Since many often ask, "I am x height, should I undergo leg lengthening surgery?"
I have conducted a mathematical analysis based on available data¹ regarding which heights women are most likely to accept. This analysis aims to determine the percentage by which your potential dating pool would expand if you were to increase your height by a certain number of inches and also shows you when it is most worthwhile for you to undergo a leg lenghtening surgery and by how many inches.
The data I used is the following:
As you can see, the percentage of women likely to accept your height keeps increasing until the 6 foot mark, which is regarded the perfect height.
Every additional inch above 6 feet lowers the percentage of women likely to accept your height, though being above average is still significantly more favorable than being below average.
I conducted the calculations as follows:
((new acceptance - old acceptance)/old acceptance)x100
≈ change of dating pool in %
example for a 5'4" guy (10.47% acceptance) going to 5'8" (52.2% acceptance)
((52.2-10,47)/1.47)x100
≈ 398,6 [% increase in potential dating pool size]
Perfoming this calculation for every height and every height increase up until +7 inches
(the maximum you can gain with two surgeries) you end up with these results:
Important: The calculations do not factor in the following aspects:
- While two surgeries (e.g., gaining +5 inches) might seem advantageous compared to one surgery (e.g., gaining +4 inches), this does not imply that opting for two surgeries is more favorable, given factors such as surgery risks, pain, costs, etc.
- Even if a certain percentage of women might accept you at a specific height, your overall acceptance rate at that height could still be lower than average, considering women who might reject you solely based on the fact that you underwent leg lengthening surgery.
- A significant increase in height can lead to disproportionality, which can affect overall attractiveness and consequently reduce your potential dating pool.
- Inaccuracy in the used data
Conclusions:
- one surgery is most worthwhile between 5'3" - 5'6"
- Two surgeries are more favorable than one surgery up until 5'9"
- Leg lengthening surgery in general is most worthwhile at 5'4"
Comment for questions, improvements, etc.
¹
(PDF) The height of choosiness: Mutual mate choice for stature results in suboptimal pair formation for both sexes
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