I was offered a lipo... but not sure if it really helps, as I think the issue is my muscles... (?) did anyone got lipo for calves reduction and really got a good result?
How can I make my calves smaller?
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I'm in Canada as well. I would assume that Oz Clinic would have a translator since they have an English website but I could be wrong.
Hi,
I am also from Canada and I would have really prefer to go in US with Dr.Liu than in Korea (I speak French, my English speaking is ok, but not perfect). But after a lot of research, I decided to go with Dr.Park.
Dr.Liu hasn’t done a lot of calf reduction surgery. He was more specialised in Radio Frequency Nerve Ablation before. I am sure that he will become an expert in a couple of years, cause he went to have formation in Korea last year. But to be an expert in a surgery, you have to practice... a lot... He probably did dozen of surgery, but Dr.Park did more than 900.. I also think their technique is different, Dr.Park remove the muscle in pieces, so it is why there is so much swelling (see the video of the National Geographic) but only one scar behind the knee. I think Dr.Liu do 2 scars, to be able to remove a big part of the muscle in one step, so less swelling, faster recovery, but apparent scars....
You can find one of his patient on « realself.com » .
The language wasn’t a problem, Dr.Park speak a very good English. For the nurses, if they don’t speak English, they use an app on their phone to translate.
Good réflexion on your options!
Thank you for your response! Are you satisfied with your results with Dr. Park? Could you tell me a bit more about your experience with the surgery? TIA!
EDIT: nevermind I looked into your past posts! Looks amazing
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I think you can have more amazing before/after results than mine if you wish, but having the slimmest calf possible wasn’t my gold. I just wanted to have « normal » calves, to remove the muscular look. It is what I precisely asked Dr.park.
The more muscle you remove, the more risky is the surgery. I was afraid of long terms consequences, I didn’t wanted to trade an aesthetic problem for a walking or running problem. I got what I asked for
! N.B. I started stretching again, after stopping for several months. I still need id.... If I don’t do it, I feel that my calves become tired earlier than it should be. It is the only downside of the surgery. But it is only a couple of minutes per day!
I'm wondering if you had to obtain a visa when you went to Korea, I'm assuming no? I heard for Canadians you get the B2 visa automatically stamped on your passport when you arrive, is that true?I think you can have more amazing before/after results than mine if you wish, but having the slimmest calf possible wasn’t my gold. I just wanted to have « normal » calves, to remove the muscular look. It is what I precisely asked Dr.park.
The more muscle you remove, the more risky is the surgery. I was afraid of long terms consequences, I didn’t wanted to trade an aesthetic problem for a walking or running problem. I got what I asked for
N.B. I started stretching again, after stopping for several months. I still need id.... If I don’t do it, I feel that my calves become tired earlier than it should be. It is the only downside of the surgery. But it is only a couple of minutes per day!
At the time I had my surgery, Canadians didn’t needed one.
But it can change at anytime, especially with the covid pandemia...
Hi guys! I talked about my experience on another thread when it popped up but I think this was the original thread that I was on before. Anyway, I got quite a few messages regarding my experience so I tried to take some pictures of my right leg, it's honestly very difficult to take them since I live alone! Anyway, I'll post my reply on the other thread here, together with the pictures I took. You can see that my legs became a bit deformed, with muscles popping out at weird angles and some empty spaces here and there. I tried to fix it by going for the nerve surgery again and while it did soften the appearance, what you see in the pictures are my current legs, after I tried to fix it. I'd even emailed some doctors in Germany who supposedly specialised in calf muscles surgery, but they told me that because I'd already done the calf resection surgery, there's nothing they can do to help me. I've learnt to live with it and adjusted my clothings so that I don't ever wear knee-length skirts/dresses/pants/shorts.
Another girl above me said that she'd gone back to riding and hiking but her legs are still the same... so I guess maybe it depends on individuals? I mean, the reason why I went ahead with this was because the girl I was following back then was also sporty and she said she was fine after the surgery too. Anyway, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide!
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Hi guys, I was actually active on the previous thread about the calf surgery and through recommendations on that thread, I did it with Dr. Park in 2009.
To give you the conclusion, I REGRETTED IT.
But I think it really depends on individuals so I think I should state my circumstances first. As natalie78 was saying, I didn't have calves, I had cows. Even my friends would drop comments on my calves - "wow they are so muscular", "one kick from you and I think I may literally die", "wow, you do have very large calves". I've tried to do the non-invasive surgery where they cut nerves? I think? that connects to your muscles and therefore, your calf muscles contracts and it becomes smaller. It did turn out really good, but as I'm a very sporty person so apparently, the nerves end up connecting again. Then I came across the thread and there was a girl there who did sports seriously too and she underwent the surgery. She said that she had recovered and she could continue playing sports, which was why I decided to do the surgery too.
At first, it was fine and my legs looked really good! I think it would have continued like this if I didn't play sports. However, like I said, I'm a very sporty person and after my recovery, about a year later, I started doing another sport seriously. And this is when my problems started.
For anyone who's interested in the surgery, (I actually forgot the terms) there is the outer layer and inner layer of calf muscle, and Dr. Park takes out the outer layer only. I think because I started working out, the inner muscle started to compensate for the lack of outer muscle and it became bulkier. I ended up with really weird muscles popping out in the middle of my calves, and my ankles became cankles because I guess overall, my calves needed to compensate for the lack of muscles so everywhere just started building itself up.
