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Do you think I can hide this surgery

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tacoma94
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 3:18 am
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I'm about 168cm from UK. I wore lifts+sport shoes in university that gave me 1.2 inch (so people think I am 170-171), then wore lifts + thick soled shoes that gave me 2.2 inch (so people estimate I am 173). I have never worn shorts around people (for 4 years now), so my ankles have never been revealed. I'm planning to do:
- 0.3 inch more of lifts before surgery
- 4.5cm of lengthening (Yes, I am contented this life being 5'8, I do not need the full 5 and I think that is too obvious)
- Swap to barefoot shoes ONLY after surgery (3mm soles)
- I have met some university friends after university, but when I met them, I was already using 2 inch lifts, they never noticed my height increase as it was gradual.
- My work friends have only ever seen me in 2 inch lifts
- I won't optimize my posture for height
- If people ask, I will say I corrected forward head posture, slouched shoulders and lumbar curvature (I did have these things to some extent)

Do you think I can hide it?
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tacoma94
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 3:20 am
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For clarification, I moved to the US to work right after university, and am returning to UK. Hence, most of my social circle in the UK has not seen me for 4 years. Do you think I can hide it from them?
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GrowGrow123
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 5:38 am
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Dude this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The whole point of this surgery is for it to be noticeable. You're basically paying upwards of $50K just so you can stop wearing lifts. Just do the full 8cm and stop worrying about what other people think. You're a grown man.
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Epicmichael
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 3:00 pm
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4.5 cm would be easy to hide. Just reduce or remove lifts. They probably never noticed the lifts and won't notice them gone.
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DanishViking
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 4:48 pm
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I agree with GrowGrow123 on this one. People will either judge you for being short or judge you for doing the surgery. Besides only people who know you from before will probably could tell that your're taller.
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Movie
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Posted on Oct 13, 2023, 12:43 am
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yes you can probably hide 4.5cm's and If you'd be content with that amount all power to you !

as some one who did 8cm femurs just 4 years ago I do feel like people notice when I'm at the gym and obviously my peers/ acquaintances noticed my height increase, and though I never told them, they know I probably had a surgery to increase my height.

with that said sometimes I do wish I had done less of an increase 1) to keep better proportions 2) this does throw off your biomechanics, so if you want to still be decent at any sport you enjoy, either don't do it, or be very conservative with your increase.

at 4.5 cm it's a very nice goal, but then again ... it's just a bit taller than you currently are. you sure you can't live happy at your current height? 
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Acemace86
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Posted on Oct 13, 2023, 1:44 am
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Are you really that disproportionate?
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1team
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Posted on Oct 13, 2023, 2:19 am
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Quote from: Movie on October 13, 2023, 12:43:33 AMyes you can probably hide 4.5cm's and If you'd be content with that amount all power to you !

as some one who did 8cm femurs just 4 years ago I do feel like people notice when I'm at the gym and obviously my peers/ acquaintances noticed my height increase, and though I never told them, they know I probably had a surgery to increase my height.

with that said sometimes I do wish I had done less of an increase 1) to keep better proportions 2) this does throw off your biomechanics, so if you want to still be decent at any sport you enjoy, either don't do it, or be very conservative with your increase.

at 4.5 cm it's a very nice goal, but then again ... it's just a bit taller than you currently are. you sure you can't live happy at your current height?

How much do you wish you had done? Any issues with soft tissue tightness at 8cm?
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GrowGrow123
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Posted on Oct 13, 2023, 2:35 am
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Quote from: Movie on October 13, 2023, 12:43:33 AM
as some one who did 8cm femurs just 4 years ago I do feel like people notice when I'm at the gym and obviously my peers/ acquaintances noticed my height increase, and though I never told them, they know I probably had a surgery to increase my height.


No offense, but this sounds like you have other issues. Unless you're a hot chick wearing booty shorts, no one is paying attention to you at the gym, I can almost guarantee it. It's all in your head. An insecurity.
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Omar
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Posted on Oct 13, 2023, 5:25 am
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so that's what I thought.  we lose a lot of athletic capacity between 4.5 and 8 cm.  the limit is therefore between the two perhaps 6 cm.
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