How can I make my calves smaller?

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#2,761
camber said:
Hi QueenF
What has Dr Jong advise if anything. Is it that your legs are experiencing swelling. It seems odd that they are getting bigger so soon after surgery. From what i can see at the moment Travelbird is the only person who has been happy with result. I am starting to think about this more carefully.
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Hi Camber,

This is definitely a big decision to make, and the first few weeks are very tough, so you should be mentally prepared before making the leap. As of right now, I am a little over 8 weeks POST-OP, I sent the photos of my calves over to Dr Jong and he suggested that my legs are most likely still swollen and for me to continue bandaging them. As of today, I have started wrapping them again. And boy, do my calves feel terrible when they are bandaged!!! I have no idea why, my whole leg feels like it is asleep, numb, just all sorts of uncomfortable. Maybe this is a good sign? Fingers crossed.

I'm literally forcing myself to keep these bandages on right now, I'm about to give in and just take them off any second because it is really that uncomfortable, makes me have some hope that perhaps my legs really are still swollen. I'll keep everyone updated on what happens in a week or two, hopefully my legs become thin (At least some difference from before)...

As for the responsiveness, Dr Jong is definitely very responsive and I do appreciate that, I am also assured that if I were to go to Taiwan again, he would gladly see me and help me with my problems. I haven't dealt with Dr Park at all, nor asked him for a consultation so I can't comment on that, but seeing the things people say here do make me quite worried, if I do end up having to go in for a revision, I will most likely check out Dr Park either way, just because he is specialized in slimming down the legs most.
 
#2,762
Hi QueenF

I hope it is swelling and they do go done. Dr Park does not seem to care as much about patient but he does seem to get the slimmest legs. It it too much to go through and then all the bandages for no results. I wonder if Marrob is around. She had hers done with Dr Jong as well. Starting to think more about this as when I first came on the forum everyone was happy but now seems to have taken a downward slide. At least you not have your bandages on in the heart of summer. Unless you are down under of course.
 
#2,763
QueenF said:
I'm almost a month post OP now, and something strange is happening with my legs and feet. My feet are extremely swollen, twice the size they normally are. My legs are growing these red dots all around that are extremely itchy. These red bumps are popping out of the skin, I'm not sure how I should feel right now. I will probably give Dr Jong a call tomorrow about the issue.
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#2,764
camber said:
Hi QueenF

I hope it is swelling and they do go done. Dr Park does not seem to care as much about patient but he does seem to get the slimmest legs. It it too much to go through and then all the bandages for no results. I wonder if Marrob is around. She had hers done with Dr Jong as well. Starting to think more about this as when I first came on the forum everyone was happy but now seems to have taken a downward slide. At least you not have your bandages on in the heart of summer. Unless you are down under of course.
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Hi Queen F
I have been following the discussion on here for years now and still plan to go to Dr Jong for surgery. I am sorry to hear of your difficulties and hope that things quickly improve for you. It must have been hard taking the decision to go through with this so I hope that eventually you get the results you hoped for. Please keep posting about your progress.
 
#2,765
Dear Los Angeles
Oh good thanks for confirming. Are you going for a revision then? Will he charge you for the revision. My legs are like tree trunks so he has his work cut out. keep us updated as it really helps everyone to get over this scary stuff. I wonder why it is not more popular and done more often in UK and LA. I did email Dr Liu in LA and he was trying to push the nerve ablation. I am not interested as it seems to be a hit and miss operation. Will definitely be going to Dr Park as Dr Jong sounds lovely Dr Park gets the job done.
 
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Hi Los Angeles,
good to hear from you! Now i really feel better, I was worried about your message, but I'm happy to know it was just a misunderstanding. Thanks a lot for telling us! :)
Hello camber!
I read that you also wanted to go to Dr Park in May. Will you still go in that period? Cause I'm planning to go in the beginning of June! Did you already made an appointment with him?
 
#2,768
I'm from Italy! Since I'm going alone and I'm a little scared, I really wanted to find someone to go through this, and support each other. Are you also planning to go alone?
I still have to write to Dr Park, anyway I hope it wouldn't be a problem to have the surgery done in summer, althoguh it would be more annoying.
Have a nice evening!
 
#2,769
Ah Italy. You need to email Dr Park as he needs to set aside a time for you. You will need to stay around two weeks in Korea as well. He only finally books you in when he has seen your confirmed flight details but he appears to be very flexible.
 
