Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: lengthenme on December 26, 2021, 03:53:04 PM
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Hi All,
So I am planning to get my femur lengthened for 6-7 cm , but mostly I am going with 7 cm. I am concerned with regards to my arms length if they are going to look off, so I have measured myself like below :
upper arm (humerus) : 30 cm
Forearms : 26-27 cm
hands: 17 cm ( I know they are freaking small)
this leaves me with 73 arm length
My wingspan is 170 cm (but I guess this due to wide shoulders) and height is 166 cm
I would like to know what is the average/normal arm length for 173 cm height and do I need arm lengthening in my case to balance the raitos .
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Hi All,
So I am planning to get my femur lengthened for 6-7 cm , but mostly I am going with 7 cm. I am concerned with regards to my arms length if they are going to look off, so I have measured myself like below :
upper arm (humerus) : 30 cm
Forearms : 26-27 cm
hands: 17 cm ( I know they are freaking small)
this leaves me with 73 arm length
My wingspan is 170 cm (but I guess this due to wide shoulders) and height is 166 cm
I would like to know what is the average/normal arm length for 173 cm height and do I need arm lengthening in my case to balance the raitos .
Average wingspan : height is 1:1
From there it's a bell curve in terms of deviation towards both directions (shorter and longer arms).
Many people are 1 inch off from their height, a bit less are off 2 inches, which I consider to be still within the normal range.
You would be off just a bit more than 1 inch (+2.5 cm) so you're fine going by the numbers - and visually too.
ape index is the keyword you want to look into