How can I make my calves smaller?

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Like many others, i choose to have surgery with Dr Park on 8th July. I hesitated between Park and Jong but the incision is huge with Jong (saw on the website). My husband is coming too to nurse me. He is such a darling. I will keep you updated.
Cheers
 
#2,224
Hello everyone,

Could those who have already passed at least 6 months post op describe their muscle growth after the 4th month? CZ in one of the posts, a girl had shared an email from Dr.Park saying that after month 4, the muscle starts to get more defined and may grow a bit bigger but again it can shrink a bit...So I really appreciate to give me more idea how it goes...I am in 2 month post op and so satisfied with my current shape and size although I feel they get swollen once I keep them unwrapped for more than two hours( the only thing that I don't like is that the legs look just a little uneven that I know they are supposed to be even once the muscle starts to grow). I hope the muscle does not grow more than the necessary amount for feeling the gap!
 
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joo_joo2704 said:
Hello everyone,

Could those who have already passed at least 6 months post op describe their muscle growth after the 4th month? CZ in one of the posts, a girl had shared an email from Dr.Park saying that after month 4, the muscle starts to get more defined and may grow a bit bigger but again it can shrink a bit...So I really appreciate to give me more idea how it goes...I am in 2 month post op and so satisfied with my current shape and size although I feel they get swollen once I keep them unwrapped for more than two hours( the only thing that I don't like is that the legs look just a little uneven that I know they are supposed to be even once the muscle starts to grow). I hope the muscle does not grow more than the necessary amount for feeling the gap!
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hey joo joo,

My calves look the smallest around 2 month post op.(you can check out my previous posts) They were around 31cm-32cm. But at the same time, they look too thin especially when my thighs are not thin. Now I am around almost 11 months post op now, my calves remained in 33cm.
I would not say they are small, but they look normal and proportional. They will look a bit thinner if I wrapped my legs before going out to show them off. I still wear the compression stockings at night time because I feel the size still fluctuates a bit. There are times when I do not compress my calves for a week, and they grew to 34cm. I quickly compressed them back with stockings and they will return to 33cm. Dr. Park did mention to me that I should compress my calves for at least 1-2 years for best results.
 
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leela16 said:
Like many others, i choose to have surgery with Dr Park on 8th July. I hesitated between Park and Jong but the incision is huge with Jong (saw on the website). My husband is coming too to nurse me. He is such a darling. I will keep you updated.
Cheers
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Do you pay cash and get 4% discount? What does the cost cover? I hope there's no hidden cost. Any additional 10% tax for this operation? I am planning my trip in Nov to do calf reduction with Dr Park.
 
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ffxlulu said:
hey joo joo,

My calves look the smallest around 2 month post op.(you can check out my previous posts) They were around 31cm-32cm. But at the same time, they look too thin especially when my thighs are not thin. Now I am around almost 11 months post op now, my calves remained in 33cm.
I would not say they are small, but they look normal and proportional. They will look a bit thinner if I wrapped my legs before going out to show them off. I still wear the compression stockings at night time because I feel the size still fluctuates a bit. There are times when I do not compress my calves for a week, and they grew to 34cm. I quickly compressed them back with stockings and they will return to 33cm. Dr. Park did mention to me that I should compress my calves for at least 1-2 years for best results.
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Hi ffxlulu,

I went through your posts and I found your smallest sizing in month 3. So hope I get smaller by then and my final size after regrowing stays something around my current size although I am now 1 cm less than my last size reported! Keeping up with wrapping for a long time will definitely affect the final results though as Dr.Park recommended.
Do anyone of you guys have any idea where I can find the bandages which Dr.Park uses?! Actually I didn't find the same bandages in any pharmacies and had to buy thicker ones that work well but the only thing that I don't like is that I have to use longer tapes to fix them on place so my tapes run out so quickly:(( I looked for them in amazon as well as ebay but they are apparently of the same type that I'm currently using or the self adhesive ones that are not suitable to keep them wrapped on bare legs for a long time! The good thing is that they make my legs super skinny:D
 
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joo_joo2704 said:
Hi ffxlulu,

I went through your posts and I found your smallest sizing in month 3. So hope I get smaller by then and my final size after regrowing stays something around my current size although I am now 1 cm less than my last size reported! Keeping up with wrapping for a long time will definitely affect the final results though as Dr.Park recommended.
Do anyone of you guys have any idea where I can find the bandages which Dr.Park uses?! Actually I didn't find the same bandages in any pharmacies and had to buy thicker ones that work well but the only thing that I don't like is that I have to use longer tapes to fix them on place so my tapes run out so quickly:(( I looked for them in amazon as well as ebay but they are apparently of the same type that I'm currently using or the self adhesive ones that are not suitable to keep them wrapped on bare legs for a long time! The good thing is that they make my legs super skinny:D
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Hello everyone. Im day 3 surgery with dr park. Im having a major breakdown and i need some feedback from those of you who already had the surgery done. My right leg is much thinner than my left. My right leg has a huge gap... Area where muscle was removed. The skin is hanging loose like on my grandmother's. Almost like he took out way too much. Omg. It looks so deformed compared to the left. Anyone else have similar experience? Is this where i have to wait a year and have him correct it? But how? You can't put muscle back. Im freaking out. Pain is no joke!
 
