Question about single segment vs quad lengthening

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Nobody has ever said I would do quad for 6/7, I am not really keen on looking like a freak with segment significantly longer.

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Quote from: slowed & reverb on September 02, 2023, 08:55:01 PMNobody has ever said I would do quad for 6/7, I am not really keen on looking like a freak with segment significantly longer.

Sorry, let me rephrase.

It’s pretty retarded to do quad for 9 cm.

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Im not even gonna try to argue with height obsessed lowbrain like you. If you consider overlengthening and risking your own legs for extra 5cms not a big deal, you honestly dont deserve them.

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Quote from: slowed & reverb on September 03, 2023, 12:20:09 AMIm not even gonna try to argue with height obsessed lowbrain like you. If you consider overlengthening and risking your own legs for extra 5cms not a big deal, you honestly dont deserve them.

In what world is doing a whole other surgery (technically two because of rod removal) safer than doing one?

In what world is fking with your femurs + tibias safer than just fking with your femurs?

By your own admission, your desire for quad stems primarily from aesthetic concerns (which are very likely overblown unless you already have long femurs).

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If you think that doing 9cms on femurs is better than doing quad for 9cms, you have to be joking. I would say that fking with another surgery to not go 3 more cms beyond the femur safe limit and increase the chances of a) complications, both longterm and shortterm by overlengthening b) looking unproportional af. You might think that none is gonna figure out, but once you take off your long pants I can tell you that youre gonna get weird faces from prople around even at +9cms:)

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Quote from: slowed & reverb on September 03, 2023, 01:30:01 PMIf you think that doing 9cms on femurs is better than doing quad for 9cms, you have to be joking. I would say that fking with another surgery to not go 3 more cms beyond the femur safe limit and increase the chances of a) complications, both longterm and shortterm by overlengthening b) looking unproportional af. You might think that none is gonna figure out, but once you take off your long pants I can tell you that youre gonna get weird faces from prople around even at +9cms:)

Imo long pants actually make the legs look even longer. Shorts is the best way to mask femur lengthening.

I agree though that a total 10cm on anyone would look weird.
Most can get 6cms and look good, less so with 8, basically no one at 10

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agree

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Quote from: slowed & reverb on September 03, 2023, 01:30:01 PMIf you think that doing 9cms on femurs is better than doing quad for 9cms, you have to be joking. I would say that fking with another surgery to not go 3 more cms beyond the femur safe limit and increase the chances of a) complications, both longterm and shortterm by overlengthening b) looking unproportional af. You might think that none is gonna figure out, but once you take off your long pants I can tell you that youre gonna get weird faces from prople around even at +9cms:)

I’m saying just do 8cm on femur. You’re very hung up on the number 9 for some reason. 8 is safe for femurs (but absolutely not for tibias).

You’re vastly underestimating this surgery and you’re also underestimating how much worse tibias is than femurs.

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Quote from: breakmylegs on September 01, 2023, 07:27:10 PMBased on my long term lurking in this sub, Quad lengthening is not only gonna keep you crippled for longer, but Tibias are also full of complications, and do you really want to risk tibia problems while your femurs are completely broken?

Many before you have been given this advice, but I'll repeat it:
Lengthen your Femurs first, heal and rehabilitate then come back for tibia lengthening.
You'd be 5'10 after femurs anyway, 5'11-6' in shoes, and your proportions would look amazing.

Just my opinion.

Cheers for the input. Makes sense to do them separately.

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Quote from: TheDream on September 01, 2023, 07:59:48 PMI dont think anyone would notice or suspect 6 cm tibias even at a pool.
The main reason for splitting it into quad would be to restore the 0.8 tibia to femur ratio as going away from this ratio has shown to cause health problems long term. Also reducing chances of ACL, ballerina etc. from going 6 cm tibia.
But the minimum quad Id say is 3.2 tibia + 4.0 femur so you keep the 0.8 tibia to femur ratio afterwards.

What sort of long term health problems are you referring to? Cheers