Quote from: nomad13 on November 17, 2019, 11:53:22 PMI 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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As a former fellow 1,60m guy I encourage you to lengthen 4,9cm - 5cm if your Achilles tendons allow it. 2mm more will not make a difference proportion wise. And in frames or right after frame removal your tibias might look weird, thin and long but with time your calves will get a bit bigger again and your tibias will look normal. In the end you know that you have tried the safe maximum and won't regret it. I had stopped at 4,3cm (full externals) and months later when it was still possible because of my slow consolidation I tried to lengthen up to 5cm. I haven't measured myself but it can be possible that with my second surgery (LATN) I might have lost a few mm again.
Undergoing tibia current height 160cm undecided between plus 4 or 5 cm
Quote from: Great321 on December 06, 2019, 09:57:56 AMAs a former fellow 1,60m guy I encourage you to lengthen 4,9cm - 5cm if your Achilles tendons allow it. 2mm more will not make a difference proportion wise. And in frames or right after frame removal your tibias might look weird, thin and long but with time your calves will get a bit bigger again and your tibias will look normal. In the end you know that you have tried the safe maximum and won't regret it. I had stopped at 4,3cm (full externals) and months later when it was still possible because of my slow consolidation I tried to lengthen up to 5cm. I haven't measured myself but it can be possible that with my second surgery (LATN) I might have lost a few mm again.
Thanks for motivating words Great321, I am going as you did, am lengthening my left leg now to catch up right, once am done with it, will lengthen some 1 or 2mm for both, so I be 5cm, it doesn't look as bad now, retrospect I use to wear boots and my tibia use to look small now it should look some better
thought i should update this thread too, I stopped at 5.51cm as per xray, which should be around 5cm in real height even if i consider imperfection in xray measurements, I am happy with what I achieved feels my tibia is still in proportions.
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