I had LL in 2007 and I'm still here. Ask me anything!

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on February 05, 2022, 05:31:58 PMPin bending.  That's when the horizontal pins on externals bend when they can't keep up with the tension from lengthening and standing.  They'll always bend in the direction of the ends being higher than the middle because that's the direction weight bearing and pulling the gap apart pulls the device.

It is unavoidable with devices that are succeptable to it.  You need to measure the gap with x-rays rather than keeping track of how many turns you've made on the knobs to know how much you've lengthened.
On external? But what I'm talking about is Paley's option five，And it uses internal methods. So i don't think height hrinkage will also happen after ll of option five

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Yes.  If you have no pins, they won't bend.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on February 06, 2022, 02:13:27 AMYes.  If you have no pins, they won't bend.
Good. Internal nails are just as awesome as my dk

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If you keep the internal rod in you for years, what bad things could happen? The thread about the guy having a complication from the nail removal surgery- this scared me alot

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on March 10, 2022, 02:53:40 PMIf you keep the internal rod in you for years, what bad things could happen? The thread about the guy having a complication from the nail removal surgery- this scared me alot

I'm not sure; it's probably not that bad.  Some doctors recommend leaving them in permanently rather than going through the risk of another major surgery just to take them out.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on March 10, 2022, 05:06:29 PMI'm not sure; it's probably not that bad.  Some doctors recommend leaving them in permanently rather than going through the risk of another major surgery just to take them out.
Maybe nails' going rusty can cause some problems?

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What are the most common complications that happen towards the end of lengthening for internal nails (like gnail) and what kind of doctor do you go to for them? Dr. Giotikas says can go home after 6 weeks, just trying to be prepared for a worst case scenario if I do this

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on March 12, 2022, 03:06:15 AMWhat are the most common complications that happen towards the end of lengthening for internal nails (like gnail) and what kind of doctor do you go to for them? Dr. Giotikas says can go home after 6 weeks, just trying to be prepared for a worst case scenario if I do this

I don't know.

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For the flight back right after lengthening, in the airplane, if I don't want to have to lift my overhead carry on to the top bin (afraid of hurting myself), what are my options? What is your advice?

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Ask a flight attendant to do it for you.