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After the Thigh Gap calf tightening cause a stir
More and more young women have their calves tightened and sucked off the knee down fat to fit into the current boot fashion. Everything about the new, questionable beauty ideal.
Not so long ago, we reported a laser treatment that creates a gap between the thighs where there was none before. The much discussed "Thigh Gap" . With the end of the summer, the worrying thigh ideal falls into oblivion - but no time to breathe. Resourceful "beauty experts" have come up with the right beauty surgery for the upcoming autumn / winter trends. Watch out: calf-tightening to fit in the trendy overknee boots !
The knee high boots are absolutely trendy this season. In order for the shoe by Gucci, Valentino, Alexander Wang & Co. also fits perfectly, more and more women resort to extreme means.
Calf tightening and liposuction from the knees downwards are becoming increasingly popular, according to the Daily Mail. In an interview with the newspaper, the New York cosmetic surgeon Dr. Mathew Schulman: "It's a very laborious operation, and micro-liposuction (microcannular liposuction) removes small amounts of fat over and over again."
The healing process would take four to ten months in which support stockings would have to be worn. But beware, as soon as the wounds have healed, maybe the next beauty-surgery-trend is already on ...
