and its noticeable.

Yeah 5-6cm is the cut off really if u don’t want a noticeable long femur. Some guy did 6.35cm and he looks fine
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senk
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 7:01 pm
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Are mock ups a reliable way to see how i'll look after surgery? if so i will try to do one
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Worzezterlire
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Posted on Jun 19, 2021, 9:08 pm
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I’ve seen 8cm femurs on people starting under 160cm in person.  They looked totally normal.  I don’t believe in “long femur disproportion” anymore after seeing them, and that’s the reason I’m lengthening my femurs the full 8cm.
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senk
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Posted on Jun 20, 2021, 3:11 pm
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I think it's impossible to have a normal femur ratio for someone lengthening 8 cm being under 160, yo won't look look like a freak but definitely a noticeable disproportion
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senk
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Posted on Jun 20, 2021, 3:14 pm
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and what do you think about hand proportions after LL? I personally have smallish hands (18 cm )
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