What kind of surgery would I need for bigger calves/thighs?

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I have extremely small calves and my thighs could use some work. I try to exercise my calve muscles alot as i am currently transitioning (MtF Pre Hormone treatment). I will add a photo later, but i wanted to know what kind of surgery I would need in order to get natural female looking legs. This inludes my calves and thighs.

Rikesh T. Parikh, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello, to enlarge the calves the first line is calf implants. Fat grafting can be done to calves as well but how much gain you will get is variable and multiple treatments may be needed. For the thighs I am not aware of any implants that have been used regularly and have proven results and safety profile.  Fat grafting can be done to thighs as well as liposuction to certain area to obtain a more desired look. Thanks.

Ercan Karacaoglu, MD, FEBOPRAS · Answer

Hi!

Curved lower legs cause psychological stress for women and men. In
evaluating the shape,  if
the legs are slender and have no muscle hypertrophy calf implants would be the standard procedure of choice.  Fat injections are also an option if one has enough fat to harvest to do so. A combination of calf implant with fat injections is another and sometimes the best option. Recent approach for calf implant is the endoscopic calf augmentation and enable surgeon to place calf implant precisely. Thigh is totally a different issue. Mostly fat injection with structural layering technique is one of the best way to go.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

For the lower legs, calf implants would be the standard augmentation approach. Whether that would be one or two implants per calf remains to be determined. Thigh augmentation is more challenging as there are no standard implants to augment it. Custom implants could be made. Fat injections are also an option if one has enough fat to harvest to do so.

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