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noname
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 10:39 am
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ive been making accounts on a lot of LL forums and ive tried to get a lot of information and experience stories about the surgery. while i was doing this ive also made some "internetfriends". one of them is a young guy. 22 years old who did the surgery thanks to financial help from his parents. we talked a lot because i was very interested in his story. he told me that his starting height is 5'7 and that his current height is 6'0. so he lenghthened 5 inches! this is a very huge amount so i asked him some pictures so i could take a look to his proportions. i wanna lengthen 5 inches too so to me his current proportions are a little bit of important. he sent me this picture. i know it is very small but i think his proportions are very clear in this picture. what do you think about this proportions?

http://nl.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=zj78y9&s=9#.Vv5PlXq6F0w
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 10:57 am
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He literally looks like a dwarf on stilts  what do you think of this proportions.  I can't imagine how bad he'd look in underwear only.
5inches are probably too much to end up with decent proportions. Everything up to 3 inches is fine but more than that will most likely look unnatural.
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I'd stick to two inches or less though, not only will your proportions be much better but you also have a much higher chance of a decent recovery. At 5 inches there's no way you end up fine when it comes to sports.
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 11:05 am
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Quote from: Alittletooshort on April 01, 2016, 10:57:14 AMHe literally looks like a dwarf on stilts  what do you think of this proportions.  I can't imagine how bad he'd look in underwear only.
5inches are probably too much to end up with decent proportions. Everything up to 3 inches is fine but more than that will most likely look unnatural.
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I'd stick to two inches or less though, not only will your proportions be much better but you also have a much higher chance of a decent recovery. At 5 inches there's no way you end up fine when it comes to sports.

the problem with sticking to 2 inches is that 2 inches aint a lot. 95% of people won't even notice that you've grown
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 11:26 am
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I have never seen anyone with a body like that. I think he stands next to a natural 6 footer it would look pretty obvious that limb lengthening happened. Its a trade off, more height for less normal proportions.
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 11:35 am
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Quote from: theuprising on April 01, 2016, 11:26:42 AMI have never seen anyone with a body like that. I think he stands next to a natural 6 footer it would look pretty obvious that limb lengthening happened. Its a trade off, more height for less normal proportions.

would you still do it? giving up your proportions to be 6 ft?
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 11:45 am
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Quote from: noname on April 01, 2016, 11:35:10 AMwould you still do it? giving up your proportions to be 6 ft?

While a certain amount of disproption is inevitable after lengthening only one segment of your body I'd rather look as normal as I could after lengthening.

How about you, is athletic ability and looking more normal important to you or the overall height gain?
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 11:51 am
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Quote from: theuprising on April 01, 2016, 11:45:23 AMWhile a certain amount of disproption is inevitable after lengthening only one segment of your body I'd rather look as normal as I could after lengthening.

How about you, is athletic ability and looking more normal important to you or the overall height gain?

im not athletic so being able to do daily things like walking is enough to me. i don't like heavy sports to be honest. but to me overall height is the most important. i think this guy didn't make a bad decision. he claims that nobody notices his proportion and that  nobody made fun of it. but he's profiting from the pros of being tall
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 12:15 pm
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Quote from: noname on April 01, 2016, 11:51:41 AMim not athletic so being able to do daily things like walking is enough to me. i don't like heavy sports to be honest. but to me overall height is the most important. i think this guy didn't make a bad decision. he claims that nobody notices his proportion and that  nobody made fun of it. but he's profiting from the pros of being tall

Just to clear something up as an adult it's extremely uncommon to make fun of others like children do so just because no one says anything doesn't mean no one notices, I wouldn't mistake politeness for acceptance. That being said if athletics doesn't matter to you and height is all that matters then go to the 5 inches.
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 12:21 pm
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Quote from: theuprising on April 01, 2016, 12:15:13 PMJust to clear something up as an adult it's extremely uncommon to make fun of others like children do so just because no one says anything doesn't mean no one notices, I wouldn't mistake politeness for acceptance. That being said if athletics doesn't matter to you and height is all that matters then go to the 5 inches.

thats true but i wonder why making fun of height is pretty common under adults. however 5 inches would give me the most ideal height. i will be 6'1 then. being a perfect height like that compensates all the cons for me. everything has pros and cons. thats life
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Posted on Apr 1, 2016, 1:41 pm
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Quote from: noname on April 01, 2016, 11:51:41 AMim not athletic so being able to do daily things like walking is enough to me. i don't like heavy sports to be honest. but to me overall height is the most important. i think this guy didn't make a bad decision. he claims that nobody notices his proportion and that  nobody made fun of it. but he's profiting from the pros of being tall
This is a very dumb attitude in the long run, you might get away with not being active while you are young. If you hit the age of 40-50 however, you'll have to stay active in order to keep a healthy cardio-vascular system. Sports keep you young and prevent diseases like diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, cancer and depression.
I can tell you that the amount he lengthened will cause trouble when he'll get older. At the age of 22 you are supposed to be at the peak of your physical abilities, yet he probably already has issues running at a moderate to fast pace.
This surgery has probably reduced his life expectency by quit a bit, keep that in mind when lengthening this much.

Btw, I can tell you that 95% of the people noticed his proportions, no human being has natural proportions like this. While kids would make fun of him, adults usually stay polite and act like nothing is wrong and then they talk bad about him behind his back.
He probably just tries to convince himself that everything is fine although the reality is quit different.
I didn't want to appear rude or anything, this is just my honest oppinion.
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