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Hi, also a super long time lurker on here!! I plan to visit Dr Jong possibly later this year/ next year....where will you be travelling from, as I'd feel so much happier about it if I could coordinate with someone else?

 

Hi Diane, I haven't posted on here for ages and I'm planning to do the op, the issue holding me back is travelling alone, I'm from the uk too. I'm looking to visit Taiwan, have you definitely decided on Korea?

 

Hi there.....not sure where you're from but if you do decide to have the procedure done with Dr Jong maybe we could go at a similar time. I've been in touch personally with several of the people you refer to and also with Dr Jong ....and yes overall shape is clearly more important than the amount taken to avoid depression in the leg. The majority of people appear happy with the results.

 

Hi Queen F
I have been following the discussion on here for years now and still plan to go to Dr Jong for surgery. I am sorry to hear of your difficulties and hope that things quickly improve for you. It must have been hard taking the decision to go through with this so I hope that eventually you get the results you hoped for. Please keep posting about your progress.

 

I think from the conversations we had Dr Jong suggested I would notice at least a 3-4cm reduction though I acknowledge it is the overall shape that counts. I expect that the recovery may be longer if there is a larger reduction.

 

Hi Black Caviar... what are your measurements now and are you pleased with the results ....did you only want a small reduction when you had the op?

 

Hi what did your calves measure before surgery please? Sorry if you have mentioned this in your previous post

 

Hi, you mention going in September, have you booked an appointment with Dr Jong as yet... where will you be travelling from?

 

Hi, yes definitely with Dr Jong ...I've been planning for some time now - have you made any plans as yet?

 

Hi teenagedirt,

Pleased to see you back on the forum. You kindly sent me some photos of your legs quite some time ago now - they looked really good in terms of the shape although you were concerned about the scars. When you say the muscle has grown out, I wondered what you meant exactly, does one leg measure bigger or is it obviously different in shape? Also have your scars healed well?

 

Hi, just thinking that it may be worth asking for scan of your leg to see what is causing the lump...or are you too far away to travel back to the clinic?
Dr jong treats both sol and gastrocnemius muscle to give leg better overall shape. I know some people on the forum feel strongly against touching sol although some knee surgery is performed in this way

 

Hi, does anyone plan to have surgery with Dr jong in the next few months?

 

Hi

I wondered when you are planning to visit Dr Jong and where will you be travelling from? Please pm me if you can.

 

Hi

I did email Dr park as well as Dr Jong though Dr park indicated that he thought the problem was lower in the leg ... he didn't really say anymore than that as I remember. I have shared many emails directly with Dr Jong who has been very helpful and informative so far. It is a massive decision to make going through an op though the conversations I have shared with others have been really reassuring. Apart from wanting to go this year I have not decided when as yet. I will be travelling from the UK so a fair distance to travel too. I am sure that I would have done the op already had Dr Jong been based here! Have you been thinking about this for a while... where are you from...and which Dr do you think can help you? How long have you been on the forum, can you send private messages?

 

Hi,

Not been on here for some time ...for anyone who thinks that their calves are quite low in the leg you may find this of help. I have been looking into this surgery for at least 2 years ...Dr Jong says the partial resection will improve the upper two thirds of leg and liposuction the lower third if needed. I am hoping to visit him this year and have a couple of contacts with people from this forum who have visited him and been pleased with the outcome of the surgery.

 

hi darlene
Unfortunately there is nothing like this in the Uk or in Europe - I wish there was, I probably would have done it by now. I found a place in germany though they do full removal rather than partial resection. I originally contacted Dr park in Korea though from what I remember, I did not receive a very helpful response to my first email so I contacted dr jong - he has been most helpful in answering all of my questions so far and have I have been in contact with him since 2011- he is also willing to do some lipo around knees and ankles at the same time. Taiwan also seems a relatively safe place to travel alone, from the research i have done. Although the recovery will be long I have not found an alternative to this that would be as effective in the long term. Where are you going - what is v-line surgery?

 

i hope everything goes well - good luck and please let us know how you go on

 

hi darakuku

sounds like you are doing really well - i have asked dr jong about having a general anesthetic rather than epidural - that does sound pretty scary to me feeling awake during the op/ or even just feeling aware of what is going on! i may look into this a bit more. i have been searching for some form of surgery that would reduced my calves, for probably over 20 years, though only came across this forum by chance a couple of years ago - it was fantastic just to hear from other people with the same problem. i certainly don't think that having the op is an easy solution and i admire yourself and all the other people on other that have had the guts to go through with this. i still haven't got the courage to mention it to those around me as they will think i have gone mad - but this is how much this problem affects my life - for me to be willing to travel half way around the world and go through this op!

 

I think that it is understandable to worry about the scarring however to wear skinny jeans must feel great! I so wish i had known when you were going as i have been looking out fo ages to time my visit with someone else also going for the op - i think that it will be hard going by myself because not only have you got the op to consider but all the travelling that will be involved and length of time by yourself in a foreign country. Which hotel did you stay at?

 

hi joo joo
Glad that people are still using this forum, I think that it is important to do lots of research. I have been looking into calf reduction/ partial resection since summer 2011. Although the recovery is longer, i feel satisfied that this is safe and that i will achieve the right result, and that there are no long term adverse side effects to having this done. I have spoken to lots of people on here who have had the surgery and been very pleased with the results. I have had a lot of contact with dr jong and plan to do the surgery with him in taiwan although it is miles from home. I think that maybe people don't bother with the forum so much once they have done the surgery and made a full recovery, or possibly just send private messages rather than posting to everyone.

 

hi i hope that you are okay since the op - did you have an epidural or general anesthetic - also how did you pay dr jong - cash, bank transfer? I am seriously considering having this done and will be travelling some distance, i would not want to be carrying this amount of money in cash

 

hi

did you travel alone - which hotel did you stay at? have you any regrets or are you really pleased that you went ahead with the op and the results so far?

if you have posted 10 messages and wish to send a private message then if you put the cursor on the persons name at the left side of the page it should give you the option of sensing a private message as far as i can remember.

 

how is your recovery - i have heard positive things about dr jong from both teenagedirt and cutesnoppy?

 

hi

i wondered whether you had decided as yet between dr park or dr jong?