How can I make my calves smaller?
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People seem to be talking about Dr. Liu and Dr. Park, but my calf surgery didn't turn out good with Dr. Park so I'm wondering if anyone have tried the double skinny operation that's quite popular in Korea..
Hi gondolarez!
It is so bad to hear that you are not satisfied with your surgery result but would you let us know why you are not satisfied with it if you don't mind?
Hi gondolarez!
It is so bad to hear that you are not satisfied with your surgery result but would you let us know why you are not satisfied with it if you don't mind?
I actually posted under the thread OZ pictures so I'll just copy and paste my post from there! Extra information cox I realised my post isn't very detailed, but I did a nerve ablation surgery before in 2007? 2008? and it was actually really good, but over time, it somehow reconnected and it went back to its normal shape, but I guess it was still smaller than before.
(BTW, I changed the date because I realisesed I did the operation on December 2009, not 2010 as I stated in the other thread!)
Hi guys, I did my calf surgery at OZ in 2009, and at first, I really loved the results and I started wearing shorts and skirts but in 2011, I decided to pick up sports again since Dr. Park promised that the muscles that were removed will never grow back again. Well, the good news is, they never did grow back.
The bad news is, my right calf muscle was pretty big and long to begin with, like it occupied 2/3 of my lower leg. My left calf muscle was about 1/2. He said he couldn't excise the bottom part of my right calf muscle, just the top part, but no worries because the bottom part will naturally become smaller. And like I said, I picked up sports again, and now my right leg looks deformed. Right in the middle of my lower leg, a muscle pops out. I've gone back to wearing jeans
I've been trying to weigh my options but I really don't want to give up the sport that I love doing. Maybe when I'm older, when I finish school and start work, I know I would have to stop training, but right now, I want to enjoy my university life as much as I can. I don't want to do another revision surgery, or go to another place to cut my nerve etc. (I actually did that prior to my surgery at OZ and the nerves amazingly reconnected!)
If anyone has the same case as me, where their calf muscles are longer than most people and plans to continue an active lifestyle, I wouldn't recommend this surgery. In fact, the nerve ablation surgery produced a much better result, albeit a temporary one. But that's just my experience!
TBH, I can't remember much about that because I went down to a clinic which was talking about that operation before I decided on Dr. Park, so that was like in September 2009? Gosh time flies O_O Anyway, I remember it's a combination of nerve ablation surgery and something else. The procedure may have been improved since so many years have already passed! I can't remember the name of the clinic I went to, but I did some research and I found some of the famous calf surgery clinics here. I have yet to go down and talk to them about it because I'm still contemplating on when I want to do a revisional surgery.
I don't feel ready to give up my active lifestyle yet! And my sports club senior who's like 50+ and is a plastic surgeon told me that even if I choose a surgery that lets me recover in a short period of time, ex. nerve ablation, I wouldn't be able to play sports as well as I do now... and I'm kind of playing it competitively right now so.... ^^;;
Here are some of the clinics I found and I think there is an English version of the site.
http://www.soyoclinic.com/customer/bna/view.jsp?reqPageNo=1&no=38&searchHospitalFK=0&stype&sval
http://www.dreamsclinic.com/special/special1.asp?idx=contents&view=02_01
http://www.leeneclinic.com/special/...NVAR=PL&NVADID=193276813+0va0003PJwLe8cy000pD
http://www.ykme.co.kr/calf_center/calf_plastic/calf_plastic2.php
http://www.channel-leg.co.kr/index.php?sender=B
I'm wondering which type of sports you did after the surgery? Did you use your legs a lot in those? I have been also active for a long time(that's why my calves are muscular) but I am gonna just do aero dance, zumba, aerobics after the op!I actually posted under the thread OZ pictures so I'll just copy and paste my post from there! Extra information cox I realised my post isn't very detailed, but I did a nerve ablation surgery before in 2007? 2008? and it was actually really good, but over time, it somehow reconnected and it went back to its normal shape, but I guess it was still smaller than before.
(BTW, I changed the date because I realisesed I did the operation on December 2009, not 2010 as I stated in the other thread!)
Hi guys, I did my calf surgery at OZ in 2009, and at first, I really loved the results and I started wearing shorts and skirts but in 2011, I decided to pick up sports again since Dr. Park promised that the muscles that were removed will never grow back again. Well, the good news is, they never did grow back.
The bad news is, my right calf muscle was pretty big and long to begin with, like it occupied 2/3 of my lower leg. My left calf muscle was about 1/2. He said he couldn't excise the bottom part of my right calf muscle, just the top part, but no worries because the bottom part will naturally become smaller. And like I said, I picked up sports again, and now my right leg looks deformed. Right in the middle of my lower leg, a muscle pops out. I've gone back to wearing jeans
I've been trying to weigh my options but I really don't want to give up the sport that I love doing. Maybe when I'm older, when I finish school and start work, I know I would have to stop training, but right now, I want to enjoy my university life as much as I can. I don't want to do another revision surgery, or go to another place to cut my nerve etc. (I actually did that prior to my surgery at OZ and the nerves amazingly reconnected!)
