How can I make my calves smaller?

[ffxlulu]

Oh really?! Those free options are so good! And this is for all his patients? Wish I can have it too!
Yeah...I see what you mean by " very hard recovery"! It is what I was also figuring out! But I didn't want to do lipo on all my inner thighs! Just on top where the thigh gap is cz the other parts already have a gap in between! But probably, I won't do it!

Another PS friend lipo her stomach couple years ago, but she started developing fat in the love handles area( that area did not have lipo before). So she has to go back and lipo that area as well in order to look proportional. Therefore, it is likely that you will develop more fat in your inner thighs after you did lipo around your thigh gap area. Eventually, you will have to lipo your whole legs in order to look proportional.

It depends if you got fat around ankles and knees. For me, I got thick ankles and knees, but they are not fat since I got big bones. That is just sad..
In the end, I was not able to have free lipo service.

 

[cranberri100]

Skim3, joo_joo2704 & MyDeepestSecret,

Thank you for giving me awesome excuses! Don't worry, I definately won't tell anyone about my surgery since it sounds pretty scary judging by the title. I believe only my bf and a few of my best friends knows. I can't afford to tell my parents either, because I do not want them to worry about me.

Day 19: back to work on a Friday

It was not that bad to resume work on a Friday. I work in downtown Toronto where everyone walks fast. I wore wedges that day because I wanted to look normal when I walk. I definately can't walk fast or run so I have to prepare more time for transporation time. No one at work noticed my walking, because I walk pretty normal at work. At the end of the day, my calves are very stiff.

Day 20
Stretches are a lot easier after I applied muscle relief cream on my calves. It is a lot easier for me in korea, because I don't really care about showing my bandages even when I go out. Now, I have to hide them even when I'm at home. In order to make my life easier, I started wrapping the bandages around my ankles and feet, so that this would support my lie about twisting my ankles to my parents. At least, I've got the problem solved for hiding the bandages at home. Wearing sneaker wedges definately slow down my recovery, I've decided I should not wear them anymore and accept the fact I will walk in a crippled way for a while.

Day 21
It is the first time doing aspiration without Dr. Park or the nurses. I was not able to find my friend (in science career) so I decided to do this on my own with my bf (perfectionist). It took me a while to poke the needle in while my bf will help pull the syringe. It didn't hurt much but it takes LONG. During the whole process, we both got goosebumps and felt light headed. But we did it! Dr Park told me to record my calf circumferences and number of blood tubes taken out. I really hope we did the aspiration correctly. I see a little lump on my calf right after I did aspiration, hopefully it will disappear.

Overall, my calves are a lot slimmer. I look really good when wearing tight jeans and pants, because my calves look straight and slim. I have been staring at my calves all day when I was wearing slim pants. The shape of my calves are still not that nice and the skin around my calves are still darkly toned due to the bruising. My calves are still really stiff. I will start wearing flat shoes from now on. I don't feel nerve pain these few days, because my feet and ankles are swollen?

Hi ffxulu,

It's so great to hear you're happy with how your legs look and that you're reveling in wearing skinny jeans!
I'm happy that you managed to find a way to go to work and be around your parents - I wouldn't tell family or coworkers about it either.
How is it being in flats? Why do you think wearing sneaker wedges slowed down your recovery?

I can't believe you work in downtown Toronto! It's such a small world, because I live in Toronto - and I don't mean Scarborough or Markham, lol. I'm a stone's throw away from downtown.

Thanks for everything, and all the best .

 

[ffxlulu]

Hi ffxulu,

It's so great to hear you're happy with how your legs look and that you're reveling in wearing skinny jeans!
I'm happy that you managed to find a way to go to work and be around your parents - I wouldn't tell family or coworkers about it either.
How is it being in flats? Why do you think wearing sneaker wedges slowed down your recovery?

I can't believe you work in downtown Toronto! It's such a small world, because I live in Toronto - and I don't mean Scarborough or Markham, lol. I'm a stone's throw away from downtown.

Thanks for everything, and all the best .

It's nice to know there are some Canadians here .
I can speed up a bit when I walk. My calves get tired easily after walking non stop for 1 min. Walking in flats (when you try to walk normal) is another form of stretching, while walking in wedges will make your calves feel more stiff.

 

[joo_joo2704]

Another PS friend lipo her stomach couple years ago, but she started developing fat in the love handles area( that area did not have lipo before). So she has to go back and lipo that area as well in order to look proportional. Therefore, it is likely that you will develop more fat in your inner thighs after you did lipo around your thigh gap area. Eventually, you will have to lipo your whole legs in order to look proportional.

