If you're sure that Accutane stunted your growth, you can try going to Dr. Rozbruch. I hear that unlike other doctors, he tries to find excuses to make insurance cover the surgery, including hormonal deficiencies.
http://www.limblengthening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/STATURE-2019.pdf
Hey dude you sound very similar to me.... power hour that crap and get the dough to get this done. thats my plan... peddle to the meddle no looking back
Quote from: HobbesTheDog on April 30, 2020, 09:33:55 PMIf you're sure that Accutane stunted your growth, you can try going to Dr. Rozbruch. I hear that unlike other doctors, he tries to find excuses to make insurance cover the surgery, including hormonal deficiencies.
http://www.limblengthening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/STATURE-2019.pdf
It probably didn't even stunt my height by a centimeter, but we will never know for sure. Accutane has a higher affinity to close the growth plates in the lower limbs and I don't think I'm lacking in leg growth. I took a low dose for only about 2 months and probably missed doses often. I was about 5'4 and puberty was just about Tanner 5, yet I still managed to squeeze out a good 2 inches afterwards. I probably just take after my 5'1 mom while my taller brother looks very similar to my dad. Just a genetic difference I guess. Still sucks being the shortest male in my whole family across 2 generations.
I do have low HGH as of a blood test that came back last year. I wonder how long I've had it like that, because it was very high when I was 11. Trying to get it sorted out for reasons other than height but my doctor keeps deflecting my issues. He's the same doctor that just shrugged off my height concerns when I was a teen.
I would like to do a small surgery to bring me up 3-4cm kinda like this picture. This guy has proportions similar to me and his natural height is almost like mine. I know it's not a lot and most of you think it won't help but I beg to differ. I am very aware of my thoughts and understand that this small height increase will make me feel complete. I don't care that it's still kinda short, I'm really doing this for my self image not for the way others perceive me.
I view leg lengthening for me as the last resort right now. I am still quite young and don't want to make rash decisions before my sense of self / brain is done developing. I hope this will just end with me accepting myself the way I am and moving on. I don't have the data to back it up but I'm sure the amount of people insecure about their height/image has skyrocketed in the new generation because of social media.
If therapy doesn't help after a few years then I know you guys will be waiting for me over here 
Is that you on the left? Or is that a different person who did LL and its a before/after of that person?
I mean if those are your proportions (left image).. those legs dont look oddly long compared to the torso (according to the photo)
Quote from: marathonrunner on May 01, 2020, 08:19:13 AMIs that you on the left? Or is that a different person who did LL and its a before/after of that person?
I mean if those are your proportions (left image).. those legs dont look oddly long compared to the torso (according to the photo)
That is a different person. F it.. I'll just post myself.
Made a thread: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=65044.msg173725#msg173725
Quote from: HobbesTheDog on April 30, 2020, 09:33:55 PMIf you're sure that Accutane stunted your growth, you can try going to Dr. Rozbruch. I hear that unlike other doctors, he tries to find excuses to make insurance cover the surgery, including hormonal deficiencies.
http://www.limblengthening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/STATURE-2019.pdf
Wouldn't you have to have dwarfism or very severe growth stunting for him to get insurance to cover it? I doubt he would do that for most people, it'd get dismissed as an excuse for most normally short heights. This guy is 168cm, still short but I doubt he could get any insurance coverage for LL at that height.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 29, 2020, 07:14:11 PMI personally doubt that there's a combination of pills and words that will make you or anyone else in their early 20s stop caring about being looked down upon literally and metaphorically. Memories of being a victim make you continue to worry about becoming one again, so it's even worse that you were bullied to the extent that you were.
Unfortunatley, a skinny 5'6 guy and a skinny 5'7 guy are equally good targets in most predators' eyes so I don't think your 3cm plan will help. But fortunately, based on the short duration of time you took the medication and your brother's height, your actions probably stunted your groth less than that even. So stop blaming your past self for getting you into a situation that you'd be in now anway regardless of what you had done back then. Think only of the future.
What I've found is that with age comes acceptance, both self-acceptance and from others. By the time you're in your mid-30s you'll probably stop caring as much about all this superficial stuff. And when you look older, people who see you will judge you less based on your physical attributes than what you've learned and done with your life. Most doctors don't even start practicing medicine until their 30s; that's why they tell you it's a mental health problem and why LL is so uncommon. They can't relate.
