[POLL] Height where LL gives you the most back for your buck?

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Quote from: Body Builder on May 08, 2023, 10:37:33 PM5.5-5.6 because with 2.5-3 inches added you become completely normal looking (even a little less than average in most countries) while you used to be really short.

Agreed going from 'short king' status to 5'7 - 5'9 would probably be the biggest benefit because you crossed the only height threshold that truly matters for men in height discrimination. Nobody will discriminate a man's height for being 5'8 or 5'9, but they would if they were 5'6 or 5'5.

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5 7 to 510.5 (6 1 in lifts) was a game changer, I suddenly got a seat at the big boys table...

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Quote from: palm_trees on May 09, 2023, 11:45:21 AMAgreed going from 'short king' status to 5'7 - 5'9 would probably be the biggest benefit because you crossed the only height threshold that truly matters for men in height discrimination. Nobody will discriminate a man's height for being 5'8 or 5'9, but they would if they were 5'6 or 5'5.

You obviously never been 5'8 or 5'9. It's not AS bad as 5'7. Obviously the shorter you are the worse. But it's still indirectly mentioned as you being average or below. 5'10 is where it truly shouldnt bother you anymore (in the US).

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Quote from: ballsackoffury123 on May 09, 2023, 09:53:20 PMYou obviously never been 5'8 or 5'9. It's not AS bad as 5'7. Obviously the shorter you are the worse. But it's still indirectly mentioned as you being average or below. 5'10 is where it truly shouldnt bother you anymore (in the US).

I still think there is a bigger positive impact is going from short to average, compared to going from average to slightly above average.

Because short guys will be discriminated against but average guys would not. Of course being taller will always give you a few brownie points, but the benefit gets less and less the further you get from average, with the biggest gain being from short to average crossing that threshold imo of 5’7.

I’m curious how were you feeling discriminated against being 5’8 or 5’9? Genuinely curious as I am aiming for that height through LL

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For the record polls like this become a popularity contest, as every guy will select their height pre surgery as they want to believe in their minds that their starting height wherever it be 5’2 or 5’10, is the best benefit to gain from LL as they are trying to justify the huge costs both money, energy, time and pain wise to a huge surgery like this.


The average height of guys getting this surgery are 5’7 as that is the average height for men worldwide and the average height of guys in every community that isn’t soecifically tailored for tall guys imo.

So you will be getting a skewed polling based on the average height of the guys on the forum rather than the real supposed best height gain pre LL

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I take back my opinions. The best height pre LL is whatever height you are pre surgery. This ain’t no competition, and height neurosis is a personal thing. Every has their own reasons for wanting the surgery, and if they have the money and the strength to go through it, all the more power to them. No one is more deserving than any one else.

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Quote from: palm_trees on May 10, 2023, 12:02:37 AMI take back my opinions. The best height pre LL is whatever height you are pre surgery. This ain’t no competition, and height neurosis is a personal thing. Every has their own reasons for wanting the surgery, and if they have the money and the strength to go through it, all the more power to them. No one is more deserving than any one else.

Height neurosis is a real thing. Most normal short guys would never dream of doing this surgery and are living happy lives. So with regards to curing height neurosis, all heights are equal. But in terms of real benefit, going from short to average is better than going from average to tall with regards to dating. Height as a negative is a very big factor as it is an exclusion criteria... Below certain height, nothing else matters while above a certain height, other factors come into play

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5'7, 5'8, 5'9, not saying other heights are not bad but bang for your buck is defitneltyy in these ranges, you can be way above average possibily make it to 6ft, maybe not at 5'7 but close to it if you do 9cm on femurs. Pros is one sugery, Pay one Time and only do 6 months hiatus.

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I agree me being 5'8 i hate seeing ppl saying 5'7 and up are crazy for doing this surgery, they obviously never been at these heights, and I've seen ppl still feel short and getting a second surgery because of it.

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Quote from: dboy123 on May 10, 2023, 08:38:38 PMI agree me being 5'8 i hate seeing ppl saying 5'7 and up are crazy for doing this surgery, they obviously never been at these heights, and I've seen ppl still feel short and getting a second surgery because of it.

That's because height is relative.  5'7-5'9 is technically still considered below average in western culture and anyone around these heights would still experience height discrimination.  Most people who are saying it's crazy are probably on the very short side and don't realize the brutal truth that it's still bad even at the 20th-45th percentile range.  Literally just look at how people mention the heights of Tom Cruise and Tom Hardy all the time.  There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing LL at heights of 5'7-5'9; this isn't the height oppression olympics.