I never thought I’d have the nerve to say this out loud, much less write it on a very public web site, but I have cankles. Always have, I just never knew they were called that.
See, growing up my mother was never happy with how her body looked. Her hips were too wide, her thighs were too fat and her calves were too thick. Heard that all the time. When, in truth my mother has a beautiful body, albeit pear shaped. She has a very small and femine waistline. Her weight fluctuates a bit, but for a woman in her 50s she’s pretty much got it going on. She looks great in a dress and even better in a suit. But, she’s always talking about how fat she is.
When I hit puberty I watched my body morph into a replica of my mother’s. Small-ish breasts on a petite frame, complete with small waist–everything from there down, though was somehow bloated. From the bellybotton down everything was a sie or two bigger.
For the longest time I struggled with my pear-shaped body. Even when I weighed just 110 pounds of pure muscle (due to non-stop atheletics) I thought I had a hideous big butt. When I left high school and put on the rest of my womanhood weight, thereby scoring a bigger pair of boobs than I thought I had coming. Go me, or something. Some years later Sir Mix-A-Lot and Jennifer Lopez made big booties fashionable. Women were getting ass implants. With time I learned to take the “You’ve got a fat ass!” statements that occured from time to time as compliments, and I learned to accept my bountiful, but beautiful, lower-self.
Well, all except for one feature: my freakishly shapeless and overly-large lower leg and ankles. Trust me, they are heinous to behold. My fat ankles have forever kept me in long pants during the grueling summer months, and out of skirts unless they were long or worn with jet black tights. I’ve only rarely felt feminine in anything that reveals my legs. Unfortunately, my hefty ankles are set atop a ridiculously small pair of feet. Size 6. Teetering about above my tiny shoes are ankles like boulders.
And now, I’ve learned, they have a name.
Once I learned my affliction had an actual name, I was crushed. Seems it’s all the rage to make fun of the cankle-y. My poking around online revealed the worst of my fears. Cankles are the most disgusting of eyesores on any woman’s body, and even if you’re way hot, the cankles negate all of your beauty.
Some gems I culled from various sites:
For instance this site, which features the following quote:
Personally, this is my favorite description of what it is to have cankles:
This is a lengthy, but meaty bit on cankles from Spare Change magazine:
“Cankles” (noun) kankels definition: The spot on the lower leg that is normally considered the ankle, only thing is, it’s as big around as the calf above it, hence “cankles”.
Maybe it’s because I’ve endured a summer’s worth of women in shorts, skirts and other non-pants apparel, that I’ve noticed more the phenomenon of cankles? Maybe it’s because I’ve become a cynical old bastard? Who knows? Who cares?
It just makes me sad to see so many otherwise pretty women walking around on stumps. I mean, big ankles are ok, if you’re a Clydesdale. If you’re not, then maybe you should consider doing something to regain the shape of a normal human leg. If that doesn’t interest you, maybe you should keep your long pants on, or stay in the house during the day so I, and any others who are equally repulsed at the site of stumps won’t have to look at you.
Used in a sentence: “Did you see the tattoo on that chick’s cankle? It must have been a patient tattooist to do one so big!”
How is one with cankles to overcome the shame and embarrassment of what they stand on? Are there celebrities that can popularize cankles the way J-Lo made it okay to have a big ass? The only celebrities I could name with definite cankles are two. The obvious Hilary Clinton. And apparently, Claire Danes. Claire Danes’ cankles were not my observation, someone made a comment about them somewhere on the web. So I went looking, and that is a picture I found. Here is another of Claire trying to hide her cankles.
I also saw this quote, “Mandy Moore has a cute face, but I think I saw a picture of her legs and she might have cankles. I couldn’t do a girl that has cankles.” I personally found no evidence of Mandy Moore’s cankles, but let’s say for shits and giggles that she does. That is three powerful and beautiful women who can change public opinion about the dreaded cankle. As a woman living daily with the burden of cankles I am personally calling upon Mrs. Clinton and home-wrecker Claire Danes and that adorable Mandy Moore to show the world that cankles can be sexy. Maybe we could get a slogan like CANKLES ARE CUDDLY!
Or something.
Cause legwarmers suck in the summertime.
109 comments ↓
“I mean, big ankles are ok, if you’re a Clydesdale.”
HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah Britta your screwed! But you are still sooooo beauriful to mua!
Hi, my name is myrall. I am a girl with cankles. I’ve been living this way for 27 years…
Can we form a support group for girls with cankles? I, too, know the pain of pants in summer and tree stump legs. *sigh* at least my boyfriend seems to like my “thick” legs.
I guess jealous women and gay men needed one more thing to talk about together. I guarantee you no straight man gives half a fuck about a woman’s ankles.
I don’t know where those quotes came from, but if any of them were really from straight men, I will eat my hat.
Cankles. Please. I just felt half of the heterosexuality drain out of my body just by commenting on this.
I can relate. I have a similar complex about my whole upper body, but my wrists and arms in particular. The wrists are so thin they look like pencils and the arms look like twigs. If I walked around with my shirt off, rock stars would put on a charity concert for me. That’s one of the reasons I wear flannel shirts even in 90+ degree weather.
You could always wear a cankle bracelet.
Oh, how silly. Nothing wrong with cankles.
NO YOU’RE HOT
Nothing rankles
Like fears of cankles
Yer hot, girl. Don’t give your lower extremities another thought.
If it’s really a concern for you, try bulking up your upper body to balance the dreaded cankles. I know very few straight guys who even notice ankles, but most guys are turned on by a woman with a toned upper body, especially the arms and shoulders. You cited Claire Daines–she’s a perfect example. She’s so well proportioned that I’d never even noticed her ankles.
I still don’t understand what a Cankle is. maybe you can post a pic? Speaking of pics I really like the pic on the front page right now, there’s something about it that reminds me of like a painting from the 19th century.
Boots!
Oh, I’m sorry, but you have just GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. This was funny (in a way) to read, but SAD. All I’ve got to say is that people have way too much time on their hands, if websites are actually dedicated to this. I can understand you not liking your “cankles” (what an awful word!)…but those other people’s comments? “Dude, look at those cankles. I could never date her.” What?????
Um, my name is Karen, and I have cankles. Same thing- relatively thin girl, minus the ample jugs, and that’s me, only more townhouse than sculpture. That is, my calf morphs repulsively into my foot. Luckily, my toes throw a little variation into the mix. I have spent my adult life so far trying my best not to think about it and hiding my piano stools in some big ass chunky shit-kicking stompers. It’s the only way. Either that or cankle-suction.
