What is the bigger give-away that you had LL: proportions or overall height?

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Im trying to imagine what my femurs will look like at 2 inches (5CM) longer.  And if I walked into a room with people who knew me - what would their first suspicion be.

Maybe a better way to phrase this is: even if your new overall height was not noticed, is your segment length obvious to others?  Can it be hidden easily?

For anyone who had LL I would really appreciate your input.... did people you're close with comment more on your overall height or your specific body parts?  Or both?

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huh?

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Oh got it.  No worries.

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Tibas are definitely harder to hide no doubt

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Good to know.  Im just going to get baggier and wider shorts and hope for the best.  I picture it actually being easier to hide femurs in shorts rather than pants funny enough just because they are wider usually and break up the line.

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Music to my ears

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I can definitely see this.  Trying to not underestimate it.  The competitor in me wants to think Ill do better than most people and cut the recovery time shorter but thats prob what everyone thinks going into it and then things just kind of get out of your control.  I really need to look decent in about 4 months (for a short period of time like an evening at dinner) to get away with nobody knowing.

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Yeah that makes sense.  A combo of a longer shirt and going wider/baggier pants/shorts should do it.

Hoping cargo shorts come back in style! lol

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4 months after surgery.  So 2 months into consolidation I'm hoping to be able to go to a restaurant and look normal enough for people to not ask questions.  I wouldnt try going for a hike in daylight with family.  But if I can see them once it will go a long way to normalizing relations and not drawing suspicion.  Maybe its still too ambitious idk.  I really wish I had done this during covid...what a perfect time.

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Helpful, I get what you're saying.  Basically shifting your femurs lower and elongating your torso.