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[MrJames]

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


for example:

[Mule]

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

[MrJames]

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

I am glad for that.

So your muscles have returned to their original form.

How many cm LL did you do?

[Mule]

Yep.
6.3cm but got around ~7cm height

[MrJames]

Thank you for your information.

I thought my legs would stay like sticks for life too

[Kal el]

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😅

[ghkid2019]

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

[MrJames]

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

Is this the same within the femur?

[MakeMeTallAF]

Yep.
6.3cm but got around ~7cm height

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

[KiloKAHN]

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.

[Mule]

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

Initial break + straightening of femurs from rods.
It could of course be more like 6.6cm or something but I just remember being 169 before and I’m now comfortably 176 (close to 177 in the morning)

[Kal el]

I didn't mean it as a drawback for men....i have skinny calfs and it would be gr8 if i get bigger calfs after limb lengthening.

[MrJames]

Are the quadriceps muscles also in this group? (for thickening)