It depends if you got fat around ankles and knees. For me, I got thick ankles and knees, but they are not fat since I got big bones. That is just sad..
In the end, I was not able to have free lipo service.

OMG! That's horrible! How come! Maybe, the fat distribution of the belly is disturbed in someway and then love handles were affected! However, I have another mentality too: sometimes that my belly gets big for any reason, I look more rectangular and when it comes down, my love handles appear! So, she can see fat love handles because of the same reason...!
I also have big bones in my knees!! But the fact is that it will prevent a lot of problems when we get old and the bone mass density starts to get down! Hope it makes you feel better about them! Also, I think your knees look thinner now cz I noticed some girls with big knee bones and thin calves that their knees look thinner than they really are! Hope you confirm the same thing about your knees now!
Let's see how it goes in Korea but Im wondering when Dr.Park recognized that lipo does not work in your case. In Korea or when you sent him your photos for consultation?!

 

[linney]

ffxlulu - thanks so much for the updates. happy to hear you're happy with the results. i'm meeting with dr. park in early september. wish me luck! do you have any recent pictures?

 

[linney]

i don't have enough posts up to chat yet.

 

[joo_joo2704]

i don't have enough posts up to chat yet.

Hi linney!
It's so good that you are going to get it done in early September and then will get rid of the legs bothering you. Im also gonna get it done hopefully in January and when ever a new girl says she is going to do this op in a couple of days, I feel this is me that is going to Korea...! Hope you have an easy recovery post op and get your ideal legs. Please update us in your post up once you feel strong enough to write!
Again, I hope everything goes well for you in Korea

 

[ffxlulu]

OMG! That's horrible! How come! Maybe, the fat distribution of the belly is disturbed in someway and then love handles were affected! However, I have another mentality too: sometimes that my belly gets big for any reason, I look more rectangular and when it comes down, my love handles appear! So, she can see fat love handles because of the same reason...!
I also have big bones in my knees!! But the fact is that it will prevent a lot of problems when we get old and the bone mass density starts to get down! Hope it makes you feel better about them! Also, I think your knees look thinner now cz I noticed some girls with big knee bones and thin calves that their knees look thinner than they really are! Hope you confirm the same thing about your knees now!
Let's see how it goes in Korea but Im wondering when Dr.Park recognized that lipo does not work in your case. In Korea or when you sent him your photos for consultation?!

He will let you know once you have a face to face consultation with him.

 

[ffxlulu]

ffxlulu - thanks so much for the updates. happy to hear you're happy with the results. i'm meeting with dr. park in early september. wish me luck! do you have any recent pictures?

Good luck!! I'm super excited for you! Please post your calf pictures as well! (I will be posting mine on the next post)

 

[ffxlulu]

Day 28
My calves are still stiff in the mornings, but I could feel they are recovering from day to day. My ankles and feet are still swollen. My walking improves day by day since I have been wearing sneakers everyday. My metabolism is getting slower due to my lack of exercise, therfore, my thighs are still fat. And I did something I am super ashamed of myself: I smoked two cigarettes.

Day 29
My feet and ankles are even more swollen because of the cigarettes. I might as well quit smoking once in for all since I don't have craving anymore. Anyone smokes in this forum? I did my second diy aspiration and I'm getting the hang of it.

Here are my diy aspiration results:
1. Right 45ml & left 7ml liquid taken out
2. Right 7ml & left 4.5ml liquid taken out

My current calf measurement:
right 31.7cm, left 32.1cm

My right calf is smaller than my left calf. (right was 1.5cm bigger before surgery) I guess the aspiration really did help reduce the size.

Day 30 (One Month!!!!!!!)
I can walk normally now.. But only in a limited amount of time before my calves get tired. I speed walk for four minutes non stop today because I was catching the train. At the end, my calves were exhausted which means they will probably be swollen the next day. I felt like I just did 200 calf lifts.

Pictures

Day 28
http://postimg.org/image/3lf8apbet/

Another picture when I was in skinny jeans with bandages underneath (please excuse my weird leg post because it is hard to take pictures of my calves with no assistance)
http://postimg.org/image/v6usp6vnb/

 

[joo_joo2704]

Day 28
My calves are still stiff in the mornings, but I could feel they are recovering from day to day. My ankles and feet are still swollen. My walking improves day by day since I have been wearing sneakers everyday. My metabolism is getting slower due to my lack of exercise, therfore, my thighs are still fat. And I did something I am super ashamed of myself: I smoked two cigarettes.

