GENERAL INFORMATION
Nowadays, many women and men pay attention to thinness, thickness or curves of their legs. Women desire for their legs to be long, symmetric and impressive. At the same time men want to have muscular legs.
Do any scars remain after the surgery?
The patients undergoing leg lift also known as leg tightening will have a scar which is hidden on their groin. The patients undergoing implantation have a 3-4 cm scar behind their knees. The overall results of the surgery are long-lasting.
What should the patients who are applied calf prosthesis pay attention to after the surgery? How is the surgery process?
Calf prosthesis surgery is conducted under general anesthesia. The surgery lasts about 1 hour, and does not require the patient to stay in hospital. Patients who undergo calf prosthesis surgery should avoid intense exercise and should wear their special corsets for 1 month post-operation.
Candidates Suitable for Leg Lift
We first go through a detailed examination of our patients who complain of their legs and decide whether an operation may be performed.
Aesthetic problems that occur in legs could be various, such as: thick leg, thin leg, asymmetric leg or other deformations. Leg fat in the hips, thighs and knees occur the most. This kind of fat shows a low hip and a short leg, resulting in a non-aesthetic appearance.
At Cygnus Clinic, leg lift may be done in various ways depending on the patient’s need and doctor’s approval:
- Liposuction and Laser Liposuction; The areas most affected by fat are the inner sides of knee and thighs. Extracting the fat in these areas results in legs that appear longer and well-proportioned. The fats extracted by liposuction are placed in the fat deficient areas achieving an aesthetic leg shape.
- Fat Transfer; our very first choice in contour deformities in the legs. The fats in the legs, belly and abdomen are transferred. An amount of the fat given dissolves in time but the remaining fat tissue enables the reshaped legs to be long-lasting. The procedure lasts around 1-1.5 hours.
- Fat Transfer through Stem Cell; where the fat tissues are the source of the stem cells and stem cells are more than bone marrows. Rich fat transfer from stem cells results in successful correction of slight curvatures in legs.
- Hyaluronic Acid Injection; is applied to patients who have leg curvatures but do not have enough fat tissue in their body for fat injection. The durability of this injection is about 1 year.
- Silicone Leg Implants; are placed in the calves with a small incision from behind the knee and by means of endoscopy. In this way, thin legs are enabled to look thicker and slightly muscular. These prostheses are permanent. The procedure lasts around 1 hour. You should avoid aspirin, herbal teas, smoking and some painkillers.
Recovery Period
You may return home on the same day after laser-liposuction or liposuction. During the first week, It is not recommended for you to stand for a long time and to lift your legs up. To support tissues and speed up the recovery, a special clothing is put on. We recommend for this clothing to be used for about 3 weeks post-operation. Usually, the patient can go back to work within 5-7 days.
After fat transfer you may return home on the same day. You should wear a special corset for the first two weeks. 1 month later, you can start with active exercises except running. All sports activities are allowed as from the third month after operation.
