Quote from: Stand taller on March 24, 2023, 12:17:47 AMDude, you can't even see half of my tibias in this photo... furthermore the photo was taken at an angle with a wide angle lens on my iPhone . so the photo is already distorted. Scroll up you''ll see photos of me where you can actually see my whole legs and as people have pointed out, I look completely normal.
it look good with jeans
Quote from: Stand taller on January 01, 2023, 05:21:51 PM
I am not trying to brag or tut my own horn here, so again I do apologize if I come across that way. My whole life I have been told positives things about how I look, but that often hasn't matched my experience with women. In my experience only about 1-2 out of ten women have responded as expected, but this also fits well with studies done on the subject. My point here is that if you are an average looking man (which most are by definition) and you struggle with attracting women I truly believe most of than resistance comes from being short. It is too early to tell from personal experience yet, but there are many studies on this. I truly believe if you can get close to average height in your country and have average looks you will dramatically improve your success with women.
Can I get more updates on this? Do you feel like you're getting better results with women?
You said you measured your tibia and femurs yourself. But I was wondering if you asked your doctor's if they could measure it through the x rays?
Actually if you have the x rays, you can just measure it yourself (doesn't have to be the correct scale) and just divide the two measurements and get an an exact/accurate ratio.
Quote from: hippo60 on April 11, 2023, 06:04:15 PMHow are you doing buddy? I think a lot of us would really appreciate an update 
I am doing good and better every day, I'll write up an update in a few days with videos and photos of my progress.
Cheers!
Quote from: Stand taller on April 20, 2023, 10:50:37 PMI am doing good and better every day, I'll write up an update in a few days with videos and photos of my progress.
Cheers!
Glad to hear! Can't wait 
Quote from: we.live.once on April 11, 2023, 06:38:06 PMit look good with jeans
Dont wanna sound annoying but I also see the diffrences but if I wouldnt know I prob wont notice. Maybe trying a larger jacket or hoodie could help just not too long because you can tell the torso is smaller but for the amound it still looks fine, and at least you already dared before me so just enjoy the new moments!
Day 465 (Day 307 Post clicking)
It has now been ten months since I stopped clicking, and being short has quickly become a distant memory. Having been this height for this long and getting better and better every day, my memories of being short is fading.
For those who have read my diary from start to finish know that I have pretty severe duck ass, and also very tight it-band on my left leg. My duck ass is almost completely gone, and my tight right it-band is also almost gone now. This means my gait, once I have stretched and gotten some heat into my body and muscles - is now almost completely normal. My last obstacle is now some hip sway, but this also getting better every day. After stretching today, and walking it is almost not noticeable. I'll probably post a video and photos next week in a post.
All in all, progress has kept at steady pace the past few months - and I am now almost back to normal gait. I have been walking around 10-20km per week, or around 1,5 -3km per day. My issues with stiff muscles, low stamina and having to take pause while walking has almost improved massively. I can now walk around 700-1000m without talking a pause, not becoming sweaty or having a high pulse walking at a decently fast pace. If a walk slower I can easily walk further without any issues. This means, normal walking day to day, doing normal chores like shopping etc is non problematic.
Another issues I have had is after sitting down for anything from 5-30+ minutes and standing up to walk, I get very stiff and have to stretch walk a bit before becoming "normal". Around 3-4 weeks ago, this changed where I would be stiffer in the morning than in the evening. So as the day progressed, the time from sitting to walking "normal" became shorter. The past week I have gotten progressively better where the time from sitting to walking "normal" is not much shorter and almost don't have to do any stretching and I will walk "normal" in just a few steps.
With this progress I am guessing I will be walking 100% normal with no more issues in about two months, or about one year post clicking. If people think that is a very long recovery time, and longer than most here - you are right. I think this is down to the length I went, 11,5cm and also issues with tight it-band and not doing an it-band release. Also my age and my severe duck ass haven't helped. So if you are thinking of doing 11,5cm, it is possible, but it may take longer than the usual one year from surgery to 100% recovery. With that being said, one and half year from surgery to 100% recovery for my self is not bad considering the length I did.
I'll answer this question in this same post:
"Can I get more updates on this? Do you feel like you're getting better results with women?"
I have only been out on the town two times post surgery, new years eve, and yesterday. So I don't have enough experience yet for anything meaningful - but I can still share my anecdotes thus far.
Just quick context for those who haven't read all my posts. I have been told by women (and other men) since I was a teenager that I am attractive, and have mostly dated and had girlfriends in the 7-8/10 range (most taller than my old 165cm height). But with that being said, I have never felt that what I have been told by people about how attractive I am, has matched my actual experience and success with women. This has bothered me and messed with my self image for almost my whole adult life. It is first when I read research about how important height is in attraction things started to make sense. In short, you can easily be a 7-8/10 in the face - but because you are 165cm tall in a nordic country most women won't find you attractive. This perfectly explains the discrepancy of my experience with some women finding me very attractive, but most ignoring me -because those who do don't care about height - but most do.