Luckily, my toes throw a little variation into the mix.
Hahahaha.
Hi, I’ve had really fat ankles since puberty. I thought it was a syndrome-like disease passed on genetically, as my cousin had the same problem and we both understood that we got it from grandma. She died of dropsy (water retention) - aren’t the two things related?
Despite being a feminist I have let my paranoia about the public reaction to my legs dominate my life….I got so sick of men using their revulsion of my ankles as a weapon to win their point…that I started covering up. When I was a grammar school girl I couldn’t get upstairs on the school bus (where the girls sat) because of the ridicule from the boys watching me go upstairs.
Doesn’t liposuction work? Or are there any hormonal answers. I’m sick to death of people (without fat ankles) saying “Why worry!” I’m 53 and its still an issue.
I have had cankles for 29 years and only noticed them about 11 years ago when, in a wedding I was in, my best friend told everyone that I looked like I had silver space logs in my silver tights. I have been horrified to wear anything but jeans for years. I was so happy to find this site. I have made fun of myself for years in hopes that I would beat someone to the punch. I still get made fun of and my friend found this site for me cause he thought the word cankles is funny. Isnt there anything to make it go away.
isn’t there some exercise that we can do, even if not to eliminate but just minimize the ugliness?
My girlfriend thinks that she has “cankles” and it is something that I’ve found to be a burden to her deep down inside. All I have to say is I think she is one of the most beautiful women I have ever met in my life.. inside and out. She is healthy, in shape, has beautiful long brown hair, emerald green eyes, and has the brain to match. She turns heads whenever we’re out, cankles or not. All of you women should feel beautiful regardless of your ankle circumference, because to me in regards to beauty (overall) cankles are equivalent to a nat on a donkey’s ass. Guys might not have a problem in society with cankles.. but the extreme opposite, “chicken legs” keeps many men from wearing shorts, like myself.. so dont feel so bad.. it could be worse, like a mutated mole in the middle of your forehead… or having an extremely lazy eye.
Cankles have also ruined my life. I cannot wear skirts, shorts, or capris. I almost cry when I see the fat girls with beautifully shaped ankles. I think that I will get cankle-suction one day. But until then, go long skirts and jeans!
I am a fifteen year old girl with completely thick ankles. People saying that it doesn’t matter online does not mean that in real life they would say that- like the others, i have a relativly thin body, but tree stumps for legs. I have completely abondend all hope of skirts, and have a permantly panted wardrobe. Is there some kind of diet or excersize you can do to get rid of them? My sister also has cankles, but none of my parents or any other relatives are suffering. WHat can I do?
well Ive had the cankle problem most of my life it seems that all these other people with out them dont realy know how bad it is and you know what even if you are a beautiful girl almost all of boy friends have made comments about them including the one I am with now! Its very pain full but who are we kidding this is the age of plastic surg we need to find a good doctor to perform decankle as a good
pro bono pleasle let me know who is in???Im sick of going through summers wishing i could show off my leg’s.
I have to say this. I think that the trait of thick ankles/cankles on a woman are very sexy. In fact, I will look past a skinny legged woman every time for a slender, yet waist down curvy, woman with cankles. Every man is different and has different likes. My advice to a woman who is ashamed of the cankles is,”don’t be”. I suggest that you be confident in what was given to you. Show it off tastefully and know that some man out there will be totally into you, that is if you show and not cover up because of the shame thinking that it is not attractive. When you find someone that likes that unique trait, Trust me when I say that they won’t quickly stray because it is not that easy to find another woman that also has it.
Hey.. I’m a 12 year old girl and I often get told I am “hot” and pretty but just recently at cheerleading practice my two friends commented on me having cankles. I told them that they both have extremely fat calves so that’s why they look like their ankles are like sticks but it has still been bothering me ever since then.. I measured my “ankle” and the circumference was 9 inches, and my calf’s circumference was 11 inches, so I don’t know!! ahh.. One of my friends that had made the cankle comment said that she had cankles before but got rid of them from excercise. I am taller than most of my friends, about 5′2″ 1/2 or 5′3″, while my friends are around 5′0″ or 5′1″. It gives me a little bit of reassurance that I only weigh 100-102 pounds while the girls that are shorter than me weigh 110-112. I have a very flat stomach, flatter than all of my friends, my butt is around the same size as theirs, and my thighs are a bit slimmer. I have also gotten comments from guys about my hips being wide, and that I look like I am shaped like an hourglass or whatever the hell other crap they say, but I find it odd that my friends and I share jeans and I am a size 0.. hmm.. I try to force confidence onto myself like this, but nothing seems to get the thoughts out of my mind about how my friends first said that I have cankles. Please send me an e-mail or whatever if you wanna comment.. xoxo
Hey.. I’m a 12 year old girl and I often get told I am “hot” and pretty but just recently at cheerleading practice my two friends commented on me having cankles. I told them that they both have extremely fat calves so that’s why they look like their ankles are like sticks but it has still been bothering me ever since then.. I measured my “ankle” and the circumference was 9 inches, and my calf’s circumference was 11 inches, so I don’t know!! ahh.. One of my friends that had made the cankle comment said that she had cankles before but got rid of them from excercise. I am taller than most of my friends, about 5′2″ 1/2 or 5′3″, while my friends are around 5′0″ or 5′1″. It gives me a little bit of reassurance that I only weigh 100-102 pounds while the girls that are shorter than me weigh 110-112. I have a very flat stomach, flatter than all of my friends, my butt is around the same size as theirs, and my thighs are a bit slimmer. I have also gotten comments from guys about my hips being wide, and that I look like I am shaped like an hourglass or whatever but I find it odd that my friends and I share jeans and I am a size 0.. hmm.. I try to force confidence onto myself like this, but nothing seems to get the thoughts out of my mind about how my friends first said that I have cankles. Please send me an e-mail or whatever if you wanna comment.. xoxo
Hey.. I’m a 12 year old girl and I often get told I am “hot” and pretty but just recently at cheerleading practice my two friends commented on me having cankles.. it has still been bothering me ever since then.. I measured my “ankle” and the circumference was 9 inches, and my calf’s circumference was 11 inches, so I don’t know!! ahh.. One of my friends that had made the cankle comment said that she had cankles before but got rid of them from excercise. I am taller than most of my friends, about 5′2″ 1/2 or 5′3″, while my friends are around 5′0″ or 5′1″. It gives me a little bit of reassurance that I only weigh 100-102 pounds while the girls that are shorter than me weigh 110-112. I have a very flat stomach, flatter than all of my friends, my butt is around the same size as theirs, and my thighs are a bit slimmer. I have also gotten comments from guys about my hips being wide, and that I look like I am shaped like an hourglass or whatever but I find it odd that my friends and I share jeans and I am a size 0.. hmm.. I try to force confidence onto myself like this, but nothing seems to get the thoughts out of my mind about how my friends first said that I have cankles. Please send me an e-mail or whatever if you wanna comment.. xoxo
Hey.. I’m a 12 year old girl and I often get told I am “hot” and pretty but just recently at cheerleading practice my two friends commented on me having cankles.. it has still been bothering me ever since then.. I measured my “ankle” and the circumference was 9 inches, and my calf’s circumference was 11 inches, so I don’t know!! ahh.. One of my friends that had made the cankle comment said that she had cankles before but got rid of them from excercise. I am taller than most of my friends, about 5′2″ 1/2 or 5′3″, while my friends are around 5′0″ or 5′1″. It gives me a little bit of reassurance that I only weigh 100-102 pounds while the girls that are shorter than me weigh 110-112. I have a very flat stomach, flatter than all of my friends, my butt is around the same size as theirs, and my thighs are a bit slimmer. I have also gotten comments from guys about my hips being wide, and that I look like I am shaped like an hourglass or whatever but I find it odd that my friends and I share jeans and I am a size 0.. hmm.. I try to force confidence onto myself like this, but nothing seems to get the thoughts out of my mind about how my friends first said that I have cankles. Please send me an e-mail or whatever if you wanna comment..
