Lengthening your limbs is a lie!!!

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 8:53 am

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So ive been reading these forums obsessively since i discovered it a week back. I thought "this is badass! you mean i can just throw money at my height problem now?!" Done deal. And i been obsessing over what limb to lengthen and how much and doing mockups and i realized, when trying to figure out at which point my proportions started looking weird (especially in shoes).....that we always look weird.

Why?

Cuz we all kinda look like we're wearing lifts. When a man wears lifts I'm sorry, its obvious. A man looks like he's standing on something, doesn't look any less pint-sized. Has anyone else come to the depressing realization that this surgery is basically 100 000 dollar lifts being surgically added to your legs? It does nothing for the fact that we are all unfortunately small men with small frames.

I came to this conclusion while trying to figure out why i looked great with a modest 5cm increase, but suddenly looked like i was walking on stilts when i put my nike shox on.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 9:05 am

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Because you are overly concerned about proportions maybe?

Also, did you add the shoes to a mock up of lengthened tibias? Because if you intend on wearing "lift" shoes (even boots or air max), lengthening your tibias might not be the best option (but than again, why would you want to wear lifts after LL unless you are like 160-165 in the west).

People putting on lifts is obvious? Since when exactly? Do you think anyone gives a about proportions outside of this forum? Did you think about those before lurking here and thinking about LL? Did you look at yourself in the mirror with lifts or whatever thinking "mmm my legs sure appear long with those on"? I bet you havent spent a single second of these kind of thoughts.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 10:25 am

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Proportions are a massive grey area. Moreover, once your leg lengthens and gains muscle mass, things tend to blend in. If there were hard and fast written rules that males of xxx height have yyy sitting height and zzz leg height, with no exceptions, then it'd be weird.

Quote from: doobiepoo on November 19, 2016, 08:53:47 AMdoesn't look any less pint-sized

Only if you compare a 5'4 person wearing lifts to a 6 footer.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 2:06 pm

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This is really... not accurate at all. The height is distributed to either upper or lower legs.. it looks very different from it being fully distributed to your feet.

Also, 99.9% of people pay no attention to proportions and I have seen on here people being fooleed by tall lanky people who "did LL." And look "severely out of proportion" as well as in real life I've seen many people like that. There was a statistic going around somewhere that a 5'8 'an and a 5'2 man only have something like a 4%!difference in torso length or something insane like that. So it is very possible to be a leggy-person.

Some people even look better than before because they just had short legs.

Of course, then the issue becomes frame. You're still not going to be as "big" as someone naturally your height but at least you can workout to get more wide (can't to get more tall). And even without working out, I have seen some very very shocking photos of how good people can look. Iamready in particular did 10+cm and next to his 5'10 friend he looked incredible.

It sounds to me like you just realized you can't afford this and now you're trying to go for dat cope. Even though plenty of people here have already experienced significant and very real QOL improvements and ease of mind from having gone through this surgery. I think the only "lie" about it is the one you're telling yourself buddy.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 3:05 pm

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 3:05 pm

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it depends on each person. Everybody that knows me before my surgery told me that i look much better now.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 6:31 pm

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Doobiepoo, Did you lengthen your Tibias or femurs?

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 6:33 pm

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on November 19, 2016, 09:05:07 AMBecause you are overly concerned about proportions maybe?

Also, did you add the shoes to a mock up of lengthened tibias? Because if you intend on wearing "lift" shoes (even boots or air max), lengthening your tibias might not be the best option (but than again, why would you want to wear lifts after LL unless you are like 160-165 in the west).

People putting on lifts is obvious? Since when exactly? Do you think anyone gives a crap about proportions outside of this forum? Did you think about those before lurking here and thinking about LL? Did you look at yourself in the mirror with lifts or whatever thinking "mmm my legs sure appear long with those on"? I bet you havent spent a single second of these kind of thoughts.

iunno man when i look at pictures of short celebrities wearing lifts next to people who are naturally taller, the top of their heads line up but everything else looks wrong. they look okay alone but as son as they stand next to someone you can tell. look at pics of tom cruise wearing lifts next to katie holmes. or pics of simon cowell, even in his lifts he looks like a tiny man. i tried to include pics for reference but iunno how yet.

your other point about me scrutinizing too much is valid, cuz you're right i never paid attention to proportions (as much) as i do now. but its one of those things people notice but can't quite put their finger on, its not an invisible problem. women seem to pick up on it more easily, being obsessed with minutia as they tend to be. and lastly yeah, i did look at photos and videos of myself walking around in lifts and thats what made me realize i don't look tall, i look like I'm standing on something lol

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on November 19, 2016, 09:05:07 AMBecause you are overly concerned about proportions maybe?

Also, did you add the shoes to a mock up of lengthened tibias? Because if you intend on wearing "lift" shoes (even boots or air max), lengthening your tibias might not be the best option (but than again, why would you want to wear lifts after LL unless you are like 160-165 in the west).