You're in a better situation than I was at your age. You've got a good education, a good job, and can save your money and live a comfortable life. Being well-proportioned seems out of your reach surgically: do you really want to be 5'7 with super long legs and matching surgical scars that intimate partners will expect you to explain? But a good life doesn't seem out of your reach non-surgically. Of course your life would be better if you were naturally tall right now. Opportunities that would go to a 6' you or even a 5'9 you will go to someone else, but those aren't the only opportunities that are out there.
The world is vast and time is your friend, more than it is most people's. I think your situation will improve over time. Patience and willpower are what you need. The best time of most people's lives is their 20s. For you it can be your 30s. It stinks to wait but there's a light at the end of the tunnel and getting to it doesn't require any drastic action on your part.
Hope this is true... hahaha. I've been thinking lately if my desire to do LL is because of a rash decision since I'm only 19 now and whether I should just go on living as a 5.3" lad instead of getting a surgery that would put me in manageable tho considerable debt.
Quote from: ghkid2019 on April 29, 2020, 05:38:45 AM There's no point in fretting about the past when there's not a single person to blame and obviously this won't magically change your mind but it's something to think about. The more you try to think about what "could've," frankly you are just drinking more poison and killing your brain cells for spilling milk.
You're right, you are a subpar candidate for LL right now. People who have become the most satisfied with LL are already successful people in multiple aspect of their lives- I'm talking about people like Movie, Purushrottam, InFullStryde, OverrideYourGenetics (even told all his family and friends before doing the surgery), DoingItForMe, Iamready...
These people have their life set in order pre-surgery, they had the income and had strong social fabrics- they weren't overly depressed about their height and most didn't have general anxiety or depersonalization or whatever crazy schizophernic you have- they simply felt that they needed to cure their height neurosis and this was the only step they could do. I don't know if you're like them or not, but I assume you are in a darker situation, given your substance abuse and heavy depression.
About expectations, it's very likely you won't be satisfied with a 3 cm increase. I will be quite honest that you will still look at yourself as short, 5' 7 is not very different that 5' 6. You go from 15th percentile to 25th percentile. My opinion, but you will still have height dysphoria. 3cm flat out won't fix your mind. Again, my opinion.
I think you should trash your expectations to keep your athletic ability after any amount of lengthening. Height is ultimately causing you to hate life, don't half-ass yourself to try to improve everything, somethings have to go for the greater good.
Should you try to accept your height? Sure. Are any of us who go on this forum able to accept their height knowing that there's a life changing procedure that let's you get rid of the single biggest psychological problem in our life? Not many. Especially considering the fact that Stryde exists and externals aren't necessary anymore- I doubt anyone is not considering LL as a choice to grow taller.
Many people on this forum have gone through therapy- and they will tell you that height dysphoria is something that rarely gets healed from therapy and lives with you throughout your entire life. What you make of these anecdotes is up to you. What I can say is that you should be improving every aspect of your life- even perfecting it- before thinking about going through LL. Otherwise you will come out the other side even worse. I don't think you can actually handle the grueling months of isolation and pain given your medical history as of now. But maybe in the future- if you continue to better yourself.
You want to do it in later 20s eh? Plenty of time. You're 22, you got almost a decade. You quit weed already. You just need to be as honest as possible to your therapist now, and be as honest as possible in your life. Improve yaself, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This is pretty relatable... I drove myself into mental hell thinking about what went wrong when I was younger as I often slept late studying and didnt have the best diet. Irrationally, I resented my family for not giving me more attention for possible hgh treatment and all the 'what-if' possibilities. Or why my ancestors wasn't taller, or if I ate more, or If i slept more.... you get the idea. But it's really like 'drinking poison' and getting into a spiral of self pity and self hate.
Maybe I'll have to set my life together first before getting the surgery. Definitely gotta improve myself. Perhaps Ill get LL in the late 20s as well. I'm not sure yet. But thanks for the insights.
QuoteBody dysmorphic disorder is a mental health disorder in which you can't stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance — a flaw that appears minor or can't be seen by others. But you may feel so embarrassed, ashamed and anxious that you may avoid many social situations.
This only applies when you are 5'9" or above and feel the way you do. But if you're 5'6", you have valid reasons for your feelings towards your height. Especially with a much taller father.
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