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Undergoing tibia current height 160cm undecided between plus 4 or 5 cm

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nomad13
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Posted on Nov 17, 2019, 11:53 pm
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I am in lengthening phase in LON i lengthened 3cm so far, looking at my tibia and femur now they look proportionate to me, considering i am 160 it be shame to stop at 3cm so thought fine let's do 4cm but if i push for one more considering its just one, am scared of looking disproportionate in tibia considering i am 160cm pre-surgery am afraid that 5cm be enough of height to make it obvious that my tibia are long than rest.

Appreciate your opinions

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short
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 12:00 am
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What was your starting inseam?
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Ghostfish
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 12:35 am
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Hi nomad
Good job!  I think your proportion looks fine at least until now.  It is hard to think it will be much worse after another 2 cm. 
I also think that proportion is not that important or critical.  We came here to get rid of height dysphoria.  Don't push yourself to proportion obsession.  Do 5cm at least then think about proportion at that time.
Good luck!
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Montreal172
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 4:52 am
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But that's not LON.
And you can do 5 and do femur years after if you want.
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nomad13
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 5:03 am
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Quote from: short on November 18, 2019, 12:00:31 AMWhat was your starting inseam?

I think you mean starting height it's 160cm

Quote from: Ghostfish on November 18, 2019, 12:35:10 AMHi nomad
Good job!  I think your proportion looks fine at least until now.  It is hard to think it will be much worse after another 2 cm. 
I also think that proportion is not that important or critical.  We came here to get rid of height dysphoria.  Don't push yourself to proportion obsession.  Do 5cm at least then think about proportion at that time.
Good luck!

Thanks Ghostfish I am thinking to go 5cm as am just 160cm at start, but somhow your mind does f*up with proportions and all that

Quote from: Montreal172 on November 18, 2019, 04:52:09 AMBut that's not LON.
And you can do 5 and do femur years after if you want.

Dunno what you mean by its not LON there are different kind of frames if you are wondering about it rest i won't be increasing my height further with another surgery, cause then it be too obvious for my family and I don't want that
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short
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 11:29 am
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No, I ment inseam length.
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nomad13
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Posted on Nov 18, 2019, 7:33 pm
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Quote from: short on November 18, 2019, 11:29:11 AMNo, I ment inseam length.

I have never measured it, will measure it and update
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dunghuynh2227
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Posted on Dec 4, 2019, 9:40 am
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dont worry much . im 162cm and take 6,5cm. when i put clothes on it look normal . when your calf get bigger it will look normal
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Posted on Dec 4, 2019, 10:13 am
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I like the work of your doctor, looks clean and professional. This is making me consider him for my surgery.
As for proportions, you went under the knife to become taller, Height>Proportions. I am pretty sure any lengthening less than 7 cm won't look bad no matter what your original proportions were.
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Posted on Dec 6, 2019, 7:00 am
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Quote from: Cloudo on December 04, 2019, 10:13:00 AMI like the work of your doctor, looks clean and professional. This is making me consider him for my surgery.
As for proportions, you went under the knife to become taller, Height>Proportions. I am pretty sure any lengthening less than 7 cm won't look bad no matter what your original proportions were.

Thanks Cloudo and Dung, I uploaded xray in my dairy I think i would have reached some 4.7 to 4.8cm in height already I stopped lengthening as of now, I might lengthen some 1 or 2mm before frame removal(next week), wasn't an easy journey but looking back I don't regret it and it was needed would have blamed myself if I hadn't gone through this. I started taking more calories and I do workout(upper body) don't know if it helped my calves are better then they used to be(in mid lengthening phase) or may be its may be slight inflammation, in proportions it doesn't look as bad
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