Day 29
My feet and ankles are even more swollen because of the cigarettes. I might as well quit smoking once in for all since I don't have craving anymore. Anyone smokes in this forum? I did my second diy aspiration and I'm getting the hang of it.

Here are my diy aspiration results:
1. Right 45ml & left 7ml liquid taken out
2. Right 7ml & left 4.5ml liquid taken out

My current calf measurement:
right 31.7cm, left 32.1cm

My right calf is smaller than my left calf. (right was 1.5cm bigger before surgery) I guess the aspiration really did help reduce the size.

Day 30 (One Month!!!!!!!)
I can walk normally now.. But only in a limited amount of time before my calves get tired. I speed walk for four minutes non stop today because I was catching the train. At the end, my calves were exhausted which means they will probably be swollen the next day. I felt like I just did 200 calf lifts.

Pictures

Day 28
http://postimg.org/image/3lf8apbet/

Another picture when I was in skinny jeans with bandages underneath (please excuse my weird leg post because it is hard to take pictures of my calves with no assistance)
http://postimg.org/image/v6usp6vnb/

OMG! I am super excited! Your legs look pretty thin! They look like a baby's legs! The bruising is almost gone! Thanks for posting them!

 

[ffxlulu]

Hi OneTrackMind,

I don't really know why the heating pad but I think that it is the same principle as when a patient goes under general anesthesia. Many patients wake up shivering and cold after full general anesthesia so maybe the same thing after the local spinal anesthesia applies. Possibly some of the other girls can confirm this...

Take care.

hey bronte..
would you give us an update on your calves? I believe you are around 2 months post op now!

 

[joo_joo2704]

Day 28
My calves are still stiff in the mornings, but I could feel they are recovering from day to day. My ankles and feet are still swollen. My walking improves day by day since I have been wearing sneakers everyday. My metabolism is getting slower due to my lack of exercise, therfore, my thighs are still fat. And I did something I am super ashamed of myself: I smoked two cigarettes.

Day 29
My feet and ankles are even more swollen because of the cigarettes. I might as well quit smoking once in for all since I don't have craving anymore. Anyone smokes in this forum? I did my second diy aspiration and I'm getting the hang of it.

Here are my diy aspiration results:
1. Right 45ml & left 7ml liquid taken out
2. Right 7ml & left 4.5ml liquid taken out

My current calf measurement:
right 31.7cm, left 32.1cm

My right calf is smaller than my left calf. (right was 1.5cm bigger before surgery) I guess the aspiration really did help reduce the size.

Day 30 (One Month!!!!!!!)
I can walk normally now.. But only in a limited amount of time before my calves get tired. I speed walk for four minutes non stop today because I was catching the train. At the end, my calves were exhausted which means they will probably be swollen the next day. I felt like I just did 200 calf lifts.

Pictures

Day 28
http://postimg.org/image/3lf8apbet/

Another picture when I was in skinny jeans with bandages underneath (please excuse my weird leg post because it is hard to take pictures of my calves with no assistance)
http://postimg.org/image/v6usp6vnb/

So you have done aspiration for two times since you came back from Korea...Would you please let me know once Dr.Park confirms you don't need to aspirate anymore?! As you know, I was planning to stay more in Korea until I get done with all aspiration sessions but if it is supposed to last more than one month, I'll be back in two weeks and find someone here to help me with it.

 

[linney]

Good luck!! I'm super excited for you! Please post your calf pictures as well! (I will be posting mine on the next post)

ffxlulu,

thanks for the pictures - your legs look great! i was curious when you were able to drive? i'm afraid of my calves cramping up while driving. also did you take sinecch? i'll only be in korea for eight days so will be aspiring on my own when i get back.

 

[ffxlulu]

So you have done aspiration for two times since you came back from Korea...Would you please let me know once Dr.Park confirms you don't need to aspirate anymore?! As you know, I was planning to stay more in Korea until I get done with all aspiration sessions but if it is supposed to last more than one month, I'll be back in two weeks and find someone here to help me with it.

It varies, I remember there's this one girl in this forum who doesn't need to do aspiration after two weeks of her surgery. Dr. Park told me I can stop when I can't get the liquid out anymore. I think the third time may probably be my last time. It is better to have more aspiration sections. The more liquid I take out, the smaller my calves will be. Dr. Park gave me 5 needles before I leave on Day 15. He said I will probably need 2-3 sections.