Life's a joke and I need advice

Hello,
I have a problem and I'm slowely starting to get desperate.
It's not about height or that my arms are too short for my height.. It's about my arms in general. More precisely the forearms and metacarpal bones.

Here is a picture: http://imgur.com/a/5LARBCE
On the right side is how I think it should be. (my head is not included in the pic but my fists are short/unproportional to it)

There are people with worse problems and conditions and because of that I feel bad for complaining
but it bothers me a lot. It feels like this is not my body but I don't know if it's the result of genetics or stunted growth in childhood (since I experienced malnutrition until 13 (then moved to my grandma)). It's like I absolutely need to fix this but which Doc on earth would do forearm and metacarpal lengthening? It sucks badly. Maybe anyone has any advice

Greetings

Bend your arm.  The base of your thumb should be approximately as high the top of your shoulder.

Here is my advice. Honestly look within yourself for a moment. Is this a problem that:

a) Anyone in the real world has ever mentioned to you.
b) was created within your own mind after looking at dozens of mockups and reading hundreds of posts written and critiqued by people with body dysmorphia.

Quote from: 6CMFemurs on June 11, 2021, 12:45:42 AMHere is my advice. Honestly look within yourself for a moment. Is this a problem that:

a) Anyone in the real world has ever mentioned to you.
b) was created within your own mind after looking at dozens of mockups and reading hundreds of posts written and critiqued by people with body dysmorphia.

Sometimes I read the things on this forum and I realize I do not belong here. People find the most here have a way to unnecessarily find the most absurd things that nobody else ever notices about them and let it bother them.

Quote from: Fiveandsomething on July 02, 2021, 07:24:14 AMSometimes I read the things on this forum and I realize I do not belong here. People find the most here have a way to unnecessarily find the most absurd things that nobody else ever notices about them and let it bother them.

I don’t think it’s unfair for people to worry if they’ll look weird when they lengthen.  My issue is when people do this and haven’t even consulted with a surgeon or set a surgery date.  If someone has surgery coming up and is getting upset about their wingspan, I think it’s only fair to take it seriously.  If it’s someone posting endlessly about their proportions without a single mention of their upcoming surgery, I tend to ignore them.

Quote from: HobbitMan on July 02, 2021, 02:36:13 PMI don’t think it’s unfair for people to worry if they’ll look weird when they lengthen.  My issue is when people do this and haven’t even consulted with a surgeon or set a surgery date.  If someone has surgery coming up and is getting upset about their wingspan, I think it’s only fair to take it seriously.  If it’s someone posting endlessly about their proportions without a single mention of their upcoming surgery, I tend to ignore them.

Some of these we just gotta read and not respond. You can’t deny there are a ton of people who have been asking questions for years and I’m new here.

Then some just ask irrelevant questions

Quote from: Fiveandsomething on July 02, 2021, 03:55:05 PMSome of these we just gotta read and not respond. You can’t deny there are a ton of people who have been asking questions for years and I’m new here.

Then some just ask irrelevant questions

Wingspan is stupid, you can have wide shoulders and short arms, or long fingers and short arms etc
If it’s within 3 inches it’s not even noticeable and 4 isn’t even bad looking

bro just train your forearms and it won't be a problem

Hi sorry to necro this, came upon this post randomly when striving through search results.

You were initially about 5'4 and went to 5'8. Your arms obviously reflect the wingspan of a 5'4 person (as you have stated in an older post).
I will add a few things which you may take into consideration or not.

1) The picture gives off the illusion of short arms because you wear a long shirt and wide baggyish pants.
2) You did not stunt your forearm or hand growth as it is within normal proportions to your upper arm and original height. (Also, why and how could "malnutrition" stunt SOLELY forearm growth - makes no sense. Only birth defects / injuries during childhood would do that).

Quote from: Montreal172 on July 02, 2021, 08:16:40 PMbro just train your forearms and it won't be a problem

3) OP is a female so this advice is stupid. In general, if you want your arms to appear longer, lose weight, make them slim.
4) You can't reasonably lengthen the forearm. The median nerve twists through the ulnar and radius, it will inevitably be damaged when messing around with the forearm. You would permanently lose pronation/supination movement. No reasonable doctor would do this for cosmetic purposes. People with accidentally broken forearms often suffer the permanent effect of reduced functionality. Lengthening the metacarpal bones - forget it. This is only done when someone's hand/finger is literally mangled.

In terms of AL the only thing you could possibly do is humerus - which in itself is not worth it as even there the ulnar nerve literally lays upon a craving in the bone and often gets compressed leading to necessary nerve decompression surgeries (huge scars etc). Also, I would not want to risk a loss of sensation/functionality in arms/hands for that. It is factually not worth it. And I know this sucks but it is the sad reality of our anatomy.


In conclusion,
The best thing you can do is to lose weight and appear slimmer, I would not think your wingspan is a problem so leave it be. AL is for daredevils.
Regardless, this should probably not be noticeable irl. Even if it is, it is the price we all have to pay when we do LL

Honestly it doesn't look that bad... I feel like the longer forearms/hands looks weirder lol.. you look fine, but if it really is affecting you they do have forearm/humurus lengthening but from what I've read it's riskier than leg lengthening itself...