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AnPegi

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Hy everyone,

I'm a 29 years old 5'3 girl with a genetic curse.

As basically everyone among my family, I have giant calves. Male parents enjoy it, female ones not so much.

My calves are 18 inches around, and at my height are just disgusting. Yeah, I may be a little overweight (not more than 20 pounds) but my legs have ways been huge.

II'm tired of wearing long skirt, not to mention the psychological distress of it I know that I'll never wear skinny jeans, that's OK,  but I'd like to shrink my calves...let's say 2 inches.

If I'd underwent to LLS (5cm) in my tibia,  Could I expect my calves to shrink a little?

Thank you.
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2018, 06:23:18 PM »

after LL calves get even bigger due to the tendon tension or something like that . I had tiny calves and affter LL they are way bigger. I dont train them at all, just squats lol
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2018, 07:20:23 PM »

Never heard of anyone wanting smaller calves I must say haha.

Is it really worth all the mental, physical and financial pain? I think not in my humble opinion.

5"3 is a great height for a girl don't sweat it :)
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2018, 09:34:02 PM »

Height is not a problem, 5'3 is fine.

But calves are waaaaaaay to big and yes, I'd like to shrink them.
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2018, 09:44:41 PM »

Tbh losing weight would actually help
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2018, 10:20:45 PM »

If your struggle is not about height or leg shape (bow legs/knock knees) but the size of your calves, I'd instead spend that money on a personal trainer and nutritionist.

You can also check out the videos below and go at it on your own; as you can see many women struggle with this problem.



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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2018, 11:17:47 PM »

Oh trust me on this, CLL is not worth getting just for calves reduction. If you're thinking of lengthening your tibias, externals/LON will leave horrible scars that is almost impossible to remove and your goal of giving up long skirt won't be a good idea. Internal tibia has a high risk of permanent knee pain. You might as well look into other alternatives, perhaps calves reduction surgery or long distance running. 
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2018, 12:38:02 AM »

lose weight
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2018, 01:08:57 AM »

after LL calves get even bigger due to the tendon tension or something like that . I had tiny calves and affter LL they are way bigger. I dont train them at all, just squats lol

if this is true, ill be happy af.
i have huge thighs from squats and no matter how much i train calves, i can never get them bigger. they look so skinny compared to my thighs lol. so this is another plus for me to pursue external tibia ll lol
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Re: 5'3 girl struggling with enormous calves: is LLS a valid option?
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2018, 04:08:59 AM »

For calves, it's better first to consider non surgical methods such as botox or Non-incision Selective Neurolysis to reduce muscles.
Much cheaper and no downtime.
I've tried some botox to my shoulders muscle and significantly reduced the size, also the stiffness dissapeared.

Non-incision Selective Neurolysis:
http://wonjinbeauty.com/index.asp?inc=body/Body_Contour_Calf_Reduction
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