Ok ya KANKLES suck …. and for those who have them u kno how it is! maybe theres something we can do about it BESIDE hiding them under jeans and boots i say we find some sortof kankle reduction!!! whos with me?
Yeah - I’m with you, ladies. I’m 18, so I’ve had to go through the turmoil of criticism by my peers ever since it was “cool” to make fun of cankles. As a fellow genetically-mutated woman, I am distraught at how men perceive “us.” I am very thin, very pretty - but horrified to wear skirts or shorts. Guys will take one look at me and think, “WOW!” and then continue scanning down my body to see those wretched things at the bottom of my legs. One of these days I just may walk into a plastic surgeon’s office, because cankles are a burden and haunt me into wearing pants ALL year-round. I’m sure they have surgery for it. They MUST!
I’ve had cankles all my life. When I was in high school, a friend of an ex-boyfriend called me “sausage-legs” very loudly in a very busy hallway. When I used to do ballet, modern, and lyrical dance, I dreaded having to perform because I knew it meant showing off my stumps-for-legs. My cankles looked even bigger on stage when I was right next to all my friends with perfect, beautiful legs. I, too, have nearly broken down in tears when I see large women with perfectly shaped legs. It just isn’t fair. So many of the men I’ve been interested have been “leg-men”. Why can’t I find a guy I like who is a “brain-man”? I wonder if running (i.e., training for a marathon running) would help to solve the problem? I have never seen a runner with cankles. All the runners I know have beautiful legs. Maybe there’s something to it. In the end, if all else fails, I was pleased to note while watching an episode of _The Swan_ this summer that there is a plastic surgery procedure to banish the cankle forever. If I could only get rid of the cankle, I wouldn’t any longer have to come up with answers to questions about how I can stand wearing such long pants in such hot heat or even qustions about why I only ever wear pants. I’d die and go to heaven if I could wear skirts. They just don’t look good on me. I think we should start a support group for victims of the cankle…
Hi, I am too a victim of the dreadful cankle! I just worked off 25 lbs and I’m a healthy size 6. Even though from the knee up I look killer in a bikini, I often find myself digging my feet into the sand, and not walking to the water to cool off. I always bring a light pair of pants to the beach rather than one of those short skirts. I wear high boots with short skirts when me and the girls go out. I even looked to see if they are cureable, sadly they are not. I work for a hospital and I’m always looking into to such things but they do not exsist. I feel your pain, my boyfriend is so kind about the whole issue. I used to be anorexic in highschool, and they we much smaller then although I was 40 lbs underweight. Disgusting I know. My mother also suffers from it, however she doesn’t take care of herself physically so it’s much worse. All I can say is thank god for jeans that stretch and boots being in style!! Forget those skinny heels and strappy shoes give me a pair of flip flops and and a pair of kackys any day!!! Love–gina
I do not, thank the gods,have cankles. But I do love a woman who does. Yes, the aesthetic qualities of her legs, as my eye travels down their smooth curves, is met quite abruptly by her feet with no segway whatsoever, no smooth transition of the elegant taper that comes with normal ankles. But you know what? They are, by combined length, roughly 4 inches of less-than-perfection on a body that is describable only by comparison to works of art, that turns me on in milliseconds simply by the sight of one of its myriad godess arcs and lines, that has atop it a face that radiates with such unadulterated sexiness as to almost do justice to the heart and soul within that has more boner-inducing power than a thousand shapely ankles. She also has fantastic titties and can move like a jaguar in the sack. The point is, ladies, work with what you’ve got. If you’re truly sexy, your ankles can only do so much harm.
I guess since I’m anon on here I can say this. This is the God’s honest truth. I am a 23 yr old college dude. I am a hard core leg guy, who just heard another guy talking about this “cankle” term today. I said what the hell are cankles? When described, I am thinking to myself wait I’m a leg nut…i’ve never seen a leg morphed to an ankle and I’ve seen alot of legs! So I decided to look it up on here because I can’t stop thinking about that. All of the chicks pics you have at the top have freakin hot legs I have no clue where this came from, its about the most stupid term I’ve ever heard. I’d take a girl with thicker legs ANYDAY over a chicken leg girl. I’ve never seen a girl with no ankles….ever and I’m a leg lover lol. I’ve seen what I’d call thicker ankles and I think its hot as hell. I mean if they belong to a very overweight women i wouldn’t think its hot… but the slightly more voluptous build is the sexiest to me, what I call medium build. A little overweight. I could go on and on but I’ll say it again I’d rather have a chick with thicker softer medium build legs than a skinny one…the muscular jogging leg thing is a turn OFF. And this is coming from a college dude who rates personality and face, then legs, then chest in that order of importance. I think legs are the hottest thing on a girls body. Especially with a soft thick bigg hooter girl LOL. You couldn’t be more WRONG than in thinking that thicker legs are ugly. I guess everyones opinion will differ but give me solid build anyday!!! That skinny leg visible acchile’s tendon sh*t is a turn off. GO ME! I don’t care what anyone else thinks. I bet alot of guys would agree!
I am 27 years old and I have cankles.
