Share Your Experience Of Hiding Your Limb Lengthening Surgery

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If I do this surgery, I plan to tell my immediate family. It's hard enough as it is to go through recovery and isolation without a support group. In fact, I won't even hide the reason I'll be gone for some time. While they might not like it, they will support my decision.

For all the others, I'll tell them something plausible like spine correction or leg angle correction, but I reckon given enough time, they'll get used to the new height and stop noticing it (I only plan 6cm MAX). I'm gonna be leaving my current job for this anyway, and will most likely embark on a new career path when I get back. One of the reasons I actually want to do this is because it's gonna be a crossroads for me as I hit my mid-30's. Perfect time to do it.

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I try my best to hide it other than telling a few close friends and fellow lengtheners. I have told numerous medical professionals about it though, so it is contingent upon them not telling other people or having people overhear vicariously. As for the scars, I don't care anymore. I wear shorts and swim, so if someone can deduce from the scars then it is their wit that has gotten the best of me and nothing can be done.

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Quote from: Polycrates. on July 09, 2017, 01:31:40 PMI try my best to hide it other than telling a few close friends and fellow lengtheners. I have told numerous medical professionals about it though, so it is contingent upon them not telling other people or having people overhear vicariously. As for the scars, I don't care anymore. I wear shorts and swim, so if someone can deduce from the scars then it is their wit that has gotten the best of me and nothing can be done.

But besides you telling people, what were your experiences about people realizing despite you not being open about it? Care to share some stories?

When you say fellow lengtheners, do you mean people you met on here or at your clinic?

What were the reactions of medical personnel?

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Sure. Fellow lengtheners range from members of LL Forum to people I have met in Florida and New York in person. Most doctors ask me why I did it, but still react initially in a professional manner. The only medical personnel who seem perturbed by it are young female nurses. I've seen them overhear conversations through open doors in the hospital and the look on their faces is a clear indication they think I am a weirdo for doing it....

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Quote from: Polycrates. on July 10, 2017, 07:38:14 AMThe only medical personnel who seem perturbed by it are young female nurses. I've seen them overhear conversations through open doors in the hospital and the look on their faces is a clear indication they think I am a weirdo for doing it....

Wow. Just wow. I am starting to reconsider if this surgery is even worth it seeing that it is almost impossible to conceal the fact that you got the surgery, it is almost impossible to pass it off as natural growth, and people you come into contact with seem absolutely disturbed by it. However, other people on this forum have expressed that they performed better with women after the surgery and women had no idea about their surgery until they unveiled it to them.

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For me, it was worth it. It is impossible to conceal the truth from people who knew you beforehand (unless they are idiots or never paid you attention), but for the rest of the world, if everything goes right, they will never know you had surgery. In my case, the people that know I did LL were completely accepting although some were surprised, and the technician who took my x-rays noticed of course and was surprised people were having that surgery on my side of the world. Of course, she will gossip it like an interesting case but nothing more. This surgery is for yourself and no one else. Who cares what the others think or say? You can always move someplace nobody knows you. Maybe you should reconsider this surgery as maybe you are not doing it for the right reasons.

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Quote from: Jumbo on July 10, 2017, 07:57:00 PMWow. Just wow. I am starting to reconsider if this surgery is even worth it seeing that it is almost impossible to conceal the fact that you got the surgery, it is almost impossible to pass it off as natural growth, and people you come into contact with seem absolutely disturbed by it. However, other people on this forum have expressed that they performed better with women after the surgery and women had no idea about their surgery until they unveiled it to them.

Yes agree with the above, if you are afraid people will judge you, you are not doing it for the right reasons. People will find out and you'll have to be okay with it. Feeling content with yourself should outweigh feeling judged by others.

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Dosent it comes Down to how much you do and how much lift you used

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Quote from: jojo on July 11, 2017, 08:39:41 PMDosent it comes Down to how much you do and how much lift you used

Well in my case, I want to do a lot, so it would apply to me. I want to get to 5'8", because that is approximately the height I was "supposed" to be had it not been for this condition. So I would have to lengthen my tibias and femurs each by 3 inches.

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3 inches is a lot of difference for people not to notice! But in other news, I met with a very short girl friend and she didn't notice I had the surgery, maybe because the difference between us was always big. Afterwards, I told her the truth and she said I'm walking normally and don't seem like I had surgery!!!