I wonder if for many incels that aren't technically trucels, this points to the real problem. Some of us never learned to intricacies of the mating dance, which might well take a decade to learn, and looks like what you describe, were you start from celibate to low SMV women until you finally get something approaching your looksmatch like here when you are on top of your game:

Sometimes I'd get into a rhythm and start getting with girls that maybe only had one flaw... like an older ex-Stacy or a hot young butterface.