Quote from: Sean Connery on March 05, 2015, 08:19:13 PMI think people are largely correct when they say cosmetic lengtheners are a little nuts when you consider how many things can go wrong and how long it takes to get a few extra inches of height. I guess i'm a little crazy too.
Yeah, we are all a little nuts, that's for damn sure. 
Crazy, yet also ambitious. A good combo for those with success on their mind.
Not a problem if you do epidural anesthesia. I've been researching the effects of anesthesia on the brain for a while (since I'm going to have surgery in the near future) and the risks are higher on older patients. The risk for young people is only about 8% to develop memory loss 3 months after surgery, and there's no indication that the effects are permanent.
Its crazy, but not as crazy as spending your one life in a body you aren't happy with.
http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.aspx?Id=2636
that article is just to get you up to speed on the issue.
if you do your research you will find 2% of epidural patients get permanent back pain for the rest of their life.
the exception is epidural during labor which increases it to 8% with permanent back pain.
QuoteThe report concluded that of every hundred women who have an epidural during labour, eight will `develop long-term backache as a direct consequence.'
Quote from: programdude on March 07, 2015, 05:50:40 PMIts crazy, but not as crazy as spending your one life in a body you aren't happy with.
And this is exactly why I did LL after a year of mulling it over. Regardless of the all the risks, I knew I'd ultimately never fully get over the height thing.
Quote from: YellowSpike on March 08, 2015, 04:35:58 AMAnd this is exactly why I did LL after a year of mulling it over. Regardless of the all the risks, I knew I'd ultimately never fully get over the height thing.
Same here; even though I could probably live a great life only being about 5'6.5-5'7", it still is going go bother me that I never reached my natural height of 6'0+.
Quote from: ReadRothbard on March 08, 2015, 06:58:08 PMSame here; even though I could probably live a great life only being about 5'6.5-5'7", it still is going go bother me that I never reached my natural height of 6'0+.
Do you know for sure that your "natural height" was supposed to be 6'+?
Your starting height isn't that bad, actually. If I were 5'7" to begin with, I don't know if I would have felt the need to do LL. If you get ripped and dress nicely, as long as you're not ugly (not saying anything about you, just in general), you can do totally fine. I don't know, most 5'7" guys I know don't appear all that short to me. I think it's 5'6" and below when guys start appearing very short, regardless of their build or how they dress. LoL I mean hell, after LL, I'm a friggin' inch taller than you, so 5'7" can't be all bad!
Quote from: YellowSpike on March 09, 2015, 01:14:29 AMDo you know for sure that your "natural height" was supposed to be 6'+?
Your starting height isn't that bad, actually. If I were 5'7" to begin with, I don't know if I would have felt the need to do LL. If you get ripped and dress nicely, as long as you're not ugly (not saying anything about you, just in general), you can do totally fine. I don't know, most 5'7" guys I know don't appear all that short to me. I think it's 5'6" and below when guys start appearing very short, regardless of their build or how they dress. LoL I mean hell, after LL, I'm a friggin' inch taller than you, so 5'7" can't be all bad!
Well, my mother is about 5'6 and my father 6'0-6'1, so my predicted height at birth was about 6'0. My growth curve between ages 0-2 and ages 2-13 would've put me at a predicted height of exactly 6'1.5". The only thing that changed was that I suddenly fell off my growth curve after age 13. Before age 13, I was in the 97th percentile of height; afterwards, I fell to the 10th percentile.
Quote from: ReadRothbard on March 09, 2015, 01:54:13 AMWell, my mother is about 5'6 and my father 6'0-6'1, so my predicted height at birth was about 6'0. My growth curve between ages 0-2 and ages 2-13 would've put me at a predicted height of exactly 6'1.5". The only thing that changed was that I suddenly fell off my growth curve after age 13. Before age 13, I was in the 97th percentile of height; afterwards, I fell to the 10th percentile.
That's rough man. I can see how you feel robbed of being a certain height. I was always short and well below the curve for guys my age lol. My mom is like 5'1" and my dad is 5'6" if he's lucky...so I never had a chance lol I'm lucky I wasn't even shorter to begin with. 't just didn't bother me until I started to date and hook up with girls. But it always bothered me from around age 15 and out.
You must be logged in to post a reply.
