I had my calve reduction surgery done by Dr. Jong in Taiwan. Today is my second day post op and it went really well.
Dr. Jong is amazing, unbelievably care Doctor. I had a few plastic surgeries in the past and I have to say he is the most caring doctor I have even seen so far.
I live in Indonesia. I communicated with him through emails. since the first time I sent him email, which is about a month before the surgery, he always replied and answered all my questions in detail and patiently.
3 years ago I had liposuction on my calves in attempt to reduce my calves size with another surgeon. However, this was the biggest mistake I had ever made in my life as the procedure made my calve muscles looked even more prominent and the surgery left irregularities on my ankle and calves, overall it ruined the shape of my legs.
After doing a long research, I found there are two doctors who is able to perform partial gastrocnemius resection, Dr Jong in Taiwan and Dr Park in Korea.
I sent both Dr Jong and Dr Park emails and explained about my problems. But only dr Jong that willing to fix the irregularities in my calves from the previous surgery, while dr. Park was unable to do that. I finally decided to choose Dr Jong.
First day, he measured and took pictures of my legs from every angles. He put me on a swirl chair, used an ultrasound machine to look how thick is my calve muscles. He did it thoroughly and took about an hour and half to do the examination. I also have varicose vein on the right calve and needed to be removed.
I also requested to do the whole liposuction for my thighs as well. In total, I have 2 major surgeries: 1) partial muscles resection of my medial & lateral gastrocnemius and lateral soleus, 2) liposuction of my ankles, medial & lateral thighs. Also 2 minor surgeries: 1) varicose vein 2) fat transplant to fix the irregularities from the previous liposuction.
After the examination, he gave me a special mobile phone that I can use to communicate with him. The surgery is scheduled tomorrow morning at 9 AM. I return to the flat I rented from Airbnb which is only a few blocks from the clinic.
Day 1.
In the day of surgery, I was a bit nervous but seeing the Dr Jong is very care with me, it calmed my nerves a lot.
There were 5 nurses assisting him during surgery. Although most of the nurses are unable to speak English, they are very care, friendly and helpful. I had a spinal anaesthetic plus the sedation to put me in sleep.
The surgery took about 6 hours and it went really well. I was awake most of the time and sleep half way through it. No pain at all and he put the drain on my calves to avoid hematoma.
Day 2.
He changed the dressing and all are looking good. Still no pain so far. My calves feels a bit tight that's all.
That's it my experience so far with Dr Jong and I will post it again tomorrow to tell you more about it.
