Hi guys hope you're all doing well. I understand that the main problem with ll is the stretching of soft tissues. Can someone please explain to me the difference between natural growth during puberty vs ll? Why can we not stimulate growth of soft tissues during ll?gm
thanks for your reply - what is it that makes the tissues grow during puberty though? Is it just because the natural growth of the bone during puberty is slower than ll so the tissues have time to grow? Does this mean that if you could do ll really slowly, the tissues would have time to grow rather than just stretching unnaturally fast?
why is it not possible to lengthen slowly enough for the tissues to grow alongside the bone? Or at least, why is there not more focus on regeneration of the tissues during traditional ll? The surgery as it is just now just seems so...........primitive. Do you think these are the areas which will see developments in the future?
If doctors focused more on recovery of soft tissues obviously more people would do it. Even though it's a barbaric procedure I know I would do it in a heartbeat if recovery methods were more advanced and sophisticated.
I appreciate your thoughts and it is good to hear from people much more knowledgeable than myself that methods/technologies are developing.
Why do you not have a full recovery though if the stretched tissues eventually do catch up with the bone growth?
What I'm saying is yes, you definitely do not have a full recovery, but can someone please explain to me the physiological reasons behind it?
For a layperson catch up growth would seem to equal full recovery although this is obviously not the case so I'm trying to understand why..............
Which area do you think developments are most likely to be in -
a.finding a method of distracting the bone slowly enough for soft tissues to grow in unison ie. comparable to puberty, or
b.finding more sophisticated ways of helping soft tissues recover
thanks Iwannabetaller, that seems to answer my question. Hopefully there will be more research into reprogramming the body back to a state of 'natural' growth during ll.
thanks that's really helpful and answers my question precisely. Hope there are developments in this area.
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