People putting on lifts is obvious? Since when exactly? Do you think anyone gives a crap about proportions outside of this forum? Did you think about those before lurking here and thinking about LL? Did you look at yourself in the mirror with lifts or whatever thinking "mmm my legs sure appear long with those on"? I bet you havent spent a single second of these kind of thoughts.

iunno man when i look at pictures of short celebrities wearing lifts next to people who are naturally taller, the top of their heads line up but everything else looks wrong. they look okay alone but as son as they stand next to someone you can tell. look at pics of tom cruise wearing lifts next to katie holmes. or pics of simon cowell, even in his lifts he looks like a tiny man. i tried to include pics for reference but iunno how yet.

your other point about me scrutinizing too much is valid, cuz you're right i never paid attention to proportions (as much) as i do now. but its one of those things people notice but can't quite put their finger on, its not an invisible problem. women seem to pick up on it more easily, being obsessed with minutia as they tend to be. and lastly yeah, i did look at photos and videos of myself walking around in lifts and thats what made me realize i don't look tall, i look like I'm standing on something lol

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 6:43 pm

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I respect your concerns. If you are sensitive to the little differences to your proportions while wearing lifts then limb lengthening is not for you.

Quote from: doobiepoo on November 19, 2016, 06:33:32 PMiunno man when i look at pictures of short celebrities wearing lifts next to people who are naturally taller, the top of their heads line up but everything else looks wrong. they look okay alone but as son as they stand next to someone you can tell. look at pics of tom cruise wearing lifts next to katie holmes. or pics of simon cowell, even in his lifts he looks like a tiny man. i tried to include pics for reference but iunno how yet.

your other point about me scrutinizing too much is valid, cuz you're right i never paid attention to proportions (as much) as i do now. but its one of those things people notice but can't quite put their finger on, its not an invisible problem. women seem to pick up on it more easily, being obsessed with minutia as they tend to be. and lastly yeah, i did look at photos and videos of myself walking around in lifts and thats what made me realize i don't look tall, i look like I'm standing on something lol

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016, 6:45 pm

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Quote from: rock112 on November 19, 2016, 02:06:50 PMThis is really... not accurate at all. The height is distributed to either upper or lower legs.. it looks very different from it being fully distributed to your feet.

Also, 99.9% of people pay no attention to proportions and I have seen on here people being fooleed by tall lanky people who "did LL." And look "severely out of proportion" as well as in real life I've seen many people like that. There was a statistic going around somewhere that a 5'8 'an and a 5'2 man only have something like a 4%!difference in torso length or something insane like that. So it is very possible to be a leggy-person.

Some people even look better than before because they just had short legs.

Of course, then the issue becomes frame. You're still not going to be as "big" as someone naturally your height but at least you can workout to get more wide (can't to get more tall). And even without working out, I have seen some very very shocking photos of how good people can look. Iamready in particular did 10+cm and next to his 5'10 friend he looked incredible.

It sounds to me like you just realized you can't afford this and now you're trying to go for dat cope. Even though plenty of people here have already experienced significant and very real QOL improvements and ease of mind from having gone through this surgery. I think the only "lie" about it is the one you're telling yourself buddy.

your right a man with short legs for his body will look better after surgery - which means this surgery in the end only really fixes the problem it was originally designed to do - fix limb deformities. guys with normal proportions or worse, those who are long legged already end up looking like they're wearing platform shoes.

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Quote from: rock112 on November 19, 2016, 02:06:50 PMThis is really... not accurate at all. The height is distributed to either upper or lower legs.. it looks very different from it being fully distributed to your feet.

Also, 99.9% of people pay no attention to proportions and I have seen on here people being fooleed by tall lanky people who "did LL." And look "severely out of proportion" as well as in real life I've seen many people like that. There was a statistic going around somewhere that a 5'8 'an and a 5'2 man only have something like a 4%!difference in torso length or something insane like that. So it is very possible to be a leggy-person.

Some people even look better than before because they just had short legs.

Of course, then the issue becomes frame. You're still not going to be as "big" as someone naturally your height but at least you can workout to get more wide (can't to get more tall). And even without working out, I have seen some very very shocking photos of how good people can look. Iamready in particular did 10+cm and next to his 5'10 friend he looked incredible.

It sounds to me like you just realized you can't afford this and now you're trying to go for dat cope. Even though plenty of people here have already experienced significant and very real QOL improvements and ease of mind from having gone through this surgery. I think the only "lie" about it is the one you're telling yourself buddy.

your right a man with short legs for his body will look better after surgery - which means this surgery in the end only really fixes the problem it was originally designed to do - fix limb deformities. guys with normal proportions or worse, those who are long legged already end up looking like they're wearing platform shoes.

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