I first realized my affliction when I was roughly the age of 14 and my Dad said, “Well Heather, ya got no ankles!” I have been self conscious ever since. It doesn’t help that I have pretty big calves. Too bad because my legs are long. So much potential. It sucks though cuz everything else is pretty much in check. My ass could use a pick me up, if you know what i mean.
I also refer to mine as immigrant legs.
POWER TO THE CANKLED!!!!!!!!!
It is so surprising to find this cite about cankles!! I have been aware of this “problem” if you want to call it a problem, since someone was so nice to bring it to my attention when I was young. For years I have tried many different exercises and diets, though nothing has worked. Im 110 pounds and have no desire or need to lose weight–only to lose the extra weight in my ankles! I am so self-conscious that I have decided recently to have surgery. If anyone knows of a good dr (pref. in denver) email me and let me know! HollyLynee81@aol.com
on celebrites who have cankles:
donna karan has a major case!
I’m fourteen and have an exceptional case of “Cankles” as well and get comments on them often. My best friend just said the other day, very off-handidly might I add, “your calves and ankles are like one big cylinder!” Ever since I noticed that the average ankle bracelet won’t go around my ankles and my doctor asked me if my ankles were swolen two years ago I have been obsessively self-consious, not wearing skirts, shorts, capris and feeling very uncomfortable in swim suits. I’m not at all overweight and am perfectly confident in my body and I know that I’m not ugly until I remember I have the dreaded cankles. Why me? I’m the girl in the family and I get the deformity. Why couldn’t my brother have gotten this horrific feature, its not like he really gives a flying flip about wearing skirts, shorts, and any feminine fashions and he’s the one who got the cute legs. I run everyday in order to build up my calve muscle and make my thick ankles less noticable, and to make that deep pain of the thought of unattractiveness go away, but this act does’nt do a terrifically good job. I often just cry myself to sleep because I know that its hopeless, I’ll never have the freedom to wear what I would like, or be able to feel utterly confident in my own skin. There’s nothing to do about it except lyposcution which can be severely dangerous. I always try to comfort myself saying “It’s okay, God would’nt waste his time making Cankles if there wasn’t a reason for them.” Cankles aren’t and shouldn’t be a bad thing, but because of what people have said and the general stereotypes of our society, they become a truely awful thing and I can’t seem to get the idea of it out of my head. So here I am blabbering on about my thick ankles all to just say, don’t worry, we are not alone and are in this together and this is the most stupid thing to worry about.
Isn’t there anything you can do about fat ankles? It doesn’t seem like losing weight works–I’m nineteen and 5′6″ and only weigh 102 pounds (I used to weigh 112 lbs.) but my ankles are still thick! I may have lost weight from my ankles, but I guess my calves have gone down in weight too, because even though my legs are generally thin, they look like thinnish sort of stumps with no tapering at the bottom.
It is really annoying. My legs are so much bigger than my top. I look like a skeleton on top–that’s why I can weigh 102 lbs. without appearing particularly thin below the waist. If I go back up to my normal weight, which is somewhere between 110 and 115 lbs. (and most people would consider that thin) my bum and legs look definitely chunky. On the other hand, at this weight my upper body is just starting to fill out. Any suggestions on what I could do to fix this imbalance?
You know–it seems so ridiculous that a little bit of thickness around the bottom of a person’s leg (because really, it is a little bit of fat; no matter how thick your ankles, if you compare the fat around your ankles to someone with a fat stomach–well, it’s really not that much extra weight) but doesn’t it seem ridiculous that little things like this could cause so much pain? And yet, it does! I know how the people on this website feel. You just want to be able to use your legs for walking and running around in the open air in the summer, and all the time you feel like you are walking around on stumps. Even if it doesn’t FEEL that way–you carry a visual image of yourself around in your head, and as a result you feel clumsy and awkward and ugly. Seriously, there has to be a solution to thick ankles, and I or someone else has to think of it soon. How hard can it be to get rid of such a small bit of extra thickness? Muscle, fat, water, bone, whatever it is–it’s not more than a handful of extra weight; there must be some way of shedding it!
I have to say, I was SO happy to find this site. I’m 5′3 I weigh 115 pounds… I’m really really small EXCEPT for my ankles. They are honestly the bane of my existance. Especially since all the guys at my school have recently discovered this and decided to point them out whenever they can. I honestly wonder if there’s surgery. I don’t know what to do. I AM a runner and I DO play sports and yet I seem to have this affliction that I can’t do ANYTHING about. It may seem stupid and most guys might not notice but it seriously bothers me. Any suggestions?? Seriously I would do ANYTHING to get rid of these things.
Also on celebrities that have cankles:
Britney Spears
Mischa Barton
Also Hillary Duff and Beyonce
kay I’m done
I too have suffered the great burden of cankles. I have seen pics of my mom and my grandma from their youth–same damn legs. I haven’t owned a pair of shorts since grade school.
I have total ankle envy. When most people see supermodels they may envy their shapely arms, or breasts, but not me, its the ankles all the way. After seeing this site I started researching lipo–as that is the only way to combat this. After seeing this before and after pic I am not so depressed anymore–some clearly have it worse off than me. Check it out–you will feel better:
http://www.saulasken.com/static/examples/pages/calves1.html
Hi i have huge calves AND ankles and i have no clue how to fix them quickly (summers coming up and i wanna wear shorts!!) just if your wondering, my calves are 15 1/2 inches and my ankles are 9 1/2 inches, which i guess makes my calves seem more of a problem then my ankles. i do have cankles and my friends all make fun of my legs saying my my calves look out of proportion… i have always wanted to wear pretty shoes but cant with my stupid ugly ankles. PLEASE HELP WITH ANY TIPS YOU KNOW!!!! thanks
erin
I feel the same way as everyone else with cankles. I too have always hated my calves and ankles. Being a thin person, I feel it draws attention to me, and I am SO self concious! I finally convinced my husband to let me get lipo. I’m getting a boob job in May. For $1,000 more they will do my “cankles”. I’m stoked…I just hope it works! I’ll let you know.
that’s it, I want cankle lipo. I’m 37 and have cankles and hate them so much. To make matters worse, I live in florida, where all coworkers wear skirts just at the knee and no pantyhose. The only time I have worn a skirt to work was in January, a black short skirt, black tights. I’m a 4-6 with muscular legs and good thighs so don’t mind wearing shorts and short skirts…distract from cankles. But capris and knee length skirts…forget it! Totally humiliating. My high school boyfriend commented on them and said I look better in jeans. I’m still not over it.
