Look at Henry Cavill's short hands 
Does that stops him from being Superman? Does that stops him for being worldwide sxx symbol for a LOT of women? Does that stops him from being successful guy? Who the fk will come to you and tell you at your face ''Your arms look very short bet you had CLL!''??
myloginacc - you say it is not an issue who knows that you had ll and that it doesn't matter who you tell - and yet claim that a person is subjected to comments and jokes against them for their height and this is a reason why it should be deemed to be acceptable - which suggests that you do care! - which is it??
if you think throwing a 'farewell leg-lenghtening party' and attempting to crowd-fund the procedure is indicative of positive mental health then say so...
the weight comparison is not an accurate analogy - one chooses to eat and put on weight but one cannot naturally add height - losing weight would have obvious physical and mental well-being benefits - you don't stick cushions under your clothes to make yourself appear fatter - compared to the perfectly understandable waering of lifts in shoes!! 
surgeons have/had a limit on height because they are aware (through research) that the phsychological issue for the individual is NOT in any way exclusively to do with their height eg BDD/other diagnosis - indeed ll is barred in many countries and only undertaken in exchange for money - height surgery can only lesson the neurosis, not cure it...
nor is leg-lengthening barbaric - many patients confirm it is not at all as bad as they thought or as it sounds - doctor, attitude, commitment, motivation etc are key...
ironically those advocating telling everyone make their comments anonymously!!
people with mental health disorders are not 'lunatics'
it is not possible for something to be 'completely subjective' - (it is either subjective or not)
you don't need to quote 'johnson' or anyone to make your point
the forum has become toxic and misinformed in recent years - future ll's need informed debate in order to make their correct decisions etc...
Quote from: justaveragedude on June 02, 2018, 12:28:53 PMLook at Henry Cavill's short hands
Does that stops him from being Superman? Does that stops him for being worldwide sxx symbol for a LOT of women? Does that stops him from being successful guy? Who the fk will come to you and tell you at your face ''Your arms look very short bet you had CLL!''??
The guy is mostly all legs. Much like Conan O'Brien. People come in all shapes and sizes, etc, and body proportions vary by ancestry.
With that said, I find absolutely ridiculous when men who are of more average heights want to lengthen 13cm at the least.
So many here act like this is a nosejob and not a bunch of procedures full of risks. Being taller than the shortest members here is a luxury that affords you the advantage of being able to lengthen less... for your own health on the long term, and proportions in the short term.
Quote from: th on June 02, 2018, 01:39:27 PMmyloginacc - you say it is not an issue who knows that you had ll and that it doesn't matter who you tell - and yet claim that a person is subjected to comments and jokes against them for their height and this is a reason why it should be deemed to be acceptable - which suggests that you do care! - which is it??
I can't understand the point you're trying to make here at all.
Quoteyou say it is not an issue who knows that you had ll and that it doesn't matter who you tell
I started my post with the example of a 6 feet man who'd be considered a lunatic by a lot of people if he proudly announced he broke his bones, risked multiple forms of embolism, and hampered his athletic ability (in addition to increasing his chances of developing arthritis) to gain 7cm on his tibias. So what you're claiming I said is wrong.
Then I used the example of a very short man to show the nuance of this situation.
Quotethe weight comparison is not an accurate analogy - one chooses to eat and put on weight but one cannot naturally add height - losing weight would have obvious physical and mental well-being benefits - you don't stick cushions under your clothes to make yourself appear fatter - compared to the perfectly understandable waering of lifts in shoes!!
Uh? Explain what you meant too?
Quoteit is not possible for something to be 'completely subjective' - (it is either subjective or not)
This is called a figure of speech: a hyperbole. Literally nobody uses "literally" correctly anymore. Oh, wait, that's technically wrong. Some do use it correctly. Pedantic.
As for the rest of your post, I can't make any sense of it due to your grammar and punctuation. I'm not a native English speaker.
it's ok - i'll let others read said posts...
Fine by me.
I'm pretty certain I'm not the one lacking in reading comprehension here - although I did try to ascertain it.
have you had LL?
i ask again - myloginacc have you had leg-lengthening surgery?...
Quote from: th on June 02, 2018, 10:26:48 PMi ask again - myloginacc have you had leg-lengthening surgery?...
I bet that if he had, we'd see a comprehensive diary with lots of useful information (written in cogent English), and a link to it in his signature.
what relevance is it if you conjecture about a diary on a forum? why are you answering for him/her?
my word - there you are - it seems that myloginacc has not has ll surgery yet feels it it appropriate to come on to such a forum and pontificate about this procedure and attempt to offer informed advice - a teetotaller offering a chronic alcoholic advice!!
you don't know what it is like to work solid for two years - to book a flight to a foreign country, stay a couple of days in a hotel while you attend a clinic for tests, to shave your legs the morning of surgery, to sign a disclaimer before the anaesthetist slips a huge needle into your spine to numb and disable your legs so you cannot even feel whether you can lift them or not, to try to stay calm while you hear drilling and hammer noises around your legs and see blood spurting, to lie there for three hours thinking 'well this is it...' to put ALL your faith in a doctor who barely know, to be wheeled back to your bed with tightly-sprung cages gripping your tibias, to be unable to barely move with pain and discomfort for the first few days, to think while you're attempting to move cm by cm to the toilet 'what have I done?' , to feel and see progress after a while that you are finally resolving a height issue that impacted on a person's life for twenty years, twenty years of attempting to battle and hide a condition that makes living a reasonable, purposeful, fruitful life impossible, to run away from the good things in life, girlfriends, career, jobs, family etc because it is impossible to enjoy the intimacy of life when you cannot stand in your socks with others present, to camoflauge the condition with substance abuse, to know you have 'something' wrong with you but have to keep it secret
to enjoy sports over the years as the pitch is the only place you feel alive and whole (and delay surgery on your legs for this reason)
the LL journey goes on for months which is a huge test of character etc - ups and downs come your way but you deal with this because you have faith that it is what you came here for and decide to enjoy the journey of getting taller and the consequent improvement in genuine mental health as you move towards becoming a stronger version of yourself and complete a process you have planned for years - you listen to the doctor because they are the experts...
then after finishing this journey to question what difference it really has made...
you don't know any of this - yet you come on here and attempt to make points about this procedure and argue about grammar
while others throw farewell parties and others troll and abuse...
i'll let others read these posts...
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