So I told a couple of my closest friends that I am considering a surgery to become 4-5 cm taller and their first reaction was like : OMG, there is such thing...then I explained what is the procedure like and they absolutely freaked out, told me that I have mental issues (this comes from two guys, one is 181 the other said he never though and care about his height but he was around 172, shorter than me). A couple of days later, a third guy (below 170) messaged me on FB, asking if it was true that I will pay 15 000 euro to have my legs broken and suggested he will do it for 1 000 only and started laughing.
I later on messaged one other girl that I used to be friends with benefits with and I started casually then I told her something along the lines of - you know what, I met a guy today that told me he had surgery to become taller and when I explained what it was like she also freaked out and said that the world is full of crazy people 
So, I was wondering, are we really as crazy as people think or we are sort of perfectionists that the other simply cannot understand ?
I would understand if tall guys make fun of me that I am doing LL but when significantly shorter guys than me react the same way, is it then a potential eye opener ?
Quote from: aspirant185 on January 24, 2016, 01:45:16 PMSo I told a couple of my closest friends that I am considering a surgery to become 4-5 cm taller and their first reaction was like : OMG, there is such thing...then I explained what is the procedure like and they absolutely freaked out, told me that I have mental issues (this comes from two guys, one is 181 the other said he never though and care about his height but he was around 172, shorter than me). A couple of days later, a third guy (below 170) messaged me on FB, asking if it was true that I will pay 15 000 euro to have my legs broken and suggested he will do it for 1 000 only and started laughing.
I later on messaged one other girl that I used to be friends with benefits with and I started casually then I told her something along the lines of - you know what, I met a guy today that told me he had surgery to become taller and when I explained what it was like she also freaked out and said that the world is full of crazy people
So, I was wondering, are we really as crazy as people think or we are sort of perfectionists that the other simply cannot understand ?
I would understand if tall guys make fun of me that I am doing LL but when significantly shorter guys than me react the same way, is it then a potential eye opener ?
I believe that someone at your height who is considering such a precedure is not a perfectionist but rather a narcissist... It's the will to be "perfect". Frankly, I think that for people such as you, this should indeed be an "eye opener" and make you understand that it is deeply wrong to do such a procedure in order to be "perfect"... And btw, perfection does not exist
I need to update my profile. I have always believed, prior to really started researching about LL, that I am 178, based on the accounts of my GP, but I went to another place and I asked now to be measured really professionally and they told me I am 175 (afternoon height, with socks only, no shoes).
I think in that situation the surgery makes sense. I would go from being slightly below average to being slightly above average, moving from around 40th percentile to around 60-65th percentile.
Quote from: aspirant185 on January 24, 2016, 02:00:10 PMI need to update my profile. I have always believed, prior to really started researching about LL, that I am 178, based on the accounts of my GP, but I went to another place and I asked now to be measured really professionally and they told me I am 175 (afternoon height, with socks only, no shoes).
I think in that situation the surgery makes sense. I would go from being slightly below average to being slightly above average, moving from around 40th percentile to around 60-65th percentile.
See it this way... It means that the people you thought are 3cm highier than you (the 181 guys) are actually 178 guys... It didnt change anything. You are still the same height... Just with a different number.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 24, 2016, 02:28:32 PMSee it this way... It means that the people you thought are 3cm highier than you (the 181 guys) are actually 178 guys... It didnt change anything. You are still the same height... Just with a different number.
Regardless of my personal height, whether 178 or 175, 168 or 165, the response would have been absolutely the same so I urge people to keep it secret, even from parents unless you rely for financial assistance from them, as I do.
Quote from: aspirant185 on January 24, 2016, 03:29:55 PMRegardless of my personal height, whether 178 or 175, 168 or 165, the response would have been absolutely the same so I urge people to keep it secret, even from parents unless you rely for financial assistance from them, as I do.
Don't be a little wuss.. Who cares what people think. If you want to do something, then do it loud and proud.
FYI you're 0.5cm off of being average height.. I think you're crazy too.. If I was an average height, I would have never even searched for ways to be taller on Google and would never have been exposed to this forum as a result.... My question for you is; (and this goes for all the 5"9 guys and above) what made you feel like you had to be taller when you aren't considered short? In my eyes you must feel inferior in some other way and this is your way of compensating for it.. E.g. Lack of confidence, not feeling attractive or good enough around the opposite sex, poor social skills.... OR you just like the idea of being 4-5cm taller. The prospect excites you regardless of whether you need it or not........ You aren't short, so you can see why people would assume that you're crazy.... It's crazy for a short guy to do this.... But people understand if you're short.. If you're not short, it's just pure crazy. So dont casually expect people to have any other reaction.
Realy don't tell anyone about this. I sad to my mother and my dad,they make jokes about that for whole month. I couldn't even imagine how i would feel when would my friends know that i am thinking about this surgery.
I do not really understand the taboo about it. From an ethical point of view, this is not to deny his identity as a sex change or not worst either that false breasts or rhinoplasty.
I think it's because for the moment it is a little known operation that scares a little, but there is no small that a person wants to do. After there will be excesses, bad doctors or people who want 1.80m to 2m
The problem stems from the idea that if one decides to do that, he is perceived to lack confidence and have complexes about his self. In some occasion, like mine, people think I am a narcissist. The problem is further aggravated when people realize how much pain you go through with this , hence, the lack of confidence and associated complexes are even more serious. That is why it is best to keep that secret. I will tell ppl if they ask where I am that I need to have a knee surgery and it will take me 4-5-6 months to recover and will give example how soccer star recover the whole season.
Growing up I was a tall kid and when anybody came to me asking about height... I was always like who cares... Even now, I have awkwardly longer arms and 3 inches gain would make me look more natural.. so when I read about people considering arm lengthening.. I always laugh at them.. you know why ?? because I don't have the insecurities of having short arms after ll or small torso...
When I told my dad (5'11'') about ll.. he couldn't understand.. why ?? so then I asked him to bend his knees, to get the same height as me (5'6'') and walk around.. my torso and wingspan is pretty much same as him.. so that gave him a good idea of how I feel everyday.. and Now my father is the biggest supporter with my ll..
ps - do not tell your friends about ll.. It doesn't matter how close you are with them... family is still family.. even if you get in a fight with your father or brother.. they won't go behind your back telling other people about your ll..
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