I’m 33 and have had cankles all my life, even when I weighed 98lbs. I hate it too. Passing by all the cute shorts, skirts, capris and sandals and spending the summer in long pants… but aren’t we ridiculous. My legs may not be pretty but they work. I can walk, run, skip, dance and twirl - too many people can’t. Besides, God gave me these legs; anyone who makes a snide comment about them isn’t criticizing me, they’re criticizing God. Makes me feel better to remember this. There’s not a thing we can do anyway - it doesn’t seem to matter how much you excercise or how skinny you are, it’s a matter of bone structure. It would be like trying change your height.
No. Some people never had cankles before and started getting them later in life. Im 13 and really thin and my ankles have always been incrediably thin, but for about half a year now I my ankles have swollen. I didn’t gain any weight except for on my ankles (not even on my thighs or calfs). Peoples have always told me I have skinny legs and now their all ‘why don’t your ankles go ‘in’?’
It’s annoying. I just found out there is a name for this. I’m glad I found this site because I thought that everyone else who had this knew why they had it (eg. they are just fat or have edema) But now I know there are other people who got swollen ankles at the same age I did. It’s a bit curious, I think. I mean we must have gotten it for the same reason since we have the same sympotms (eg. age, weight, ect.) If someone can figure out the reason for this swelling then maybe they could help to invent a way to remove it or prevent it.
I have ‘cankles’ and while I don’t necessarily like them, my husband finds them and my fat knees sexy. For every flaw we find, there is someone out there that finds it irrsistable. Wear what you want and you will catch the eye of the ‘right’ person.
you guys have rubbish fat ankles. stop taking the piss out of my name, you bloody diseased mole ridden whores. i wish hitler had killed you instead of jews. i hate you freaks with passion, and i never want to see you lepers again, you fat ankled SCUM. DEATH TO THE CANKLED!
I’m 42. I have thick calves and cankles! I have days where I fixate on my ankles and pray they suddenly be considered “sexy.” But since thats never going to happen, I’ve spent some time figuring out how to dress for them.
So here are some fashion tips beyond total coverage. Choose your shoes carefully. No kitten heels! Never never never! No Mary Janes unless the strap is low–never right up at your ankle.
Try for sturdy heels with vamp that comes half-way up your foot. If you draw the eye downward to the top of the shoe, it gives the illusion of a shapelier ankle.
Those round-toed heels are not great because you don’t want to remind people of grandmothers, since well, your calves might do it already…
Pointy shoes are good.
Obviously, dark tights matching the shoes can be good.
If you can’t go with a dark tight, get sheer hose. Opaque white tights are a big no-no. Sheer is better with a soft-colored shoe.
Skirt length is also important. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking a long, tea-length skirt is best because it hides your leg. That is the worst length ever. Play with the length right at your knee–you’ll see that there is a point where it looks best. And straighter skirts are better than circle skirts or a-lines. Straight skirts give an overall sleek appearance.
As I’ve gotton older, I look at some of my cankled sisters and I realize that in the totality of their bodies–they are beautiful. They unveil their calves without shame. And many of them are happily married to successful handsome men! Like me! My sweet husband couldn’t care less.
Sure there are some guys/girls out there who look for weaknesses and insult you. But once you get out of jr. high and high school, no one behaves so foolishly.
I love fashion, I love to be in style, but I can’t always do this because of my legs. I have had these hidious legs all my life. I hate my legs. Sometimes I wish I could just chop off all the extra skin. I know this may sound drastic, but only the people who have cankles know how I feel. I can’t wear skirts, short, or capri pants because I would feel very embarrased. Today my family and I were going to the beach, but I stayed home because I did not want to show my legs. This is painful, because I can’t even have a little fun with my family. When summer comes around I am usually depressed and angry.
Recently, I went to a surgeon to get lipo in my cankles. He told me that this procedure has been done in the past, however it is very very very dangerous. He told me about a case of a women who seeked lipo in this area and ended up in a wheelchair. Although, he did say its dangerous he told me about a sergron in New York who specializes in this type of lipo. I am thinking of visiting him for a consultation, and of course to get more info. on the risk and so on. Anyway, I am very happy to have found this site because its a wonderful support.
thank you all!
Hi, i am 14 and i am dreading the summer. we as young, teenage girls are suposed to wear short skits in summer but i cant wear skirts because of my cankles. I hate them so much. I inherited them from my mum. To make it worse, i have really fat thighs aswell. I am a skinny girl with quite small boobs, my legs dont look right to the rest of my body! However, i also have a big bum and i always get compliments for that from guys and girls! thankyou celebs! but i do have a solution, girls with cankles, wear white linen trosers. they are fasionable and are cool to wear when its hot. it hides your legs! great news.
I can’t believe this. This is a whole load of horse shit if I’ve ever seen it. Thick legs and ankles are sexy, especially if the girl is of a medium build. I’m telling you girls you’ve got to stop wasting your time, its like the disgusting anorexic models, bones aren’t sexy, stick legs aren’t sexy dammit. Listen, if your legs are tan or if yourskin in smooth or better yet both..and your not grossly overweight (aka rolls in your legs) alot of guys think this is sexy. I do and I’m a totally normal guy who likes slender to medium build girls…especially if they are well fortified in the chest area and thick. Guys who see this and agree write something and calm these poor chicks down. Christ.
Cankles unite! I totally sympathize with all you ladies that refuse to expose your tree trunk legs even during the sweltering summer months. I love my thick legs but have been utterly disgusted by my cankles for as long as I can remember. I don’t where skirts, shorts, dresses,capris, nothing. I have been traumatized by their thickness and the comments that come along with them. So I actually did what I never thought I could. I got cankle suction a week ago!!! I’ll let you know how they look when I’m all healed and cankle-free.
PS If us cankled women have enough courtesy to hide our stumps, all the big gut women and one’s with cellulite should follow our example. That my friends is a real eye sore.
Have some confidence. Everyone out there finds a different set of features sexy, even yours,,, no ESPECIALLY yours. Personally I find ankles to be a very sensual part of the body. I love it when girls wear sneakers without socks. Anklets that draw my attention are torture when I’m hanging out with my girlfriend. Its just impossible for me not to look. Maybe I’m the freak, but I’d like to think that there are pleanty of nice guys out there like me who just like ankles. I think its mostly in the ankle bone and where it sticks out that I find attractive.
As a side note: Fat women, no, better: fat people! should get more exercise and try to eat right. Health and stamina are extremly important. Physical appearence quickly withers in even the most beautifull of people (well, there is crazy plastic surguery and crap like that but…) The point is, your health and your bodys strength will also wither quickly if you dont take care of it. Watch the movie “Supersize Me” It got me away from fast food permenently. Even if you think your favorite meal is a Bigmac and Fries you might be surprised to find how great you feel after going for a five mile jog. It sure makes that fresh homemade burger seem like candy to the mass produced machined bigmac.
