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[Moon knight]

Ok so I looked at some of the old questions asked on this topic and the average amount of answers were that any one outside of the LL community won’t even know you’ve had LL done because they won’t be aware of it.
My worries were mainly torso and sitting height then I found out about that x 0.52 thing people keep talking about as a way of measuring perportions on this topic and I was happy to see I’d be in a good position of lengthening to the amount I want and I’d stay in the safe limit of LL as I found out it’s around 5-6 cm is safe based on another question someone asked so I’m finally feeling more confident about LL.

All I’m saying is that if you look at people with a short wingspan to height ratio no one in the public will question them about it example Henry Cavill the guy who currently plays DC’s Superman and is mentioned quite a bit on this forum (his legs are noticeably long and arms are short for a guy who is 185 cm 6’1)
Another example is my friend who is 5’9 and has a 169 cm wingspan compared to his 175 cm height (two inches below his height) yet nobody ever mentions this, I know this is his stats because he let me take those measurements for this topic as he knows I’m interested in LL.

Sorry about the super long topic guys I just feel more people need to relax when it comes to this kind of thing.

[Android]

Agreed. One or two procedures of moderate lengthening won't make you disproportionate enough that people start calling you Daddy Long Legs, especially if you were somewhat proportionate to begin with.

Most of us here are trying to correct short stature, which society cares about much more than proportions. The benefits far outweigh the cost.

That being said I don't think it's unreasonable to feel concerned about proportions; it'd certainly be better if we could grow proportionately. I just don't think it's something that should hold back a person who is serious about height gain.

[myloginacct]

The main thing people should worry about are the serious risks, complications and consequences that can arise from CLL.

I also think CLL is a choice between your natural proportions and perfectly healthy, pain-free legs and the height. Which is more important?

Though, "perfect" proportions are completely subjective. Natural proportions aren't necessarily perfect, and perfect proportions aren't necessarily natural.

A guy with a sitting height ratio above, say, .53 and a wingspan 2 to 4 inches bigger than his height would look more proportionate (in Western ideals of beauty) after CLL than before it. Funny how having legs on the relative shorter side and arms on the relative longer side can do that to you.

Still, this is an extreme procedure. I don't like talking about those factoids because it's like I've been sold the surgery and I'm spreading it... Remember it's about breaking your bones, pulling them apart, 7+/10 pain levels, multiple surgeries (that may bankrupt you), and hoping the gap will fill and consolidate well enough. The recovery process takes years to fully complete. We have reported deaths. Then you hope the final alignment by your doctor was good enough so you can prevent osteoarthritis. We are still far away from height increase procedures that we could easily call "cosmetic". CLL is indeed technically cosmetic, but in the way that amputating your own hand to replace it with a metal prosthesis is cosmetic for prosthetic enthusiasts.

[Hamiltonzac]

Reported deaths? How would CLL cause death? Out of curiousity

[myloginacct]

Reported deaths? How would CLL cause death? Out of curiousity

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=5298.0

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225890120_Strategia_nel_trattamento_chirurgico_degli_acondroplasici_tecniche_applicate_nel_Dipartimento_di_Ortopedia_e_Traumatologia_dell%27Ospedale_di_Lecco
(Achondroplasia is the main form of dwarfism.)

[myloginacct]

All reported deaths so far, to my knowledge, were caused by a form of embolism.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1556-4029.13769

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6705403/?ncbi_mmode=std

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225890120_Strategia_nel_trattamento_chirurgico_degli_acondroplasici_tecniche_applicate_nel_Dipartimento_di_Ortopedia_e_Traumatologia_dell%27Ospedale_di_Lecco

Direct links to all 3 cases I know of. 2 "dwarves", 1 adult woman.