Calf Reduction - Surgical

Radish Legs / Calf Reduction (Non-pathological type) Methods

1. Liposuction, Botulinum Toxin A, Selective Neurectomy

There're several known methods used in calf reduction and we'll discuss it here. In the end of this article you'll find a comparison table of these techniques.

Calf reduction surgery is a cosmetic surgery that removes part or whole of the calf muscle to slim down calf size. It's applied by many plastic surgeons in several countries like Korea, China, and Taiwan to help their patients reduce calf size.

This calf reduction surgery method cut out muscles part selectively and only excise the prominent muscles part pierce by pierce. With this method, the sculpturing not only made to medial gastrocnemius muscle, but also can be done to other muscles (lateral and soleus) too if needed, to achieve the best result.

This calf reduction surgery method uses Radio Frequency energy to induce focal coagulation necrosis (death of tissue) of the gastrocnemius muscle, and thus reduce calf size.

Calf reduction surgery which explore and cut off the nerve that control the MG (Medial Gastrocnemius) to induce the atrophy of medial gastrocnemius muscle, and thus reduce calf size. The circumference of the calf is reduced approximately 1 to 3.5 cm.

Calf Muscle Anatomy

The contour of our calf on the back of the leg is primarily determined by two types of muscle: