@scarface 170/168 being short is subjective to your benchmark/life/environment. I'm around 168 now, but if I went from 5cm less to my current height I would probably be alot more content than I am now. No hard feelings, I wanted to clarify because a 5'4 or below hearing 168 is short can be destructive, 168 could well be average in many regions.
@scarface 170/168 being short is subjective to your benchmark/life/environment. I'm around 168 now, but if I went from 5cm less to my current height I would probably be alot more content than I am now. No hard feelings, I wanted to clarify because a 5'4 or below hearing 168 is short can be destructive, 168 could well be average in many regions.
Quote from: carpetendro on October 13, 2020, 04:31:41 PMI know I could do 3" on one of my legs but as I mentioned my arms are short so wearing 2" shoe lifts makes my arm look short but not noticeably short. If I do 3" it would be noticeable and if I add 2/3" more then I'd look terrible. I'm just really unlucky to have short arms and height. There's also long term effects. I don't believe that doing 2" LL won't affect me in the future, in fact I've already come to accept that I will but doing more would definitely fk me up when I'm older. I can always earn more money and do LL on my tibia/femur but I can't shorten it. That's my reasoning anyway.
Sum time a man has to weigh whether they want proportions or staying short. I wud take shortish arms and 5'6 anyday over being 5'2 4ever. U may disagree but u know best as u are living it
Quote from: carpetendro on October 13, 2020, 04:31:41 PMI know I could do 3" on one of my legs but as I mentioned my arms are short so wearing 2" shoe lifts makes my arm look short but not noticeably short. If I do 3" it would be noticeable and if I add 2/3" more then I'd look terrible. I'm just really unlucky to have short arms and height. There's also long term effects. I don't believe that doing 2" LL won't affect me in the future, in fact I've already come to accept that I will but doing more would definitely fk me up when I'm older. I can always earn more money and do LL on my tibia/femur but I can't shorten it. That's my reasoning anyway.
Sum time a man has to weigh whether they want proportions or staying short. I wud take shortish arms and 5'6 anyday over being 5'2 4ever. U may disagree but u know best as u are living it
Quote from: Tengo on October 13, 2020, 04:47:57 PM@scarface 170/168 being short is subjective to your benchmark/life/environment. I'm around 168 now, but if I went from 5cm less to my current height I would probably be alot more content than I am now. No hard feelings, I wanted to clarify because a 5'4 or below hearing 168 is short can be destructive, 168 could well be average in many regions.
It can be destructive, the thing is you NEED to be mentally strong enough to accept it and move on instead of coping. 5'6 is the most someone can reach, fine, let's Play all the cards we have and focus on other things.
I'm around 169 and I live in India where the average is supposedly 5'5" and I feel like 70 - 80% of my people in relevant income and age group are taller than me, so I imagine the situation to be worse in western countries
Quote from: Tengo on October 13, 2020, 04:47:57 PM@scarface 170/168 being short is subjective to your benchmark/life/environment. I'm around 168 now, but if I went from 5cm less to my current height I would probably be alot more content than I am now. No hard feelings, I wanted to clarify because a 5'4 or below hearing 168 is short can be destructive, 168 could well be average in many regions.
lol wait what? Why would you be content 5 cm lesser than your height and you're still considering LL?
Quote from: Scarface on October 13, 2020, 04:54:00 PMlol wait what? Why would you be content 5 cm lesser than your height and you're still considering LL?
I think he meant if he was NATURALLY 163 and gained +5cm with LL he would be content with 168.
He is 168 now, and not content.
The action of doing LL can have a huge effect, even if the height after is still short. Doing the action helps mentally alot. That's why SOME 5'1 dudes do LL to 5'4 and are quite alright with life after. The fact they went thru the action of getting taller, helps the mental. paley and Rozbruch both mention this alot. even if it's legit a 3 cm gain, psychologically it can be enuf to cure neuroiss. Sometimes.
Quote from: Scarface on October 13, 2020, 04:47:52 PMI doubt from my own unassessed priori judgement that it would make that much of a difference, and @OverrideYourGenetics has short arms as well and doesn't look bad at all proportionally. Also if the choice was to move from very short to closer to normal range or preserve proportions the choice is very clear to me.
I can't speak for anyone else just myself. Believe me I've contemplated what you've said and I'm not going to do quads until I do bi's first.
Quote from: ghkid2019 on October 13, 2020, 04:48:45 PMSum time a man has to weigh whether they want proportions or staying short. I wud take shortish arms and 5'6 anyday over being 5'2 4ever. U may disagree but u know best as u are living it
Well for me the arms would look noticeably short at 5'6, like hilariously short so I'm fine with just 2" on one segment of my legs for now and like I said if I wanted I could always do more but I can't do less. If I do quads I will definitely face problems when I'm older. I just don't believe that nothing will happen to my body after such a big surgery, it's literally changing your bio-mechanics, how can it not? I want to be active and do physical sports which quads will definitely hinder my ability to do so. I've seen the people who did quads and they do no run properly. What's the point of being taller if you're semi-disabled when you're 30/40/50? Might be a gamble some of you are willing to make but not me.
thank you , thank you. ima do simultaneously and ill show you how its done boysss
Quote from: ghkid2019 on October 13, 2020, 04:57:57 PMI think he meant if he was NATURALLY 163 and gained +5cm with LL he would be content with 168.
He is 168 now, and not content.
The action of doing LL can have a huge effect, even if the height after is still short. Doing the action helps mentally alot. That's why SOME 5'1 dudes do LL to 5'4 and are quite alright with life after. The fact they went thru the action of getting taller, helps the mental. paley and Rozbruch both mention this alot. even if it's legit a 3 cm gain, psychologically it can be enuf to cure neuroiss. Sometimes.
Yes this is exactly what I mean, the new height gain will give you a new perspective on life and to others a new perspective on you, no matter your starting height, obviously the more taller the more universally accepted you are, but maybe you dont need to be universally accepted, maybe only that additional 15% of the population that respect you more for your new height is enough to fuel your confidence and height wont be the main issue.
168 is average to above average in many asian/african/south american countries; it is kinda short if you want to surround yourself with europeans only, but you could be in your own bubble in europe of people from shorter countries and height wont be your main concern at all.
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