Does height neurosis gone after LL?

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Quote from: theuprising on September 02, 2015, 03:17:22 PMEvery person on these forums who do big lengthening always believe they are the exception to the rule. What is your sitting knee height after doing 8cm on tibia? My point is compared to a guy who is naturally 172cm you are proportionally smaller in all your other bones and body parts even more so compared to the 180cm guy. Being short is unattractive but having that body on stilts look is even worse. There is no way I'd view some awkward looking taller guy as being more dominant than a guy who is shorter than him.

Of course my knee height is more compared to a guy who is 172 cm! This is just logical The point is: No one in the real world notices! But people notice my height. That is for sure. If any veteran on this forum got rejected from a girl or did not get a job or a promotion because of his knee height/weird proportions then I will say you are right! I highly doubt that something like this ever occured. But ask how many people got bad comments about their height or did not get a girl because of his height.

My point is: As long as you dont overdo it no one ever notices your proportions. Height wins over proportions as long as you dont overdo it.

There are some people with naturally weird proportions but NO ONE ever noticed that outside of this forum.

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Quote from: jfk on September 02, 2015, 03:38:29 PMOf course my knee height is more compared to a guy who is 172 cm! This is just logical The point is: No one in the real world notices! But people notice my height.

They do notice they just don't mention it, just like you don't tell a person who is kind of ugly that "hey, you got a weird face, your proportions are all off". Sure they won't deduce that you've had surgery done and they might very well view you as normal but you won't look as good as someone who naturally grew to your new height.

If your face became slightly more assymetrical right now would peaople call you out on it? No, but they would notice, if only subconsciously.

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Quote from: Uppland on September 02, 2015, 04:15:57 PMThey do notice they just don't mention it, just like you don't tell a person who is kind of ugly that "hey, you got a weird face, your proportions are all off". Sure they won't deduce that you've had surgery done and they might very well view you as normal but you won't look as good as someone who naturally grew to your new height.

If your face became slightly more assymetrical right now would peaople call you out on it? No, but they would notice, if only subconsciously.

^This^

Once again it's only on LL forums that people think that the rest of the world is oblivious to the fact they look different to a person naturally their post LL height. Women in particular notice these things and if they think people aren't noticing it's delusional. The people who have naturally weird proportions may have really long arms for example. LL patients tend to have bodies in a category all their own. I've seen patients go from 165cm to 180cm and that type of body simply doesn't happen in nature.

The trade off with LL is looking more like a person who is naturally taller but gaining less height or gaining more height but looking further from what is a normal human body.

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Quote from: Uppland on September 02, 2015, 04:15:57 PMThey do notice they just don't mention it, just like you don't tell a person who is kind of ugly that "hey, you got a weird face, your proportions are all off". Sure they won't deduce that you've had surgery done and they might very well view you as normal but you won't look as good as someone who naturally grew to your new height.

If your face became slightly more assymetrical right now would peaople call you out on it? No, but they would notice, if only subconsciously.

You are right I would not say anything. But if you ask someone you trust they would tell me.

How often did you look at someone who had LL and thought he looks as if he never has done LL? I do, very often! What I want to say is if you do not even see that someone had LL how could other people? Most people I saw after LL look pretty normal to me.

So you say they do notice. I say they dont. That is why I asked people who know about the surgery and would tell me if the proportions were off. They say it looks pretty normal to them. Do all of them lie? I say they dont notice. Most of it happens in YOUR head.

Before you knew about this operation and site, how often did you see someone and thought: He has strange proportions?
I never have. Not a single time.

People just dont pay attention that closely to these things. 

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Quote from: theuprising on September 02, 2015, 06:19:05 PM^This^

Once again it's only on LL forums that people think that the rest of the world is oblivious to the fact they look different to a person naturally their post LL height. Women in particular notice these things and if they think people aren't noticing it's delusional. The people who have naturally weird proportions may have really long arms for example. LL patients tend to have bodies in a category all their own. I've seen patients go from 165cm to 180cm and that type of body simply doesn't happen in nature.

The trade off with LL is looking more like a person who is naturally taller but gaining less height or gaining more height but looking further from what is a normal human body.

I can only repeat: Normal people dont notice and even if they do you would not see you any different.

I have a friend who I know for a long time. Since I knew about this site and read about proportions I noticed that he has pretty long arms. He is 186 cm and has very very long arms in my opinion. I never noticed that before. It is because I never paid attention to it. It is not delusional. How do you know people notice? Tell me one example how you know.

It is true that we are trading off. I gained 8 cm and my knee height is unusually high. But that is a trade off I love to do for more height

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Quote from: jfk on September 02, 2015, 06:55:49 PMI can only repeat: Normal people dont notice and even if they do you would not see you any different.

I have a friend who I know for a long time. Since I knew about this site and read about proportions I noticed that he has pretty long arms. He is 186 cm and has very very long arms in my opinion. I never noticed that before. It is because I never paid attention to it. It is not delusional. How do you know people notice? Tell me one example how you know.

It is true that we are trading off. I gained 8 cm and my knee height is unusually high. But that is a trade off I love to do for more height

No one except us(LL forum) will not care about proportion. But i think it is better to be average height for your region and 15cm shorter armspan than be 15cm under average with great proportion.

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After a certain point of lengthening your proportions become noticeable.

As in I'm 5'2, have kinda short legs. I'll look fine lengthening to 5'5, but 5'8? Come on, I'm not that naive.. I'd look like a dwarf on stilts lol. After 5'5 my proportions start going downhill. Be honest and find the right mark for yourself.

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 02, 2015, 07:43:41 PMAfter a certain point of lengthening your proportions become noticeable.

As in I'm 5'2, have kinda short legs. I'll look fine lengthening to 5'5, but 5'8? Come on, I'm not that naive.. I'd look like a dwarf on stilts lol. After 5'5 my proportions start going downhill. Be honest and find the right mark for yourself.

No man,don't have  problem with proportion becuse my armspan is 9cm longer than my height,and have short legs.

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Quote from: Want More on September 02, 2015, 08:06:53 PMNo man,don't have  problem with proportion becuse my armspan is 9cm longer than my height,and have short legs.

Lucky you. Everyone has a mark beyond which they look weird though.

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I think the mindset of the height neurosis lives on even after LL.  I'm still comparing myself to other peoples' heights and still jealous of or even intimidated by taller people.  However, it's gotten much better because there are fewer people taller than me now.  I'm not always the shortest person around anymore.