If anyone has the same case as me, where their calf muscles are longer than most people and plans to continue an active lifestyle, I wouldn't recommend this surgery. In fact, the nerve ablation surgery produced a much better result, albeit a temporary one. But that's just my experience!
I picked up martial arts because it's something I've been dreaming about since I was young! And I'm glad I picked it up because it's so much fun but yeah, I do use my legs a lot. I actually use more of my left leg than my right, but I guess with any training, both would develop muscles
But it really depends on the shape of your muscles! My right calf muscle was pretty long to begin with so Dr. Park couldn't excise all of it. He says that the gastroblabla muscle isn't really needed for us to move about, that the muscle behind it will support our movements right? So I guess when we lead an active lifestyle, that gets muscular, and on top of my un-excised calf muscle... it's a horror
I tried to take some pictures but the tiptoe part didn't come out quite right cox it's difficult taking them alone!Left leg:
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Right leg:
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Right leg when I tiptoe:
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Both legs from the back when I tiptoe (this is pretty bad quality, I know):
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Hope this helps!
Hey! I'm still a new member, and although I've posted more than 10 posts, I still haven't reached the minimum of 5 days of using this account yet! I will PM you once I do!
gondolarez! Thank you so much for sharing your photos. The muscular part of my lower legs is pretty bulged up! But the fact is that basically my muscles are very potential to develop! So do you think I will regain muscle by even zumba, aerobics...after the op?I picked up martial arts because it's something I've been dreaming about since I was young! And I'm glad I picked it up because it's so much fun but yeah, I do use my legs a lot. I actually use more of my left leg than my right, but I guess with any training, both would develop muscles
But it really depends on the shape of your muscles! My right calf muscle was pretty long to begin with so Dr. Park couldn't excise all of it. He says that the gastroblabla muscle isn't really needed for us to move about, that the muscle behind it will support our movements right? So I guess when we lead an active lifestyle, that gets muscular, and on top of my un-excised calf muscle... it's a horror
Left leg:
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Right leg:
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Right leg when I tiptoe:
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Both legs from the back when I tiptoe (this is pretty bad quality, I know):
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Hope this helps!
By the way, I know that Dr.Park does not do TOTAL resection of the gastro muscle (in the method of calf resection surgery) cause the other muscles will compensate for it so I couldn't get you when you said he couldn't excise all of the gastro muscle!
I think it depends on how long your original muscle is, not how bulged up it is! Cox it seems that girls with very short bulging calf muscle tend to end up looking picture perfect after the surgery. I think it's because he can only excise the top like, 1/3 of your lower leg? He said he can't go too low, it's not safe etc.
I actually emailed a German doctor before about my problem and he said he can't do anything about it cox the muscle behind the gastro muscle is compensating for it, but since Dr. Park does not do total resection of the gastro muscle cox the other muscles will compensate for it... I have no idea.
I can only guess that either the remaining gastro muscle developed, or other muscles developed and kind of push the remaining gastro muscle out, or horror of horrors, it's a combination of both.I know how some members have talked about the hollow part in their lower legs being filled out slowly as time went by, but in my case, when I tiptoe, there's a horrible empty space where my muscle was, but then again, it may be because of the problem above.
I didn't pick up sports right after the surgery.. In fact, I gave it a year of rest before I even did anything strenuous. I can't remember where I read this, but some girl was saying that she loves sports and she waited a year to play again, and she seemed okay. That was waaay back then before I started the surgery, so I don't know if she has the same problem as me now.
I don't blame Dr. Park. In fact, I think he's a skilled doctor, but maybe in my kind of case, the surgery doesn't give us the results that we wanted and it's just such a disappointment because 6k isn't a small amount of money. So a word of advice for girls like me, either stop leading an active lifestyle altogether, or go for nerve ablation surgery!
Gondolarez,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think I have muscles like yours so I am losing hope that I can have this surgery. Have you tried Botox injections of the hypertrophied part? Some do it for their whole legs, but you only need it on a small part. Every muscle group of my legs are hypertrophied. Every time I get a massage the masseuse always makes a huge comment about them that TOTALLY ruins the mood.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think I have muscles like yours so I am losing hope that I can have this surgery. Have you tried Botox injections of the hypertrophied part? Some do it for their whole legs, but you only need it on a small part. Every muscle group of my legs are hypertrophied. Every time I get a massage the masseuse always makes a huge comment about them that TOTALLY ruins the mood.