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Quote from: sickofbeingshort on April 03, 2018, 06:21:50 PMI apologize if I came at you too strong. I'm honestly tired because this is going nowhere and people are not helping much. The last thing I need right now is for someone to tell me I can't and I shouldn't. I'm not living in India, and I'm not Indian. Read this and this, speaking truthfully most people who live in cities do have better quality of life, allowing them to grow to their full potential and there's no denying that. I can't really show you the statistics because that would give me out, but it is what it is, I have no reason to lie, even to myself. Speaking the truth, I am indeed the shortest among my friends and acquaintances.
 
And that is the reason why I'm dying to perform LL. People have been mocking my height my whole life.

I apologize for my tone. It's clear you're new and don't know much yet. 15cm is considered an insane amount, as I've tried to tell you. It's in no way safe.

Nothing in LL is safe, but there are "safer" high thresholds: 4cm~5cm for tibias, 6.5cm~8cm for femurs. However, this is all about cutting your bones and slowly pulling them apart over months, then expecting a healing that will take years to fully heal, and may require additional surgeries, depending on method. 8cm femurs is basically only considered possible with with the best internal device in the world at the moment, Precice II. It'd be crazy to do 8cm femurs on a bad external device, for example. There are many other complicating factors to take into account regarding CLL. Anyway, the point is 15cm is essentially over the maximum limit if you still want to achieve your goals: a normal, bipedal life in Europe.

QuoteAnd that is the reason why I'm dying to perform LL. People have been mocking my height my whole life.

Okay, I'm specially sorry for this one. I didn't even you expect to apologize after your last post. I thought the model thing was just a further showing of a lack of self-awareness. The model industry is bs and extremely heightist, and it doesn't stop at height. For men, you need to be tall, have perfect shoulders and a "model face". It's not you - it's the vast majority of men, and most likely every single member here.

To try to help you further: the Information About Limb Lengthening section of the forum has many valuable threads, and reading diaries in the patients' diaries section is of utmost importance to prepare yourself and go through a successful CLL.

Remember this is the most extreme cosmetic procedure on the planet. It's banned in China. It shouldn't be taken lightly.

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Quote from: myloginacct on April 03, 2018, 06:41:45 PMI apologize for my tone. It's clear you're new and don't know much yet. 15cm is considered an insane amount, as I've tried to tell you. It's in no way safe.

Nothing in LL is safe, but there are "safer" high thresholds: 4cm~5cm for tibias, 6.5cm~8cm for femurs. However, this is all about cutting your bones and slowly pulling them apart over months, then expecting a healing that will take years to fully heal, and may require additional surgeries, depending on method. 8cm femurs is basically only considered possible with with the best internal device in the world at the moment, Precice II. It'd be crazy to do 8cm femurs on a bad external device, for example. There are many other complicating factors to take into account regarding CLL. Anyway, the point is 15cm is essentially over the maximum limit if you still want to achieve your goals: a normal, bipedal life in Europe.

Yeah...I'm way too irresponsible towards my own body to the degree where I don't care about the dangers that are about to come. But it must feel good being a tall Asian that breaks the stereotype over there. It will definitely build my confidence for sure, which is going to help me out with a lot of things. I understand that being tall things might not turn out the way I want it to be, but I have one less thing to worry about for sure.

QuoteOkay, I'm specially sorry for this one. I didn't even you expect to apologize after your last post. I thought the model thing was just a further showing of a lack of self-awareness. The model industry is bs and extremely heightist, and it doesn't stop at height. For men, you need to be tall, have perfect shoulders and a "model face". It's not you - it's the vast majority of men, and most likely every single member here.

To try to help you further: the Information About Limb Lengthening section of the forum has many valuable threads, and reading diaries in the patients' diaries section is of utmost importance to prepare yourself and go through a successful CLL.

Remember this is the most extreme cosmetic procedure on the planet. It's banned in China. It shouldn't be taken lightly.

No you don't have to apologize, it's all on me as I was the one who was rude first. I'm usually polite and behave normally (well being an Asian you're cane to be one otherwise you don't get your bowl of rice) but when it comes to my height I just get very insecure and sensitive about it, it's a really personal topic for me, I'm really sorry. I used to model for a local apparel company once when I was a kid, they had this spring collection campaign going on and that's when my mom signed me up to be a temporary child model. I'm pretty white and fair skinned, and I don't look like the typical locals you see at here(all the Asian stereotypes don't apply to me), which really stood out from people of my race and they value white more than anything, that's why I had the upper-hand when I auditioned to model for the campaign. But things have been pretty rough now, I have to support my family but at the same time I need a flexible job so that I can support both my brother and I through university. An agent from a local model agency saw my pictures on my social media page and he emailed me to apply to become a model. Knowing that I'm not tall enough (this was last year when I was 18), I told him my height. He proceeded to apologize and told me that their min. height requirement is 180 cm. I know it's kinda contradicting like I need money but at the same time I want to perform LL (which costs around the same of my degree), but I do hope that good things will come from it.

I'm so glad we have this conversation and I actually learned more than what I thought I would have. It's really factual and comprehensive, you're very well versed about LL. Thank you.

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Quote from: sickofbeingshort on April 03, 2018, 08:10:22 PMYeah...I'm way too irresponsible towards my own body to the degree where I don't care about the dangers that are about to come. But it must feel good being a tall Asian that breaks the stereotype over there. It will definitely build my confidence for sure, which is going to help me out with a lot of things. I understand that being tall things might not turn out the way I want it to be, but I have one less thing to worry about for sure.
No you don't have to apologize, it's all on me as I was the one who was rude first. I'm usually polite and behave normally (well being an Asian you're cane to be one otherwise you don't get your bowl of rice) but when it comes to my height I just get very insecure and sensitive about it, it's a really personal topic for me, I'm really sorry. I used to model for a local apparel company once when I was a kid, they had this spring collection campaign going on and that's when my mom signed me up to be a temporary child model. I'm pretty white and fair skinned, and I don't look like the typical locals you see at here(all the Asian stereotypes don't apply to me), which really stood out from people of my race and they value white more than anything, that's why I had the upper-hand when I auditioned to model for the campaign. But things have been pretty rough now, I have to support my family but at the same time I need a flexible job so that I can support both my brother and I through university. An agent from a local model agency saw my pictures on my social media page and he emailed me to apply to become a model. Knowing that I'm not tall enough (this was last year when I was 18), I told him my height. He proceeded to apologize and told me that their min. height requirement is 180 cm. I know it's kinda contradicting like I need money but at the same time I want to perform LL (which costs around the same of my degree), but I do hope that good things will come from it.

I'm so glad we have this conversation and I actually learned more than what I thought I would have. It's really factual and comprehensive, you're very well versed about LL. Thank you.

Your goals are quite ambitious, to say the least, but I've gotta say I'd love to hear that some member of this forum managed to become a model for these bs companies and industries through CLL. Just spitting and cheating over their height requirements in their faces. And they'd never know. If they did end up knowing, it'd be even better. How would they even react, I wonder? They'd probably keep the model around just out of fear of bad PR.

And yeah, hearing your story I can understand you better. The child and adult model industries are completely different...

Kinda ridiculous that these companies have become this heightist even in SEA, though. I'm guessing you're from Singapore. Even Western models can make it at 179cm as long as they have good faces and bodies. I don't think most Western Models are over 190cm, either.