Ok back on the ankles. The shape of an ankle is what makes it sexy or not sexy right? The ankle connects the thicker calf to the foot. One way to accent this shape is to wear shoes that cover up the foot but not the ankle. Low-top Chucks are great for this, as are Keds. If you have a little bone that is high up on your ankle, go with a shoe like New Balence or Rebocks. If you have a low ankle bone go with a shoe like Pumas or Sketchers.
Try bulking up your calf muscle to make it comparitively larger thank your ankle, you can do this easily by making an effort to always walk upstairs on your tiptoes. Dont forget to stretch your muscles once in a while, stretching is a large part of helping muscles to grow.
Most importantly, Get rid of those dock martins and roll up those pantlegs. You are hot!
I’m a 15 year old really skinny girl! What i dont get im really thin everywhere else except my ankles. I have CANKLES!! i get payed out so much and im so embarrassed to even walke around and face my back to anyone. Also its even harder because i go to a school where you have to wear a uniform so its a bit hard to cover my hideous ankles!! PLEASE HELP ME GET RID OF THEM!! SOMEBODY?
My biggest dream finally came true. I got “cankle ‘suction”! It’s only been 2 months, but I already LOVE the results! (Final results take up to 6 months). For once in my life I have beautiful legs! I am now enjoying shorter skirts and capri’s and I have much more self-confidence. My husband thought I was fine the way I was (bless his heart) and told me to just work out the calf muscle, but that didn’t work. My friends have since admitted that I had cankles and I look much better now. I had lipo from the knees down and my plastic surgeon (in Utah)did an awesome job. I had much better results than I thought possible. My legs were so ugly and shapeless, and now they look so good—I love it!
I know how all of you feel who hate your cankles. I wish I could’ve been happy with what God gave me, but if you CAN do something about it, why not??
I am 15 years old and I have cankles. I never even gave it any thought until about a year and a half ago when my friend said I had them. Ever since, I haven’t worn shorts or skirts once. And I hate it! I am so envious to girls with beautiful legs…even the bigger girls who have nice ankles. Whenever my friends mention it to me I don’t bother telling them how I feel because they just won’t understand so I usually don’t say much about it. I hate it so much and I really wish I didn’t have them. I’m guessing it’s hereditary in my family since a lot of my dad’s side of the family have thick legs. And even though I still wear capri’s, I am uncomfortable in them. I just hope there is an exercise because I wouldn’t want to go through surgery. If anyone wants to email me please do because I could use some advise!
I am 15 years old and I have cankles. I never even gave it any thought until about a year and a half ago when my friend said I had them. Ever since, I haven’t worn shorts or skirts once. And I hate it! I am so envious to girls with beautiful legs…even the bigger girls who have nice ankles. Whenever my friends mention it to me I don’t bother telling them how I feel because they just won’t understand so I usually don’t say much about it. I hate it so much and I really wish I didn’t have them. I’m guessing it’s hereditary in my family since a lot of my dad’s side of the family have thick legs. And even though I still wear capri’s, I am uncomfortable in them. I just hope there is an exercise because I wouldn’t want to go through surgery. If anyone wants to email me please do because I could use some advise!
I love all of you for taking about this…I wonder if it is a genetic defect from a certain part of the world. Like is it a Russia trait etc….
I am so happy I found this site. I too have always hated my cankles. I am tall, thin women. Lots of people tell me I should be a model of course they haven’t seen my legs down. I have total legs obsession. The only thing I do looking at the magazines is compering actresses and models legs. I often go to the pool but every time I have to walk from the chair to the water is a moment of the horror.I have the feeling that all people at the pool are looking at my canles.I hate my legs.I am thinking about an ankle suction. I live in New York and recently visited a few surgeons looking for help. Two of them agree to perform a suction for 5000 $.One of them asked for 7000$. Do you think it is expensive? I will be really happy if you share with me yours experience.
I’ve been thinking alot about the term “cankle” and realize that I have been teased on one level or another my whole life. I have a small waist, am well in proportion and am strong - but geez, my legs! I would pay almost anything if I knew there was a safe and proven surgery/excercise/etc to be more of the average dimension. Anyone with leads in Michigan or this part of the country — any advise on excercise — a support group (although all of you postings did make me feel so much better that I’m not alone), please post … I’m thankful for all that are willing to share their experiences. : )
If you have small calves, and cankles, you might be able to make the cankles appear smaller by increasing the size of your calves a little bit.
Exercise for calves:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Gastrocnemius/WTSingleLegCalfRaise.html
Do these every second day. Bear in mind that calves are one of the most genetically determined bodypart and as such it is quite difficult to increase their size.
I’ve got the opposite problem. I’m a guy with thin ankles.
I’m 5′10 160lbs and lean.
Ankles are 8″ and calves 13.5″. It looks like my lower shins will snap like a twig in the slightest breeze.
Every one suffers from insecurities, whether it be cankles, small penis, chunky upper arms, big nose, freckles, etc.
Nobody is really perfect.
i too have cankles… i am 5′9” and weigh 120 lbs. i realized that i cannot see my achillies tendon above my heel. it actually indents with thick fat on each side. my cankles often ache, and feel like they are retaining water. i have been taking water pills to help the swelling go down but they have not. i too do not wear skirts or shorts, i live in a desert!!!and i wear pants all year long. I have researched online and you can actually surgically remove the muscle and excess tissue around the cankle to create the ankle. HAS ANYONE GONE THROUGH CANKLE SURGERY??
what the fuck! i found this site cuz i heard something bout cankles and i looked it up, this is real shit man, i cant belive girls these days keep on adding shit bout yourself, only retarded boys notice cankles (u know jack black in shallow love or whatever, like he doesn’t have…)
stop being like this, i’m glad that with 14 years of age i think like this, oh please, stop measuring the calfs and ankles, that’s childish…
Hey, I 2 hav cankles and have heard that excersizing can help. I’m doingg excersizes at the moment where you stand on a step with your heels off the edge and push up onto your tip toes, hold 4 3 secounds and go back down. After 30 a day apparently yo’ll notice results, I’m still yet to see and am on my 3rd day! cheers all gud luck!
Hi,
I had cankles but not any more.Yesturday I had my surgery(ankle,calves liposuction).I am very happy person right now.I simply understand what you are going through girls.I am 5,8 and weigh 124 lbs and had cankles.Going to the beach or pool was a torture for me.I can recomend my doctor Alan Engler from Manhattan http://www.bodysculpture.com.The cost of the surgery is around 6,000.
