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[oklama]

First off, sorry for posting so much, just got my account and I think about CLL all the time. Aside from being very short myself, CLL is super intriguing to me in general.

This is probably a hot take, but I want to hear the discourse around this: I think cll at above 5'7 is not logical (In USA). From what I can tell as someone 5'5, there are a few tiers of being short.

below 5'2: extremely short, it will be hard for you. Get cll.

5'2/5'3: very short, probably livable, but probably should get cll.

5'4/5'5: unusually short, still a harder life than someone tall but not horrible. I am here, and I am strongly considering cll and will probably get it

5'6/5'7: normal short, this is ur typical short person seen everyday. Not that bad, still there is prejudice but its more just jokes

5'8: just a lower average, maybe some short jokes but it really wouldn't be very funny because you aren't that short.
 
Above 5'8 and you are no longer short.


I think people at 5'8 and above have more issues with their own inferiority complexes than actual issues from society. Not to invalidate CLL at any height, if it will make you happy, and you think its worth it, all the power to you. But from a purely logical perspective, I doubt CLL at 5'8 and above would actually substantially improve your life more than a therapist. I don't think the risks etc from a lengthening long enough to be noticeable would be worth it.


I would love to hear what others think, more perspectives from people at other heights upon the height tiers and value of cll at average heights.

[JJ299]

I am 173cm and the LL community in Korea ( average here is 175cm) have a different take on the matter:

160> or Low 160cm: No point in getting it you are still going to be a super hobbit except 60k poorer ( yes Korean slang for short people is hobbit ).

Mid 160cm: Generally the 2nd most popular group to get the procedure. Lot of "famous" people in Korea have gotten it at this height, but online community still don't think it's worth it to take the procedure at this height.

High 160cm - 172cm: The most popular group from what I have seen. Generally people will become average/slightly taller than their surrounding after the procedure. At that height only few will call them hobbits in real life after the procedure.

173cm~176cm: Considered 1 standard deviation from the average so people generally try to say it's not really worth it to get LL as you are seen as normal by society, but there are some that want it especially at the 173-175 range.

177cm+: There are people at this range that get it mainly because they want to be models ( there are several cases according to LL surgeons in Korea ), but a vast majority of people in this group don't have problems with height and ponder why people will even consider this surgery.

Also, in Korea double lengthening procedure is considered really questionable and very few among the lenghteners get it ( I think I only saw 2 ), but Japanese twitter bloggers seem to get double lengthening a lot maybe because of that one really poular JP Doctor that got double lengthening 3-4 years ago ( 167 cm -> 177 cm).

[zaozari]

First off, sorry for posting so much, just got my account and I think about CLL all the time. Aside from being very short myself, CLL is super intriguing to me in general.

This is probably a hot take, but I want to hear the discourse around this: I think cll at above 5'7 is not logical (In USA). From what I can tell as someone 5'5, there are a few tiers of being short.

below 5'2: extremely short, it will be hard for you. Get cll.

5'2/5'3: very short, probably livable, but probably should get cll.

5'4/5'5: unusually short, still a harder life than someone tall but not horrible. I am here, and I am strongly considering cll and will probably get it

5'6/5'7: normal short, this is ur typical short person seen everyday. Not that bad, still there is prejudice but its more just jokes

5'8: just a lower average, maybe some short jokes but it really wouldn't be very funny because you aren't that short.
 
Above 5'8 and you are no longer short.


I think people at 5'8 and above have more issues with their own inferiority complexes than actual issues from society. Not to invalidate CLL at any height, if it will make you happy, and you think its worth it, all the power to you. But from a purely logical perspective, I doubt CLL at 5'8 and above would actually substantially improve your life more than a therapist. I don't think the risks etc from a lengthening long enough to be noticeable would be worth it.


I would love to hear what others think, more perspectives from people at other heights upon the height tiers and value of cll at average heights.

I think you're generally right, regardless of every individual's right and feelings about their own case, which are allways valid.

[djimbo9]

I'm 5'8 and I agree and disagree at the same time. I've never been called short in my life although I am and with the shoes I have now I'm around 178cm. Thing is, with height insoles or high shoes you don't look tall because your legs still look short. So if you're 180cm and wearing shoes+insoles that add 10cm you won't look as tall as you'd do if you were 178cm and wearing 2cm shoes only.

Regardless of that, I feel horrible in my body. I wanna be tall, just because I don't get called short doesn't mean I get respect from other men, mainly because I'm not frightening. It's worth it even if you're 6ft as long as that thing is bothering you and it's bothering me to the point where I've self excluded myself from society. Don't listen to what others say at all, if being short or not tall enough for what you want to be, do what you have to do. It's you going through that mental pain, not them.

[Hobbit]

Bro just stfu