Hello, I am a 22 year old Indian Male born and live in the UK. I want to get limb lengthening surgery due to multiple factors. I hit 178cm at 14 years old and since then I’ve genuinely not grown, maybe I’m 180-179cm in the morning now but at night time after the gym I’m about 178cm when measured on a stadiometer barefoot.
Due to me not growing since 14. I have been going through some sort of identity crisis. It’s annoying how I went from the ‘tall big guy’ in school as I was well above average height for my age all the way to now being considered too short for most girls to date me. And no it’s not just girls from dating apps, also IRL.
I am an avid gym goer for 2.5 years. Love to lift weights, look big and being strong. I currently SBD 170, 120 and 220 kilograms respectively as a non powerlifter. However I’m afraid if I get the limb lengthening surgery I will never reach those numbers or beyond again. Should I try to max out my genetic limit as possible before getting the surgery so muscle memory will make it easier to rebuild muscle after getting it?
I got quite long legs for my height, short torso, long limbs. But my arms look really long for my height so I’m not concerned about them possibly looking disproportionate.
My desired goal is about 182.5-183cm so just about 6 foot barefoot. I feel like this height it will be barely noticeable I got the surgery from proportions. Should I go for taller if I do get the surgery? Or would this height be good.
Ultimately my question is, should I get the surgery?
22M from UK. I want to get limb lengthening. Thoughts?
The attracting girls bit for me to get limb lengthening surgery is definitely true yes but not the main reason. It’s just frustrating how I thought I’d be 6’2/6’3 based on how tall my family is, especially my other cousins and with confidence I’d be way taller than I am now but nope.
Those 165cm men without issues, what age are they and what region do they live in? Because genuinely I’ve been struggling with the height thing now. I approach girls in the 4, 5 and even 6 foot range but it’s usually that oh you’re a bit too short for me.
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My current height angers me severely everyday to the point I lose sleep over it, struggle to eat and have lost weight due to it, especially because I used to always think I was even taller than I actually was but even with that original height I thought I was, I was unhappy with it.
Even if my dating life was good with my current height I’d still want the surgery no matter what. I don’t think having a girlfriend would make much more secure about my height. It’s like body dysmorphia which I’ve also have to an extent. There’s been many times where I’ve been considering steroids even though I already have a 1% physique. I’ll always have this height dysmorphia though. I just don’t feel like the complete man I want to be with my height. For some people being the complete man may be owning their dream car or own a Rolex or a trophied property but for me in this case it’s also my height.
But yeah with my current height dating is really hard, it might be the area I am from (I’m from London) and also my age which is 22 but like seriously everytime I’m on a dating app (hinge bumble tinder and even the minor ones lol), I’ll see girls of all heights, even 5’1 or lower openly state they don’t want a man under 6 foot. I’ve tried in real life too, I just get told I’m cute but you’re not that tall.
My height angers me so much I’m CONSTANTLY checking my height multiple times a day everyday to see what height I actually am. Seems to be my average height over the day is 179-179.5cm, I usually start off at 180 or 181 even on a good day then can drop down to as low as 178 but that’s because I go heavy at the gym.
It’s also frustrating that I’m in a family where everyone else is really tall, in fact extremely tall considering I’m Indian. the average male cousin is like 6’4 and it’s just a horrible feeling for me getting looked down all the time.
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