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Oh for sure. Most guys on those LL sites who are around my height note that they get a massive boost in their dating prospects with 2-3" added on. It makes perfect sense to expect this based on average male/female heights.
ie. I am 5'7.5". The average woman is 5'4.5". The average woman wears 2" heels when going out, and wants her man to be noticeably taller despite this (ideally probably 2-3" taller). So an average woman likely starts instituting a real "penalty" on men below 5'9"-5'10" or so.
I would surmise that my height would be "unacceptable" to at least 50-60% of women (without something major to compensate). By contrast, at 5'10" after 2.5" LL, at most 25% of women might find my height "unacceptable".
So this height increase would have opened up my prospects in the dating market from half or less of women to 75% of women. ie. I would have 1.5-2x as many dating opportunities.
That kind of multiplication might mean a lot to an average man. But on the other hand, if I am matching <1/100 girls on Tinder due to other factors like my face or race, etc., then a 1.5x or 2x multiplier means almost nothing. The only meaningful boost will come from fixing the more fundamental problems.
I need 3x multipliers or 5x multipliers to get anywhere. LL and elevator shoes are much lower yield.
Right, but I think that the multiplier could increase in value after the jaw surgery.
LEt's return to the Gaussian:
And let's assume that the LL surgery buys you, say, 0.50 point, for the sake of convenience.
If you're currently at -1.50, then the LL surgery will take you to -1.00 which will not yield you substantially benefit. However, if the jaw surgery is twice as valuable as LL, then it will take you to -0.50, and the LL surgery can then take you to 0.00.
The jump from -0.50 to -0.00 is far more valuable than the jump from -1.50 to -0.50. It's actually roughly 0.1915/(0.9332-0.8413) ~ 2.1x more valuable.
But let's forget specific numbers. The point is that for someone who is below average, I expect separate facets of looks-maxing to amplify each other.
Leg lengthening surgery is of course still out as you cannot quit your job for a year, but the jaw surgery could, for example, increase the prospective yield of body recomposition.