#2,770
It's been 6 months since i had my surgery in taiwan so i'd like to share my progress. My initial measurements were 37.5L/38R and now both of my legs are sitting at 37 steady. To be honest i'm quite disappointed with the results. My boyfriend and friends told me that they couldn't tell the difference.... which is very discouraging! I did email dr. Jong to find out if it's still too early to tell (which i doubt) or if there's anything he can do although i would really hate to go through the same operation again.... I can't say that i should've gone to dr. park instead because dr jong really is a good doctor and he had his reasons for not removing too much muscles. I'm not sure if he just didn't remove that much, or if the muscles grew back...? The circumferences were a lot smaller a couple of months ago and I was so happy with the results but again I'm not sure if it was because I wore compression socks 24/7 or because the muscles grew back.
Dr. jong has not yet gotten back to me but when he does i'll let you know what his opinion on this is. But right now i'm not a happy camper!
 
#2,771
Dear Hallychallenger

Thanks for the update and it was too much to go through for so little. Unfortunately it appears that Dr Jong is a lovely person but that does not cut it. You wanted slim non bulky calves and from the responses on this forum only Dr Park creates that. If you decide to go ahead I would use Dr Park.
 
#2,772
happychallenger said:
It's been 6 months since i had my surgery in taiwan so i'd like to share my progress. My initial measurements were 37.5L/38R and now both of my legs are sitting at 37 steady. To be honest i'm quite disappointed with the results. My boyfriend and friends told me that they couldn't tell the difference.... which is very discouraging! I did email dr. Jong to find out if it's still too early to tell (which i doubt) or if there's anything he can do although i would really hate to go through the same operation again.... I can't say that i should've gone to dr. park instead because dr jong really is a good doctor and he had his reasons for not removing too much muscles. I'm not sure if he just didn't remove that much, or if the muscles grew back...? The circumferences were a lot smaller a couple of months ago and I was so happy with the results but again I'm not sure if it was because I wore compression socks 24/7 or because the muscles grew back.
Dr. jong has not yet gotten back to me but when he does i'll let you know what his opinion on this is. But right now i'm not a happy camper!
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It seems like I'm not the only one on the same boat, which isn't a good thing, but I do hope we both get it resolved. I'm at about 10 weeks POST-OP now and I honestly don't see a difference either (along with everyone else), ASIDE from the fact that I'm wearing stockings 24/7 when the weather is hot xD. As of these two weeks, I probably wrap on the compression bandages about 3-4 times a week, this is Dr Jong's recommendation as he believes my legs could still be swollen.

What I did notice about my legs that was not the case in the past is that when I squeeze my calves when it is relaxed, it is actually hard. Before the procedure, when I squeezed my calves in a relaxed position, it would jiggle around and feel like a ton of fat, while now it feels like I'm squeezing an orange? Basically a lot harder than before, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but I'll see what happens in a few weeks. As of right now, it's still hard for me to get off of bed and walk normally right away and when I do wrap my legs in the bandages, my whole leg becomes extremely sore, stiff, and numb, very very uncomfortable.

Like HappyChallenger, I would NOT want to go through this procedure again, this is not an easy procedure and recovery was difficult, I couldn't ever imagine having to do it over again, those three days not being able to move on bed were hell.
 
#2,773
Hi both Happy and Queen, so sad to here such a trauma for nothing. I was speaking to a lipo doctor and he said mine was muscle and lipo would not do any good. He said I should put my legs in cast for 6 weeks and muscles would reduce naturally. I have heard similar. I think hearing your stories the casts are starting to sound appealing I would rather hobble around in casts (£10,000 RICHER with travel and expenses and procedure
 
#2,774
Ok so Dr. Jong got back to me and this is what he said, I'll copy and paste:
"legs of some women are prone to swelling. Please continue to wear compression stockings and send me some pictures after three months.
For me, excising too many muscles is impossible to convert. So I did the surgery in a more conservative way. I saw the size was getting smaller in some of my cases when I compared the pictures and ultrasound measurement in a few years after surgery."

ok so I think what he's saying is my legs are still swollen and it's best for me to continue to wear compression socks for a few more months? but I don't think my legs are swollen at all. I think he's probably saying that to make me feel better. Dr. Jong did not deny the fact that my legs don't not look like they have reduced in size and altho he said some patients' legs are still getting smaller few years after surgery, I feel like this is probably a minority if it happens at all....
Anyway, I will continue to wear compression socks for a bit longer but hoenstly don't think it'll change anything. SIGHBALLS!
 
#2,775
Happy Challenger I have no doubt he is a conservative doctor and does not take too much BUT that is not the purpose of the operation - whereas a lot of girls seem to sail through it this is not regular stuff and recovery is long. There has to be significant reduction to make such an operation worth it. I agree your legs are sounds like a cop out to keep wearing the stocking - OK at this stage probably necessary but it is clear to me he has not taken even to justify such an operation.
 
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