5'10 and thinking about getting LL

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Quote from: YellowSpike on February 19, 2016, 03:12:03 PMI agree with this. Unless you're living in the infamous Netherlands/Sweden etc (where the average is apparently 7ft and everyone feels short there)...at 5'10" you're average at worst in almost every other country. You blend in and are taller than almost all women in their heels.

I can understand you wanting to be taller...I would kill to be 6'3"...but I have a hard time recommending this to someone who's 5'10".

I was in Norway and people have not appeared so tall
same for the Dutch, they may be slightly larger than the southern Europeans, but they never seemed so tall as is claimed

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Doing this surgery for clothes , absolutely ridiculous.
You should tell the doctors that you just feel short , else he won't believe you

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Quote from: theophilo on February 19, 2016, 03:18:32 PMI was in Norway and people have not appeared so tall
same for the Dutch, they may be slightly larger than the southern Europeans, but they never seemed so tall as is claimed

5'10, by definition, is NOT SHORT. It's just NOT SHORT. The only reason a guy does LL at that height is a luxury to get to the magical land of 6ft. It's actually somewhat understandable, but I just can't see someone as needing this horrible surgery at that height.

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people here need to understand that there are definition of height that goes by very short, short, average, tall, very tall.. Being average is more than fine. Stop striving for perfection because it does NOT EXIST!
  HECK! There is this Swedish dude (From the land of the giants) that went from 5'8 to 5'10 (added 4.5cm) and said that he is more than happy and that height no longer matters.. If it does not matter to him, it should not matter to you.
  If you have problems with life and being atleast 165 (Women, work, social circles) than your problem is not your physical but mental.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 19, 2016, 04:00:54 PMpeople here need to understand that there are definition of height that goes by very short, short, average, tall, very tall.. Being average is more than fine. Stop striving for perfection because it does NOT EXIST!
  HECK! There is this Swedish dude (From the land of the giants) that went from 5'8 to 5'10 (added 4.5cm) and said that he is more than happy and that height no longer matters.. If it does not matter to him, it should not matter to you.
  If you have problems with life and being atleast 165 (Women, work, social circles) than your problem is not your physical but mental.

Does he have a diary? At 5'10 youre almost 2 inches below the average swede, Sweden did 7,4 cm, still isnt satisfied.

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Quote from: westercoasten on February 19, 2016, 04:08:22 PMDoes he have a diary? At 5'10 youre almost 2 inches below the average swede, Sweden did 7,4 cm, still isnt satisfied.

Yes. His name is "Wannabegiant". He did LL with Bagirov or Barinov

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Not everyone has the same reasons for their height neurosis, if I was born in a short or average tall family I woudn't have thought about LL for sure. I was called short so many times (only by my family) in my life, and 5'10 is still below average for our generation. Another reason is that the most important thing is breaking the 180 barrier in order to be considered average in many countries. It's not a big difference but it just sounds so much better.
I take wbg as my role model for LL, he didn't have to spend tons of money and he ended up happy and recovered. Being greedy is the biggest risk about this surgery imo.

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Alot of people here judging him should really calm down. I'm 5'8 and my height does't bother me so much as my proportions. Having a large upper body means you will always look brutish and can never have that sophisticated balanced look that decently proportioned legs bring.

I understand the majority of the people on this site are smallish people with small hands, feet, and heads but some just have small legs

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on February 19, 2016, 04:38:40 PMNot everyone has the same reasons for their height neurosis, if I was born in a short or average tall family I woudn't have thought about LL for sure. I was called short so many times (only by my family) in my life, and 5'10 is still below average for our generation. Another reason is that the most important thing is breaking the 180 barrier in order to be considered average in many countries. It's not a big difference but it just sounds so much better.
I take wbg as my role model for LL, he didn't have to spend tons of money and he ended up happy and recovered. Being greedy is the biggest risk about this surgery imo.

  180 barrier for me is considered to become tall (in Israel 180cm is considered the perfect male height.. Since our women also do army service they are not as much feminine as in the rest of the world, but in a good way). Here in Italy wearing 3cm shoes and becoming 5'8 I have never ever ever recieved a comment about being short or not tall enough...

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on February 19, 2016, 04:38:40 PMNot everyone has the same reasons for their height neurosis, if I was born in a short or average tall family I woudn't have thought about LL for sure. I was called short so many times (only by my family) in my life, and 5'10 is still below average for our generation. Another reason is that the most important thing is breaking the 180 barrier in order to be considered average in many countries. It's not a big difference but it just sounds so much better.
I take wbg as my role model for LL, he didn't have to spend tons of money and he ended up happy and recovered. Being greedy is the biggest risk about this surgery imo.

5'10 is above the average in many countries
what is your height ?