How can I make my calves smaller?

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Scaredsilly said:
Thanks leela16
Appreciate positivity and all ur updates to compare. Its really helps. And Thats exactly what im doing... Rest, compress, stretch, elevate, repeat. Water and vitamins etc. healing skin lotion. Im not gonna look at my legs until about three months. I have to keep it moving... Lol. Keep posting ur progress... Helps tremendously.
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Hi scared silly... i did the surgery in 2009 and want to know if your defect has resolved??
i am researching about revision now.
 
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chococatx said:
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.
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Hi chococatx, thank you so much for sharing this! It's very helpful to hear from someone who wasn't completely satisfied with their surgery. I'm thinking of going to Dr Park in december but I want to do my research before I commit.
Would you (or anyone else here) be able to share any pictures of your scars? To be honest, I'm surprised your friends noticed it! The pictures on Dr Park's website make the scars look pretty unnoticeable... I wonder if those are just the best case scenarios (or maybe they are photoshopped..?)
 
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LuLu81 said:
Hello, I’ve been a lurker on this thread for a year now but I finally came to the decision to undergo the partial calf resection procedure with Dr. Park. I know the whole coronavirus situation is making everything uncertain but I’m hoping I can go sometime in Nov or December. I’m hoping for a miracle and we get a vaccine by fall. Is anyone else wanting to get this procedure done ASAP, hopefully this year?
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Hi Lulu, are you still going to Korea in nov/dec? I've also been lurking on this thread for a while and thinking of going in december...
 
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missus_jung said:
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.

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missus_jung said:
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.

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Hello girl! I m thinking of doing the calf reduction with dr park. After reading your post I might not consider it now. When you did the RF who did you get it done with and how many cm did your calf reduced. Maybe I will do the RF with dr Lui in los angles.
 
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sectarianscream said:
I just put down a deposit for RF calf reduction in Taipei. I am looking for a 2cm reduction in each calf (37 cm each), let's see. There isn't much information about it apart from that it isn't super effective. During my consult in January there in Taipei, the doctor did mention it should last me 5 years at least. The cost isn't too much, about 2.5k USD, and since I'm getting sedated I will be doing Thermage and some lasering, and the flight there is about 4 hours from where I live, so I hope it will be worth a try!
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Hello I was your RF and which plastic surgery in Taipei. Are you happy with the result. Do you have picture of before and after. I m consider of getting RF done. Thank you!
 
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Babyluv30 said:
I just had my surgery yesterday and I’m in so much pain. The first few hours after surgery was the worse it hurt to breath. It’s been the most painful experience of my life. My calves and knees are sore and so is my back and arms I’m not sure why. I think I have a little fever too. Stretching is painful. Walking is painful. It’s hard to sleep. I brought percocets and still hard to manage the pain. I hope I’m happy with the results and won’t need a revision. Doctor Park said I have a lot of scar tissues from previous radio frequencies so it was hard for him to remove the muscle. And I’m experiencing more pain the most people go through.
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Hello babyluv30. You got RF done too? It didn’t work? I m thinking of doing RF because the calf reduction with dr l
Park seems too painful. What would you recommend. RF or dr park
 
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Cassandra.007 said:
Hello here! I think I'll be going to do this soonish, I emailed Doctor Park about scheduling the procedure for November 25th. Will anyone else be in Korea at that time? I'll be going alone, so it would be nice to have some company! For anyone who has gone before, any suggestions for doing this alone, or best recommendations on places to stay?
Thank you!
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Hello did you get your surgery done? I want to get it done with dr park just wanting for this pandemic is over. I’ll be going there alone too.
 
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kim4nguyen said:
Hello girl! I m thinking of doing the calf reduction with dr park. After reading your post I might not consider it now. When you did the RF who did you get it done with and how many cm did your calf reduced. Maybe I will do the RF with dr Lui in los angles.
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Hi kim4nguyen, my first RF was done in Singapore by a doctor who trained in Korea; my second RF was done in Korea by Hafis. I can't remember how much it got reduced by but it was noticeable enough for my eyes!
 
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kim4nguyen said:
Hello did you get your surgery done? I want to get it done with dr park just wanting for this pandemic is over. I’ll be going there alone too.
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I didn't actually, I ended up changing my mind because I'm also pretty sporty and was worried that I would lose the strength. I've been considering doing RF though!
missus_jung said:
Hi kim4nguyen, my first RF was done in Singapore by a doctor who trained in Korea; my second RF was done in Korea by Hafis. I can't remember how much it got reduced by but it was noticeable enough for my eyes!
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Missus_jung, do you feel like your RF in Korea was worth it?
 
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I've seen a surgeon from Barcelona that does a calf reduction surgery. He takes part of the internal muscle out (partial muscle resection) and then does a neurectomy in the outer muscle. Also does lipo.

He used to also do radiofrequency and botox but he said he stopped. He also is very doubtful with recommending neurectomy: 50% of his patients are very happy, other 50% don't notice any changes.

He leaves two scars: a horizontal one on the backside of the knees, that goes pretty unnoticed, and a 2.5 cm vertical one on the backside of the ankles that will be seen.

The post op is hard. He told me he uses super tight stockings that come especially from Germany, and are so tight that they must be taken out at night, and though patients come walking to their 5 day revision, they walk strangely and their ankles hurt. That best case scenario for driving and being unsupervised would be 15 days.

That I would never recover my full strength in my legs but I should be OK to play sports at an amateur level.

I'm still waiting for a price quote. How many scars does Dr. Park leave? I remember reading that people had to bind up their ankles for months after their surgery. How much is the price? What is his contact info? And the Taiwan doctor?
 
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