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[raimacovin]

Hi everybody, I'm new in this forum, so I will contribute with the difussion of information as posible as I can. Well, I haven't had LL yet. (I'm 18), I have been researching about cons and pros of LL and found something that LL "veterans" might know.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171677

What can you share about this issue? (especially people who have had LL)

André

[MAN-OF-STEEL]

Interestingly scary!

[amatan]

I myself can confirm that this does happen, and it is quite common.  Many patients lose some feeling in small areas of their leg (it can happen anywhere where the skin is being stretched).  Dr. Lee said that the skin surface does not tolerate stretching like other tissues do.  There is a decent chance a small area of your leg will not feel pain or touch exactly the same way as before.  I myself have a roughly 2 cm by 2 cm circular area around my knee that has lost some sensitivity on the skin surface.  Pain feels slightly duller.

I should note that this nerve issue is purely superficial and it in no way affects one's muscle strength/soft tissues or athletic recovery.  But if the sensation of your knee to human touch is very important to you, then by all means, stay away from femur lengthening.

[TRS]

This is what we, prospective LL patients, need to hear!! Thanks for posting this Andre!

[raimacovin]

I myself can confirm that this does happen, and it is quite common.  Many patients lose some feeling in small areas of their leg (it can happen anywhere where the skin is being stretched).  Dr. Lee said that the skin surface does not tolerate stretching like other tissues do.  There is a decent chance a small area of your leg will not feel pain or touch exactly the same way as before.  I myself have a roughly 2 cm by 2 cm circular area around my knee that has lost some sensitivity on the skin surface.  Pain feels slightly duller.

I should note that this nerve issue is purely superficial and it in no way affects one's muscle strength/soft tissues or athletic recovery.  But if the sensation of your knee to human touch is very important to you, then by all means, stay away from femur lengthening.

Interesting, how long ago did you do your LL? Perhaps it's a matter of time.

André

[gettingtaller]

Me too. I'm still lengthening (at 7.6 today) and an area to the left of my left knee has gone numb. I'm not particularly bothered about it as long as there's no serious consequence (I don't know if there is or isn't).

[Medium Drink Of Water]

I have numbness where the osteotomy sites are, and altered sensation where the IM nails were inserted.  It seems like my issues stem from surgical trauma and not from the stretching part of the surgery.

[programdude]

You dont notice the numbness unless you are touching or being impacted there though, right? Not constant weird sensations right?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

No constant weird sensations, just a lack of feeling at the osteotomy sites.  The IM nail insertion/extraction sites are weird though.  Sometimes they lack feeling and other times they do give me some weird sensations (but only when impacted such as kneeling on a hard surface).

[Wannabegiant]

I was a bit numb there at the incision sites for a few weeks post op. But i seem to have gotten full sensitivity back there now, also quite often i feel it itching slightly on the skin in those areas, but i assume that feeling is associated with healing.