Bruce Wayne, I really feel for you man. We have a lot in common. Both of us are Asian heritage, both of us are muay thai practitioners (I've taken 4 fights in Philippines and Thailand). In all honesty I probably had less going for me, because I'm also bald as fk as well making me look even shorter, standing at an already short 165 5'5 (rounded up, haha). And, growing up I was an asthmatic and unhealthy so I was strapped to this ventilation machine for 6 hours a day playing video games, I fleshed out to be a fat, pudgy out of shape guy with not a whole lot of prospects.
One thing I was good at was talking, and being ambitious. Though being from a piss poor immigrant asian family, I started my own business at 22 for real estate, taking crap houses and fixing them up, and it sort of ran itself. With all my spare time I was also a self-proclaimed pro video game player (I was making like 400 bucks a month), but I somehow had a girlfriend, a fat one. She broke up with even fatter me, and I went and took up traveling, went home to Asia and trained and researched fitness and completely got off of video games, turned my life around. I got in incredible shape, studying anabolics and training like an animal, and still kept my charm in check. And, not only from traveling Asia, I traveled the Middle East, Africa, lots of Europe (80 countries) and was able to tell phenomenal stories and the height mattered less and less. Girls will care moreso about how charming and interesting you are, and less so about height once you push their buttons. I was owning my own hostel in Asia and hooking up with traveler girls just happy to be there, I've been involved with plenty of women someone of my height and baldness and ugliness really shouldn't have any business with and if you wanna talk 1-1 I'll probably whatsapp some to you.
Man, you can completely change yourself. At any age, whether you think the solution is in LL, or something else it is never too late. I'm doing LL now, but it is an extra tool in my toolbox and my whole life doesn't hinge on it. I have a stunning Turkish/Russian girlfriend but I want to be more respected in the workplace... so in essence I want to impress guys more haha. Plus my LL is only costing much less than 10,000 dollars so there is always alternatives, you don't need to spend 100,000... what normal person has that kind of back pocket money? Definitely not me. I'll be in crutches for half a year, but I'm happy to take the risk.
Edward's first post has tons of truth in it, whether you agree with it or not. Extra height is of course amazing, but it isn't everything. And, none of us know what the fk women want, I've been with hundreds and my opinion gets proven wrong all the time. Undeniably height is more attractive but give yourself more tools and more opportunities open up. Just like some 6'4 guy with no brain and a dumb face may pull a few girls with that, a vast majority will see past a half-empty man with no worth.
All I can say to you is to try and drop your extra baggage, and work on yourself. I saw some of your past posts man, I wish I could help you get that monkey off your back, sometimes we all need a helpful voice. If you feel like this is rock bottom for you, the only way out is upward.