There are three kinds of radish legs.
Before choosing an operation to beautify the calf line, you should know what kind of radish leg you are. Radish leg is mainly caused by the oversized head of gastrocnemius muscle, which is caused by genetic factors, excessive exercise or wearing high heels.
◆ Edema type
The subcutaneous tissue of the calf is edema, and there will be concave holes when pressed by hand, and the later the time, the more swollen the foot will feel.
Fat-type calf has a lot of subcutaneous fat, and it will have a thickness when pinched. It can be checked by subcutaneous ultrasound whether it belongs to this type. Muscular calf gastrocnemius hypertrophy can be tested from the foot pad. When the foot pad is used, you can see the shape of the medial and lateral muscles of gastrocnemius, and a group of muscles is raised, which is the muscular radish leg. Stovepipe 4 courses of treatment
Medical beauty clinics on the market offer a variety of courses of treatment, but doctors will give different treatment plans according to the above three types of radish legs. The following are four common stovepipe courses.
Botulinum injection
Application type: edema radish leg.
Principle: By blocking the release of acetylcholine, it can inhibit muscle contraction and make gastrocnemius atrophy, thus improving the line of calf.
Maintenance time: the maintenance time depends on the injection dose, generally about 6 months on average.
Advantages:
1. The injection wound is very small, with only traces of pinholes, which can avoid injection into small blood vessels and reduce the chance of collision.
2. The operation time is short.
3. The recovery period is the shortest.
Disadvantages:
1. Botulinum injection needs to be repeated, about every 3 ~ 6 months 1 time.
2. It is mainly to improve the muscle shape of the calf, which is not helpful to reduce the circumference of the calf.
3. You may feel weak after walking, about 1 ~ 3 months.
Recover.
Recovery time: immediately, without bed rest.
Cost: 20,000 ~ 45,000 yuan.
Subcutaneous liposuction
Application type: fat radish legs.
Principle: Like the principle of liposuction in all parts of the body, it can remove the local fat in the calf to achieve the purpose of changing the appearance.
Maintenance time: It depends on diet and rest. If you control your weight, don't eat indiscriminately, and don't get fat, you can maintain it for a long time.
Advantages: Less surgical trauma.
Disadvantages:
1. If you don't control your diet after liposuction, you will still get fat and your calves will become thicker.
2. The calf will swell for 3 ~ 6 months after operation.
Recovery time: 65438+ 0 ~ 3 months after operation, wearing elastic socks.
Cost:100000 ~120000 yuan.
Selective cauterization of tibial nerve
Application type: muscle radish legs.
Principle: The nerve innervating gastrocnemius was cut off by microsurgery, which led to gastrocnemius atrophy.
Maintenance time: permanent.
Advantages: Less surgical trauma.
Disadvantages:
1. The legs on both sides are asymmetrical.
2. The outer front foot will feel numb.
3. Nerves may be reactivated, causing gastrocnemius to become fat again.
You may feel tired after walking, and you will recover in about 3 months.
Recovery time: it takes 1 ~ 2 days to stay in bed and wear elastic socks after operation.
Cost: 50,000 ~ 80,000 yuan.
Partial muscle resection of gastrocnemius of calf
Application type: muscle radish legs.
Principle: directly remove gastrocnemius muscle through surgery.
Effect: permanent.
Advantages: the effect is indeed.
Disadvantages:
1. Long scar, at least 4 ~ 6 cm, with 1 ~ 2 incisions on one leg.
2. The wound will be hematoma.
3. The leg is swollen for a long time.
4. The surface of the calf is uneven, and some parts may be sunken.
5. Nerve damage.
6. The operation time is long.
Recovery time: it takes a long time to be hospitalized and wait for stitches to be removed.
Cost:100000 ~120000 yuan.
Beware of side effects: compensatory hypertrophy
Any operation has certain risks, and the operation to beautify the calf line is no exception. Although the probability is not high, we should pay attention to it. Lu Peixuan shared that some patients will have uneven skin after surgery, but usually they just need to fill the fat back. But if they choose nerve cauterization or muscle resection, compensatory hypertrophy may occur in the worst case.
Compensatory hypertrophy refers to partial resection or atrophy of calf gastrocnemius. In order to make up for the deficiency of gastrocnemius muscle, soleus muscle is overdeveloped and thickened. Once the problem of "compensatory hypertrophy of soleus muscle" appears, it should be improved with a big knife, because soleus muscle is below gastrocnemius muscle and must be surgically removed, and it may recur after operation.
In addition, Lu pointed out in particular that although it has been proved by experiments that blocking the nerve makes the gastrocnemius atrophy, it will not affect the blood circulation of the lower body, but every muscle in the whole body has different functions. Therefore, it is recommended not to remove it easily.
Does exercise make calves thicker?
Does exercise make calf muscles thicker and stronger? The answer depends on the intensity of exercise If it is explosive aerobic exercise, such as sprinting, standing on tiptoe for a long time, ballet will cause radish legs for a long time, while long-term slow aerobic exercise, such as swimming and long-distance running, is not easy to cause radish legs.
Who should not have stovepipe surgery?
Including pregnant women, nursing mothers, people under 18 years old, and people who need to wear high heels or walk for a long time at work, such as models, dancers, flight attendants, etc. In addition, people with important motor functions of lower limbs, such as professional athletes; People with lower limb dyskinesia, surgery or trauma, or swollen crab feet or hypertrophic scars are not suitable for stovepipe surgery.
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