I just wanted to say that I’m so happy to have found this site. I am 21 years old and have always had cankles! My mother has cankles, and I have 2 older sisters that do as well. I have always been self-conscious, and like many of you I seldom wear skirts, shorts, and capris. This makes me feel a little more comfortable with myself. I know people think this is stupid and ridiculous, but it really does affect women’s perception of themselves, especially when people notice and have things to say. I have came to terms with my cankles and have learned to live with it. If someone doesn’t like you or wanna holla at you because of them, oh believe someone else will!!
I had written about 4 months ago telling of my recent cankle suction. I actually had both my legs done from thigh to ankle to get rid of the cankles that have plagued me for years. I got a great price where I am in Dallas, $6k for everything. But unfortunately I would not recommend the suregery to any ladies in waiting. Because lipo in such an invasive procedure and causes you to be immobile for a length of time due to the stress it puts on your legs, I got a blood clot in my right leg. I was hospitalized for 3 days and will be on blood thinners for the next 4-8 months depending on how quickly my body heals itself. I was diagnosed with the clot 2 mths ago and since then it is already half dissolved, but that does not make me feel any better. You can die from one and it has totally disrupted my life between getting my blood checked weekly to taking me off birth control pills most likely forever. So even though I love the results and am currently cankle free, it was not worth the side effects not to mention the thousands of dollars in hospital bills.
haha i sooooooo know how u all feel! but i can aunestly say get out there and go for a run godammit! i used to run andmy cankles just went away….then i got lazy and they came back again! iv learnt to love my tree stumps for who they are - or just get over it -noones perfect- even super models have cankles! Iv seen them! and i can not beleve people are having ankle liposuction! haha get over yourselve!
Wow, I don’t know what to say? I have NEVER even thought that other people thought about this issue. I always thought it was just me. I understand a lot of girls are like “well, like me or not!” and I have amazing friends, many guys chasing after me constantly, but this issue is so embarassing, I’ve never really admitted it to myself. I guess guys that have liked me, or seen “a lot” of me having never seemed to have changed their perception, but this is the ONLY thing that I am insecure about and that’s why it just takes over me sometimes. The thing that’s really ironic too, is that I was blessed with an amazing upper body. I naturally have large biceps and a 6-pack and amazing breasts. It’s so weird, so I should be fortunate for sure, but for some reason I bottle up when it comes to this issue. I am beginning to think about trying to do something about it for sure. Thank you so much for this website. There are some pics of me on http://www.myspace.com/Penni
Wow, I don’t know what to say? I never thought other people had this issue, and then to find out people are discussing it amazes me. This issue to me is like being gay in a Catholic household or something. I don’t talk about it to even my closest friends or family (who don’t have this problem), much less think about it. I go about my life being very secure with my looks, being born with an ironically amazing upper body, naturally large biceps, a 6-pack and gorgeous breasts, yet when it comes to my legs I completely bottle up. With the guys that I have dated, I always feel very confident around them, then if they go to touch my legs, I flip out and try and move them away. I do feel fortunate about everything in my life, so I don’t let it control me on a daily basis or anything, but when it’s an inevitable issue like going to the pool or during the hot summer days/nights, I turn into this extremely insecure girl that I really don’t need to be. I always feel like there is a solution to everything, and I just want to do something about it so I can finally parallel my body with my confidence. Thank you for this website. You can see what I look like on http://www.myspace.com/11077603
Oops, I was told my first comment didn’t post so I had to write a brand new one, sorry that’s why there’s two of almost the same comment. Just to let you know the first URL (where you click on “Penni”) is not me, the second one is. Thanx.
You white bitches are so obsessed with having bodies like 10 year old boys. That shit is not sexy.
Um last time I checked getting rid of cankles had nothing to do with wanting the body of a 10 yr old boy. I can’t speak for the other ladies but I am Italian and packing some curvy hips and booty which I wouldn’t trade for anything. So FYI angry white boy, spanish and black women have cosmetic surgery too, so don’t be ignorant.
Um last time I checked getting rid of cankles had nothing to do with wanting the body of a 10 yr old boy. I can’t speak for the other ladies but I am Italian and packing some curvy hips and booty which I wouldn’t trade for anything. So FYI angry white boy, spanish and black women have cosmetic surgery too, so don’t be ignorant.
Wow, since I was 16 I’ve noticed my fat ankles. I am now 21, and have just discovered this site. I had no idea “cankles” affected so many women. Like some of you, I have a great upper body, average-sized breasts, skinny arms and wrists, and a flat tummy. I am 5′8″ and 120 llb. I’m a thin person, but I have these dreadfully unproportioned legs. Compared to the rest of me, they are huge. I am like all of you, I become so jealous whenever I see models in magazines. The first thing I look at is their ankles, and they’re always skinny. I probably wouldn’t try surgery, because I don’t have the money, and I can’t afford to miss even a week of school. I’m going to try out all these exercises I’ve been reading about.
Well…”cankles” as a named concept is a new one to me, but the physical manifestation of such has long been an object of my desire.
I love - and know I’m nowhere near alone in doing so - the ‘pear-shaped’ female figure, proportionally larger below the waist than up above: broad hips, round bellies, generous bottoms, sturdy legs and thick, fleshy, dimply ankles are very sensual and sexy indeed - gloriously feminine, essentially womanly. I adore ‘phat’ (i.e. sexy) ankles and believe they should be sported with pride, celebrated for what they are and not hidden away or otherwise disguised. It’s such a shame, and troubling, to read so many negative comments here, indicative, of course, of the idealized image obsessed times in which we live, but profoundly depressing, and needlessly so.
Girls, women, ladies, wimmin, please don’t beat yourselves up and torture yourselves about your perceived ‘imperfections’, don’t give in to the body fascists: if you have phat ankles, cankles, whatever, flaunt them - you should feel good just being yourself, if you feel confident and radiate that confidence it’s so attractive and, you never know, you might even make someone else’s day at the sight of your gorgeous, sexy legs and cankles.
