Thinner muscles after LL

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Leg muscles that lengthen and become thinner after LL surgery, then get thicker again? Or is the lifespan thin?


for example:

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I lost so much muscle right after surgery, my legs became sticks, probably from being bed bound sk much. But once I was walking a lot again my legs pretty much turned to the original shape they were before hand

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Quote from: Mule on January 17, 2021, 01:17:18 PMI lost so much muscle right after surgery, my legs became sticks, probably from being bed bound sk much. But once I was walking a lot again my legs pretty much turned to the original shape they were before hand

I am glad for that.

So your muscles have returned to their original form.

How many cm LL did you do?

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Yep.
6.3cm but got around ~7cm height

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Thank you for your information.

I thought my legs would stay like sticks for life too

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Hey....i heard tht if u get tibia lengthening thn ur calfs become huge after ur healed completely....did ur calfs got big....i mean i wld like that cause i have skinny calfs😅

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Donghoon recommend wear compression stockings for 2 years after tibial lengthening to reduce thick increase. For his patients it goes from thin during lengthening due to atrophy to thick post recovery lifespan thick. Some people only it varies some of his patient do not thick at all. Some people it becomes thick for a year and goes back. Varies

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on January 17, 2021, 04:34:45 PMDonghoon recommend wear compression stockings for 2 years after tibial lengthening to reduce thick increase. For his patients it goes from thin during lengthening due to atrophy to thick post recovery lifespan thick. Some people only it varies some of his patient do not thick at all. Some people it becomes thick for a year and goes back. Varies

Is this the same within the femur?

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Quote from: Mule on January 17, 2021, 02:46:04 PMYep.
6.3cm but got around ~7cm height

How did you get 7 cm height from lengthening 6.3 cm??

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There's no drawback as a man to having thick calves, it's only an issue for female lengthening patients as women tend to be self-conscious about calf thickness.

As others have said, your calves will fill out after you start walking more, and they often become larger than pre-surgery. I don't really focus on calves at the gym and yet I often have people who don't know I got CLL ask me how I got my calves so large.