Leg lengthening and feeling fake afterwards

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I've just been thinking. Would most people feel fake afterwards? Wouldn't that nagging thought of, "these people are only my friends/ respect me because of my height"? Perhaps I'm wrong. I was so sure of getting this done, and now I'm really questioning the sanity of it. Am I really this insecure? Wouldn't most of my friends after the surgery not be genuine? And if they found out this big SECRET, they would find me vain, no?

Had to get this out there. Any opinions or experiences? And to all that have gotten this surgery, I meant no offensive, I'm just really questioning everything right now.

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I don't find it much different than people who are only friends with others because of money, fame, special connections, etc. If I were a multimillionaire, I would not think of doing this procedure at all. Some may say in that case "people only respect you because of your money", well to me it's no different than people only showing respect because of height. It's really fickle bs in either case.

I will say that being short has made me a cynical person in terms of how I view the human race.

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I consider those 3 inches of bone in my tibiae to be more me than any other part of me.  It's an achievement of mine rather than something I was born with.  I'm 5'10, not some 5'7 guy who had surgery.  My old short body was the fake one.

That's how I look at it, anyway.

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When I put my lifts on. I feel much more attractive, powerful,  and better about myself. Looking good makes a person feel good.

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I'm considering LL, but I doubt I'll go through with. In terms of feeling "fake" afterwards, I'm torn, I think I'd feel bad that I had to resort to changing myself. I'm really trying to accept myself, but it's hard ... It's overall just a lose-lose situation. I hate being short, but I'd also hate having to change myself. I know it's not the same, but my older sister got breast implants and ended up having to get them removed due to her feeling like she betrayed herself giving into society's ideals. I'm close with my sister, so I'm trying to adapt that same kind of thinking, but my god it's hard. I don't know if LL would make me happy though. This turned into a mini rant, but I get where you're coming from tbh.

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Quote from: jamesizu on December 31, 2013, 08:30:40 PMI've just been thinking. Would most people feel fake afterwards? Wouldn't that nagging thought of, "these people are only my friends/ respect me because of my height"? Perhaps I'm wrong. I was so sure of getting this done, and now I'm really questioning the sanity of it. Am I really this insecure? Wouldn't most of my friends after the surgery not be genuine? And if they found out this big SECRET, they would find me vain, no?

Had to get this out there. Any opinions or experiences? And to all that have gotten this surgery, I meant no offensive, I'm just really questioning everything right now.

Nothing fake about it, it's still your bone, it's still you.

People talk of plastic surgery being fake but almost everything we do as a result of technological and medical advancements in that case is fake.