I think in general, if you don't work out, it will turn out well for you. But then again, the non-invasive turned out well too and with less the downtime, so I would really recommend that instead of excising your calf muscle out.
And I don't know if it's because of the surgery but I have calves that swell up really easily now. Apparently the blood circulation isn't good so it really balloons up at the end of the day. I didn't have this problem before so maybe someone else who did the surgery can also give an insight as to whether they have the same issue.
Another girl above me said that she'd gone back to riding and hiking but her legs are still the same... so I guess maybe it depends on individuals? I mean, the reason why I went ahead with this was because the girl I was following back then was also sporty and she said she was fine after the surgery too. Anyway, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide!
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Hi guys, I was actually active on the previous thread about the calf surgery and through recommendations on that thread, I did it with Dr. Park in 2009.
To give you the conclusion, I REGRETTED IT.
But I think it really depends on individuals so I think I should state my circumstances first. As natalie78 was saying, I didn't have calves, I had cows. Even my friends would drop comments on my calves - "wow they are so muscular", "one kick from you and I think I may literally die", "wow, you do have very large calves". I've tried to do the non-invasive surgery where they cut nerves? I think? that connects to your muscles and therefore, your calf muscles contracts and it becomes smaller. It did turn out really good, but as I'm a very sporty person so apparently, the nerves end up connecting again. Then I came across the thread and there was a girl there who did sports seriously too and she underwent the surgery. She said that she had recovered and she could continue playing sports, which was why I decided to do the surgery too.
At first, it was fine and my legs looked really good! I think it would have continued like this if I didn't play sports. However, like I said, I'm a very sporty person and after my recovery, about a year later, I started doing another sport seriously. And this is when my problems started.
For anyone who's interested in the surgery, (I actually forgot the terms) there is the outer layer and inner layer of calf muscle, and Dr. Park takes out the outer layer only. I think because I started working out, the inner muscle started to compensate for the lack of outer muscle and it became bulkier. I ended up with really weird muscles popping out in the middle of my calves, and my ankles became cankles because I guess overall, my calves needed to compensate for the lack of muscles so everywhere just started building itself up.
I think in general, if you don't work out, it will turn out well for you. But then again, the non-invasive turned out well too and with less the downtime, so I would really recommend that instead of excising your calf muscle out.
And I don't know if it's because of the surgery but I have calves that swell up really easily now. Apparently the blood circulation isn't good so it really balloons up at the end of the day. I didn't have this problem before so maybe someone else who did the surgery can also give an insight as to whether they have the same issue.
Thank you for sharing missus_jung. What sports or type of exercises did you mainly do?
Although I am not the most sport/active person, I like to do high intensity cardio, circuits, HIIT, etc...
Have you heard of anyone else with the same issue you are dealing with after the calf resection procedure, whether it's with Dr. Park or Dr. Jong?
Although I am not the most sport/active person, I like to do high intensity cardio, circuits, HIIT, etc...
Have you heard of anyone else with the same issue you are dealing with after the calf resection procedure, whether it's with Dr. Park or Dr. Jong?
Hi Lulu, I can't really share my sport as it's a really niche sport and I don't wanna risk being identified! Hope you understand on that.. but I would say it's similar with high intensity cardio where I use a lot of my legs for about 1 - 2 hours per session.
It took a long time for me to come to terms to with what happened to my legs.. so I'd disappeared for a long time from this forum. It was recently when I'd done breast fat transfer that I came back to post about my experiences. The calf thread suddenly popped up and there was a girl who was asking for opinions from people who had done the surgery for at least a few years. I thought about it for a few days before deciding to leave a comment because I wanted people to know that not everyone walks away from that with a happy ending, and from the last few pages that I read, it seemed that everyone was happy with it.
So to answer your question, I've never met anyone else because I'd stayed away due to my own depression issues. If there is anyone else out there who have the same negative experience as me, I hope he/she will be able to share it too... and we can commiserate with each other and form a deformed legs club and have monthly drinking sessions via Zoom
Aww Im sorry to hear about the depression missus_jung. I totally understand the feelin. My first asian blepharoplasty was at age 16 and my eyes have never truly been symmetric since. I have revised it 3 times and although it's better, I would still like to fix it...In the pictures, the defect doesn't look too bad. Could a surgeon maybe do fat transfer?
I'm sorry to hear your story too! It's never a good feeling when you realised that you could've been better off had you not touch it, sighs. As for the fat transfer, I've never thought about having one as I've always assumed that would make me fatter
In any case, I'm turning to long-distance running now and hoping it will generally help make my muscles leaner rather than bulkier! The defect doesn't look as bad in the pictures because my nerve ablation surgery in 2017 really helped made it smoother.. but still, if I could turn back time, I really would not have gone for the calf resection surgery!
I did my surgery (2-3 years ago), and although the calve sizes are reduced...I just don't like how the scars behind the knees are still there and visible! Please just consider botox if you want to reduce calves. Yes surgery is permanent, but leaves scars. I know botox is temporary, but I think I would have gone for botox if it weren't for the scars. My friends ask occasionally why I have scars behind my knees, and I just say it was from an accident. The outer sides of my feet are still a bit sensitive and tingly when I press hard as well. If you can handle the side effects and put concealer every time you go out to hide scars, I say go for it. But, if not, just do botox.
I recommend this one, you can use it as walking around,I feel hurtful in a funny way for the first few times use it, but now I have nice legs.