Most of member here need CLL to continue life. But some here have height neurosis (like me)
I think that when i reach 185cm(average for Dinaric Alps 185.6 cm) i will not ever worry about height, and i will not compare my height with other people.
So i was wondering does after CLL your height neurosis have gone? Or after CLL you still comparing your height to other people?
I don't think it'll be gone so easily, but it will hopefully be much easier to accept your own body and its size. I myself am below average and if I do 5CM I will be slightly above average -only that is huge in and of itself.
Unless you get to average height, no, height neurosis will not be gone. I am still below average, I am still objectively short. And that is just not ok with me.
So, unless you're already a good starting height and can make it to average in one surgery, OR you're prepared (financially, physically, and emotionally) to do two LLs, this surgery will not change the fact that you are still short.
I myself am getting myself ready for round two next year. I am excersing like a mad man and stretching like a ballerina. I will not stop until I am average height.
5'4.5 to 5'7 was huge for me. Like Yellowspike said, I don't know if my height neurosis would truly go away at 5'7 though since it's still objectively short in the USA, and it's exacerbated by the fact that I'm still the second shortest of my half-siblings, with two sisters being taller than me still. I would consider a femur lengthening, but only if I make a recovery to the point where I'm not limping or still having random pains, and I'm still not there yet.
The good thing for you Kilo is that you already got the harder one (tibias) done first. If you can afford internal femurs, it will seem like a cakewalk to you. Tibias take an eternity. If it weren't for that, it'd be a no brainer for me to do tibias, but I just don't have the time with my career taking off.
I have to either suck up tibias someday, or just settle for 5'9" for one more inch from femurs. Given my career, I'm heavily considering the latter option. 5'9" is ok, and more safely in the average "zone" even if that too is a bit below average.
I disagree halfway with YellowSpike. I think everyone has a certain height in their minds that would help relieve 80% of their annoyance at least. 5'5 guys want 5'8 and 5'8 guys want 5'11. The stories they read somehow end up gravitating towards and convincing them that the height they have in mind is right.
People don't seem disappointed after an LL, so I'm guessing they do feel satisfied.
Quote from: Penguinn on August 31, 2015, 05:44:20 PMI disagree halfway with YellowSpike. I think everyone has a certain height in their minds that would help relieve 80% of their annoyance at least. 5'5 guys want 5'8 and 5'8 guys want 5'11. The stories they read somehow end up gravitating towards and convincing them that the height they have in mind is right.
People don't seem disappointed after an LL, so I'm guessing they do feel satisfied.
Before, I just wanted to be a somewhat respectable height. But as someone who is above average in most other facets of my life, being below average height by more than little bit just isn't ok with me. I'm not saying it hasn't been an improvement, it has, but I am still short, and there's no way around that.
The few 5'10" guys on here who want LL are short for their respective countries. But if you can get to average height for your country, chances are, you're going to be fully satisfied. There's a difference between the scenarios of achieving average height (no longer being objective short) versus not (still being objectively short).
The average male height in India should be about 5'7, but I'd be happy with 5'5.
Note: People insist India's average male height is 5'5, based on a 10 year old survey. Said survey takes into account the 30% Indian population below the poverty line. I'm talking about the kind of people I meet daily, my generation which is well nourished.
Quote from: YellowSpike on August 31, 2015, 05:31:18 PMThe good thing for you Kilo is that you already got the harder one (tibias) done first. If you can afford internal femurs, it will seem like a cakewalk to you. Tibias take an eternity. If it weren't for that, it'd be a no brainer for me to do tibias, but I just don't have the time with my career taking off.
I have to either suck up tibias someday, or just settle for 5'9" for one more inch from femurs. Given my career, I'm heavily considering the latter option. 5'9" is ok, and more safely in the average "zone" even if that too is a bit below average.
How much time are you able to spend putting your career on hold for recovery? Would an inch or so in your tibiae be too long of a wait period for you even if you were to use the LON method?
Exactly. Whike back even i argued concerning this topic, indian male teen's average height wud easily be 5'9
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