Femur or tibia with LON

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I'm male, my height 1.57. Age: 40

I'm thinking of having bone lengthening with the LON method.
I'm thinking of only one surgery. Do not think of second surgery.

But I'm confused. 

Both bone of my leg are the same size. (femur and tibia)

Tibia:
+ It looks longer than femur. (aesthetic image from the outside)
+ Pain less than femur.
- Less lengthening than femur. (- 2-3cm)
- Bone recovery and healing longer than the femur.

Femur:
+ More than Tibia lengthening (+ 2-3cm)
+ Bone recovery and healing faster than tibia.
- It's more painful than tibia.
- Very long femur, poor aesthetic.


What bone do you think? femur or tibia ?


Which is healthier in the long term? (walking, running, activity etc.)


Thanks.

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With stryde for femurs recovery is usually the best . Since you're 5 2' roughly , I'd suggest you get stryde femurs done. At 5 5' you'll see a marked difference and you'll be taller than the majority of women. This will do wonders for your self esteem as a male.

If you're worried about proportions post some mock-ups in the proprortions  section of the forum. It's really a case by case basis sort of thing.

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Thank you for the answer.

stryde can not do, very expensive

Which region I want to know gives better results and which is healthy (which problem the balance of the body, etc.)

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is any one did four surgeries like wrist surgery and humerus and femur and tibias?

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Quote from: tanerjames on August 05, 2019, 03:39:10 PMThank you for the answer.

stryde can not do, very expensive

Which region I want to know gives better results and which is healthy (which problem the balance of the body, etc.)

Femurs are definitely the healthiest option. If you can't afford stryde then look into precise 2.

However if you want to do tibias then externals are technically the safest , however ,the recovery time is extremely long and you'll be wearing the frames until bone consolidation has occurred.

For internal tibias such as LON the recovery time is significantly shorter but there is a high chance of permanent knee pain according to data collected. Permanent knee pain occurs in roughly 80% of cases. I don't think the knee pain is severe though.

The nice thing about doing tibias is that you don't really need to worry about proportions . Adding 5cm to the tibias won't majorly affect your proportions.

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how long it takes on average for 5cm on tibia with external?

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From my knowledge 9-10 months

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for 5cm? jesus christ

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Quote from: loud on August 05, 2019, 05:52:56 PMfor 5cm? jesus christ

To remove the frame from the day of the surgery, prob less than that like 8 months.

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but according to the diaries here some people did 8cm in 9 months, I was expecting 6 months for 5cm