I Love my "Calves".
Posted on 12/10/2014 11:29:25 AM PST by grundle
Botox is being used to slim calves.
Due to genetics or athletics, some women are prone to larger lower-leg muscles. When you use those muscles to walk, stand in heels, or workout, for instance, they also bulge and thicken. Injecting Botox paralyzes the muscle so it can’t fully contract, which may lead to a potential two-inch decrease in calf circumference and the appearance of a slimmer leg for up to six months.
Why the push to pare down the lower leg? Those with larger calves have more complaints than you think. Women may have more trouble finding clothes and boots that fit correctly. Such is the case with Zara Marchant, who has always felt her calves were disproportionate. “I’m not a large person, but I can’t fit into them or any other boots,” she tells The Daily Mail. “My calves are just too big and I’ve always been self-conscious of them.”
An annoyance or not, shooting Botox into the lower leg could present major health issues. This procedure is especially worrisome since the standard injection of Botox in calf muscles is reportedly 250 units between both legs versus the 20 units you’d get in a facial injection.
Among the scariest concerns? Such a large dose over Botox may cause muscles to diminish, changing the way you walk, or putting pressure on knees, hips and back where it shouldn’t be. In addition, paralyzing the muscle may hinder blood flow from the leg to the heart, which may increase risk of blood clots that can be dangerous or deadly if they break off, travel to the lungs and form a pulmonary embolism.
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How many gallons of the stuff will it take to slim down Hillary’s piano legs?
Psst..... Most of the “Bulk” is actually FAT and WATER retention....
I don’t want any botox in my beef.
I thought the idea was to fatten up the cows.
damn, I couldn’t find my password fast enough. I assume this article was aimed at Hillary. Next will be an article about how to get that new car smell back.
If women would NOT wear shoes designed by flambouyantly Ghey men we wouldn’t have as many lower back, knee and now calf issues.....
I certainly don’t wear anything with a crazy tall heel.
A tanker load for tankles!
One of my daughters inherited my calves. She doesn’t like it at all but I am 100% sure she will not get this done.
I Love my "Calves".
Botox IS used for migraine headaches.
My calves are SO skinny! I need silicone calf implants! I have skinny legs.
There are women who want their muscles to atrophy so they look slimmer? Gross. I’ve never been fond of the frail, heroin-chic look.
I wear shoes with great arch supports, no high heels. Not to mention I am so tall, in high heels I would tower over most men! LOL
Mark my words, in the next 10-15 years they will determine that botox causes cancer or something else really really horrible.
” I don’t know but I been told, big-legged woman ain’t got no soul.”
hundreds of thousands of people in our country alone....those with ALS, MD, MS, paralysis,etc....would find great relief in having limbs released from contracture...but the funding is not there and to even get it takes lots of paperwork and delay to get "approved" by the govt.
we've become a nation of total self absorption...total selfishness....shallow...and Godless....
Why, when I read the headline, did I think this was about Hopalong Harry Reid rustling cattle again? Man, I need a cup of coffee.
[ I wear shoes with great arch supports, no high heels. Not to mention I am so tall, in high heels I would tower over most men! LOL ]
Same here, Taller than average, I blame a decent diet growin up and living on a farm and not trying to starve myself like most of my teeage peers...
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