Now to my actual experience. In the day to day I feel that I am getting much more attention from women in all ages, anything from teenage girls to old women. I am getting much more looks, much more stares and much more eye contact with women. First I thought that women was staring because of my gait, but as this has gotten better and better and now almost normal - the looks and attention has not declined. Just yesterday while out shopping, this woman about my age just kept stating at me. I have also experienced that random women have been acting strange and nervous around me, like at the store or in the shops. I have now learned that this probably means that they find you attractive, kind of like how men act strange and become nervous around pretty women.
I wrote about my experience on new years eve in a post back in January, so read that for the full story. But quick recap, I had two beautiful women being interested in me. I have experienced this before, but it happens like once a fort night - so was not expecting it to happen on my first night out post surgery.
I was at a party yesterday, so my second time out post surgery. At this party all the level of good looking people was very high for both women and men - and some of these are even IG influencers with sizeable followings. I felt the bar was kind of high. I do my self have a sizeable following on SoMe, but my content and what I do is neither looks or fashion. Basically all the women where like an 8 or 9 out of then - so kind of out my league. Early on I got positive looks from two of the women, while the rest where kind of just friendly or I just didn't talk to them. But again, I was not there to pick up women, just to have fun with my friends - so I was just doing my thing and not thinking too much about these women. As we where about to go to town on out way out, one of these girls came over to me, took both of my hands and just started dancing with me - but because my limited range of motion in my hips, I found out that I actually can't dance that well yet. So I tried to dance, but then said "sorry, but I am a little stiff in my hips after a surgery - so I can't dance". Later that night out on the town we danced a little more, before I took of an called it a night.
I know it may not sound like a lot, but having this hot girl with like 40k followers on IG coming over to me twice wanting to dance with out me being the one to initiate - I think that is a good sign. As my friend put it "hot women don't go over to men they don't find attractive and start dancing with them".
As I wrote further up, I've only been out twice post surgery - so there is not enough data here to conclude anything. But in my experience I am now two for in attracting hot women WITHOUT me actually taking the initiative and making a move. When I was short I always had to show personality and confidence and be the one to initiate, but my experience this far is that I an getting more attention and that without having to do anything - which is all kind of new too me.
So I think that even if you have normal looks, but are short. Becoming taller will without a doubt improve your success with women. At the end of the day it is all about numbers and increasing your relative dating pool. At the party yesterday I was a good head to half a head taller than all the women, where as before I would probably been the same height than most and I would therefore automatically be discarded. But now being normal I am not, and no longer limited by that factor - so my relative dating pool has increased immensly.
Thanks for the detailed response! It's definitely a long road but it's great to see you're still very motivated and keeping at it. Really happy to hear about your progress
Would you say it's mostly walking and stretching so far? Or have you done some strength training as well?
And do you still communicate with Becker?
Can't wait to see the pictures / videos 
Day 475 (Day 317 Post clicking)
Things are still moving forward at a decent pace, and my form keeps getting better and better every day.
Here is a video of me walking today:
https://files.fm/u/aj6tez639
Keep in mind that this is right after a hard session at my physiotherapist and being early in the morning. I am usually quite stiff in my muscles after these sessions and I usually need 100-200 meters before my muscles soften up a bit while starting to walk. Either way, my gait is getting better and better using these videos at my PT as reference.
I think I'll post a video of we walking later in the day having warmed up and also with shoes and clothes. As the day progresses my muscles and gait softens up, and walking with shoes also is easier. I have come to point where people don't notice my slight limp from my stiff left IT-band, and after having walked a few hundred meters getting some heat into my body my gait is now almost normal. I have a little hip sway, but watching a video from just two weeks ago, it is reduced a lot.
I stopped using compression stocking yesterday, so day two without them and therefore my muscles are also stiffer than I have been used to. Only reason I have been wearing them is because my muscles feel softer and makes it easier for me to walk. But at some point I have to stop using them, so I am trying for a week to see how it goes.
I am trying to walk 2km every day, and I am still going to my PT three times a week and stretching every day.
I have come to point where walking is no longer a hindrance for doing or joining social events. Was out for hours for a social event on Saturday and walked 3km in total. I feel like my old life is slowly coming back and I have therefore been more and more social with friends, which is nice.
As a proportion fanatic, I find the proportions off (fems to tibs) but I must admit that it is not nearly as bad as I thought it would look. The walking is still pretty off though and it os bevause of the IT bands which shows by your knee positions
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