Hello all.I am a new member,this is my first post.As the title and my username suggests it,I have a pretty uncommon "flaw" :I am a male being at 5'1'' (wait for it...now you can laugh!),who considered leg lenghtening on many occasions,but..I am already out of proportion,and this gives me a hard time.
My legs are SO much longer than my torso,I wear pants like my 6' friends and I have a similar(or even smaller) sitting height than children.Plus long arms.You can imagine how I look.So what solutions do I have in this matter,because add even one inch on my legs and people will think that I am a giraffe,wait actually I am 
And the fact that I am a male even worsens things,usually women are long-legged,but imagine a short little wimpy girl being TALLER than you,and also when you sit next to her at a desk she towers over you.
I was thinking along the lines of lenghtening my torso somehow,though I don't know if it's possible.I heard that some people with very slouched/bent backs and scoliosis/kyphosis etc could actually gain a few inches from surgery.My back is pretty slouched and bent tbh,my spine forms an "S",but I don't really know if I too could gain a few inches from this type of surgery.
I am very depressed because of my body,I'm wandering "Why me?",and if I had a longer torso and short legs than LL would be an option.But now...I don't really know what to do.I await your suggestions,please help me out.
Thanks!
You should definitely look into scoliosis treatment in case you have that, it could potentially give you some inches like you mentioned.
There is also glucosamine sulphate supplement that might increase you torso with a couple cm by taking it daily for some months if you are lucky, most people only gain some mm from it though.
I'm like You but with the only difference , i am 5'10 and My femurs are noticeably longer than my tibias, check your proportions between legs, because in clothes u can hide that as you say your arms are long so femurs would be an option because in clothes , they will hide part of your femurs and lengthening them will make for it
Quote from: Wannabegiant on June 19, 2014, 03:05:06 PMYou should definitely look into scoliosis treatment in case you have that, it could potentially give you some inches like you mentioned.
There is also glucosamine sulphate supplement that might increase you torso with a couple cm by taking it daily for some months if you are lucky, most people only gain some mm from it though.
I don't think I have scoliosis,even though my back is not very straight,it forms an "S" if you look from the side.
I looked up glucosamine and it seems promising:glucosamine+stretching daily could add an inch or two in height,so it's worth trying out,thanks.
If you post a picture of your proportions, we will be able to give you advice that is less generalized and more specific to your case. Good luck. I hope safe torso lengthening techniques emerge soon for people such as yourself, but, realistically, I don't see it happening for at least a decade. There just isn't a market or medical need for it on a large scale.
Quote from: Hallijah on June 19, 2014, 03:09:11 PMI'm like You but with the only difference , i am 5'10 and My femurs are noticeably longer than my tibias, check your proportions between legs, because in clothes u can hide that as you say your arms are long so femurs would be an option because in clothes , they will hide part of your femurs and lengthening them will make for it
Well you are lucky to have that height.You're not tall,but you aren't a dwarf like me.Yes my arms are long but so are my legs,especially my femurs:just to give you an idea,when I bend down in a certain position to tie my shoes,my femur is approx. two times longer than my torso,and my tibias are pretty long in relation to my body,but significantly shorter then my femurs.To be honest,I don't think that a leg lenghtening surgery might do any good,it would do more harm and although I already look comical,LL would make me look like a child of a spider and a giraffe.Gosh Just out of curiosity,did you ever measure your sitting height?
Go and get evaluated by a spinal orthopaedic surgeon. If you have a slouched back then you may gain several cm or inches by developing a proper posture. I don't know if there is any surgery to treat a slouched back but there are certain back and shoulder exercises/stretches to correct it. But as I mentioned before, it is best to see a orthopaedic surgeon.
do an x-ray of your side back to see if you have kyphosis, and ask a spine surgeon about it
How old are you? If you are under 21, there's a decent chance that your spine will grow a lot more, naturally, as long as you maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle.
What's worse? Having a very short torso in comparison to the rest of your body or being very short? That's up to you to decide.
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