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Scaredsilly said:
Hello everyone. Im day 3 surgery with dr park. Im having a major breakdown and i need some feedback from those of you who already had the surgery done. My right leg is much thinner than my left. My right leg has a huge gap... Area where muscle was removed. The skin is hanging loose like on my grandmother's. Almost like he took out way too much. Omg. It looks so deformed compared to the left. Anyone else have similar experience? Is this where i have to wait a year and have him correct it? But how? You can't put muscle back. Im freaking out. Pain is no joke!
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do you mind taking a picture?
 
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Hello ladies,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you but the days post-surgery have been rather mad. Firtsly, let me assure you that i am doing ok, in pain yes, but ok.
Here is a quick recollection of events:


Monday july 7th: I land at Seoul airport at 2pm with oh so sweet husband, then take the limousine bus to Gangnam-gu area (way cheaper than the taxi = 15OOO won each). We go straight to the clinic to meet Dr Park for the first time. From the Gangnam-gu station, we walk about 20 minutes. The clinic is on the 6th floor of a small building. The clinic desk and environment are modern, clean and professional. The lady assistant welcomes us with good manners and makes us feel comfortable. Hubby was apprehensive we would end up in some dark alley garage fitted in a rusty clinic type place hahaha, even he said 'oh, that's nice'. I am received quickly by Dr Park and we do small talks as well as go through the details of the surgery: what needs to be done, the expectations, the possible complications, the recovery, the cost. Dr Park gave me a good first impression, he is relaxed, friendly and likes a laugh, yet he shows experience and confidence in his work.
The surgery is booked for wednesday 9th: initial calf size 35cm, target size 32cm, oh please doctor make that 31cm!
Height 160cms, weight 52 kgs.


This night, we go shopping and eating. Seoul is cool baby, so many things to buy :nuts: :yahoo:
 
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I choose to have one day free before the surgery to walk around and get some of that visiting bug out of my system. So that's what we did tuesday all day and all night, we had so much fun eating everything and anything, walking through small multi-colored lights filled small streets, getting lost multiple times as no-one speaks english here and everything is written in korean only. The weather is nice. The streets are filled with people at any hour of the day or night. People are so nice and helpful. They like to stare, and don't hide whilst doing it. By the end of the day, i bought 4 pairs of shoes... if hubby wasn't here to push some bits of wisdom into my possessed brain, i would have dragged at least 12 pairs back to the hotel... :drool:
 
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Wednesday 9th - OP day 1: I show up at the clinic at 10am. Talk with the doctor for 20 minutes: i want to visit Jeju Island for a few days straight after the surgery, he says i can try, i say i really want and we plan to rent a scooter to visit the island so i wouldn't have to walk so much, he seems hesitant but says i can try. I pay cash for the operation 7 000 000 won, that includes the cash 4% discount.
Then i place my bag in my room, get undressed, go in the operating room, there are 3 or 4 assistants, they put me on IV drips, then comes the anesthetic, i feel cold, am shivering for a few minutes then dozzes off. I wake up in my room around 2pm, i feel ok, a bit weak but not light headed, i stand up to go to the toilet, i feel ok, not dizzy, i have difficulty in walking, of course but it is manageable. The nurse tells me to rest a bit. So i rest until 4pm. Then i call my husband to come and pick me up. He comes around 6pm and we go back to the hotel.
We watch games of thrones on our computer and eat well and go to sleep. I elevate my legs for the night, make sure i took the medication and try to do the stretching twice in the evening. The doctor said to do 5mns stretching every 30 minutes but i find this isn't possible with the state i am in, so i do what i can. I can put my belly against the wall but only after 2 or 3 minutes of slow stretching.
 
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OP day 2: I spent a miserable night of no sleep at all. I did not sleep at all too the nigth before the surgery so i am completely exhausted. I could not find a comfortable position and my legs felt great discomfort throughout the night, and boy what a long night that was! I woke up hubby every 5 minutes to bring me this, and bring me that, and do this and do that, and talk to me and stop talking you're annoying, put the aircon on and turn it off, make me a tea, no this is the wrong tea, there is not enough sugar, now there is too much sugar, oh finally i don't want it anymore, i prefer a fruit juice. OMG i turned into a witch! :weird:
What i felt in my legs the whole night was not really pain, rather solid discomfort, the sort that takes over your mind and rules the **** out of you.
The day went by ok, medication, (try to) stretching, drinking heaps of water and fresh fruit juice, resting... Tomorrow, it is decided, we will go for a 6-day adventure in Jeju island and we will get there by train and boat. In the back of my mind, i agree with myself, YES I AM MAD, but hey, that's me.
:okay:
 
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