All right everyone, I have set up a myspace support group for us cankle sufferers. We can discuss cankle hiding strategies, how awesome it is that we are so sturdy and good at walking, and revel in our glorious tube legs and leg logs. Or we can just bitch about how everyone looks cute in skirts but us. find support at http://www.myspace.com/cankleparty
i am a 15 year old girl, and i too have cankles. going through jr. high and high school with cankles is just awful. every girl im my grade (im a sophmore) seems to have just the perfect legs, great ankles, and (i feel silly for saying this) but pretty feet. i can admit that i have abnormally pudgy feet (especially my toes). i feel like everyones staring at them when i wear flipflops or open-toed shoes. im actually a pretty small person from the waist down. its just those gross legs, cankles, and feet that bring down my confidence. especially now in highschool, when everyone boy seems to take notice of every physical feature a girl posseses. ive been teased many times. life just sucks with cankles. is there any way to get rid of them?!?!
OMG!!!! mee to girls meeee too…i’m 15 years old i’m now homeschooloed because of these littles shits!!! I couldn’t take the teasing much longer. I hate them so much. All my friends asked me why dont you ever wear shorts and i always said “oh, cause my legs are so grossley white!!” just to take the attention off my cankles!! ( i hate that word! ) Luckily alot of people know already and its out of the way but im still too embarrasesed to show my boyfriend, that ive had for months now, my ugly fat legs!! My thighs are in great shape because i have always been very very athletic. I’m 106 lbs. i got a six pack nice arms, big butt, slim waiste nice hips, honey colored ayes and blonde hair im alright loooking n shit but when you look down “aaaah!wow what the hell are those” hahah!! Yah, im so self concious because my legs. All i can do is make fun of them myself now just so i dont get all pissed off about it cause i dont know what can make them go away. We need lipo!!! my mom had them too when she was my age and now shes 39 and got rid of them this year. Lucky ass!!. Once i noticed that she didnt have them anymore i was like OMG how did you do that! Then i got mad cause i still have them im 15 and shes doesnt and shes 39 so thats just great stuff huh!? i need to get rid of them :) HeLp!!
Peace>>>
I’m a 13 year old girl and i also have cankles. They suck so effing bad i hate them! And for everyone on here who is skinny and beautiful and are complaning about therer cankles i know wut u mean about the cankles but please if thats the only flaw you have then ur still hott i mean seriously! I’m almost 5 feet and i weight about 125lbs…not exactly skinny and the height doesnt help either. I think i have nice skinny shaped arms…i also have pretty big boobs a 34 B but they have streach marks on them….which is another story and also something i depise. I’m not fat but i do have a stomach and it anooys me that some of my friends weigh like 85 lbs and they eat exactly the same stuff i do freaking metabolisms piss me off. Anyway back to my cankles,my ankles are about 9 inches and my calfs are 11..obviously very similar. Evem if it doesnt sound like i do have them i do and my small feet dont help either.I think ive had cankles my own life and i got them from my mom who also has large cankles…but somehow my sister is very skinny and tall and lacks cankles! WTF?!? My cankles don’t prevent me from wearing skirts and shorts but i feel really uncomfotable in them, i hardly ever wear capri though. Im not like most of the people who posted on here, ultra skinny bodies but one flaw cankles. I have many flaws and the ankles just add to it! If i had skinny legs i think i would consider my self 5 times hotter than i do now.I saw a post on this site where a girl sez she does exercises to ged rid of them results in 30 days i thinknim gunna ttry that but i have a large doubt that its not gunna work. The cankle lipo sounds effective but dangerous obviously im only 3 and cnat do that now but in the furture i think i will definetly put some thought into it. Finding this site didnt exactlyt make me feel better at all kinda juist made me think about them more and how ugly they are so yeah.
I like pretty woman with big rumps, thick thys, and thick ankles. Many men from past to present have liked women with the above traits. Women should have confidence and show those big thick ankles. There will be some men who will say unpleasant things about thick ankles. However, there are men who don’t like skinny legs on women and say unpleasant things about that too.I think that women are there own worse enemies. They will ignore a thousand positive and true compliments and listen to a negative comment then choose to unnaturally change the beauty that is theirs, in this case thick ankles or in negative terminology cankles. I realize that I will post this comment and some woman out there will read it and treat like the sport section in the paper.
To you good luck on your ankle liposuction.You younger females that may be getting teased about anything. My advise to you is focuse on your positive and remember time changes everything. Do not allow others to steal your dignity, if someone does not give you the respect that you deserve give them space. Simply, they are not your friends if they insult you. Trust me when I say that what you think is unattractive is very attractive to someone out there. Vanity is short lived. It is your heart and spirit that people will remember.
I HAVE HAD ANKLE LIPOSUCTION. I just found out there was a name for this problem. I’ve had the liposuction, if anybody wants to ask me anything about it email me jane_beckham@hotmail.com It was the BEST thing I ever did. It didn’t fix the problem completely but now I don’t look like a total freak. I had no ankles or definition on my calves, I was sick and tired of being miserable. My ankles are still pretty chunky but that is my bone structure and the way the calf muscle lies. I couldn’t wear boots, they wouldn’t zip up. Forget anything with an ankle strap. I’m not or have ever been overweight, I’m 175 cm tall and weigh 60 kilos. Sorry, I’m in Australia and I don’t understand pounds :) No ammount of dieting or exercise ever changed this. Had the surgery about 18 months ago now, and I can share before and after pics if anyone wants. Please dont email me to tell me I’m stupid or vain, I’ve heard it all before but generally people have been supportive. I work full time and paid for the surgery myself, it’s not covered by public health. Anyway, I did heaps of research before I did this so I kinda know a fair bit about it. I’ve never met anyone else who’s had the surgery. My doctor had only done it once before. I can get into my boots now!
Dear Women, If you are upset about your thick ankles or cankles. I feel compelled to let you know that there are men in the world that adore you. I am very attracted to women that are pretty and have slender upper body but are thick waist down with thick ankles. When you hide from the world by wearing pants and boots, You hide from the 1 in maybe every 20 to 25 guys who dream of having a woman that is built like you. I know that many guys look the other way when they see a woman with thick ankles. You should know that we look the other way when we see women with skinny legs and flat rumps. You need to feel confident in your design and show it in the same manner as other woman. Ladies wear your skirts and shorts. Do not be your own worse enemies by devaluing yourself. Your body image is beautiful you don’t need surgery just a little faith.
I’m 16. I have cankles, but they sure as anything aren’t from fat (I weigh 98 lbs). My theory is it’s muscle, since I’m a dancer (ballet and DDR) and know that cankles aren’t all that uncommon on dancers. My boyfriend never noticed that I have no ankles, and my friends and I just laugh about my freakish legs that make my size 3 feet look even smaller. It’s better than having brown elbows… I saw a white girl with dark brown elbows, and people were grossed out. So look on the bright side.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO CANKLES?
I too have cankles. I used to weigh 151 lbs, but then I lost alot of weight..I am now about 114 lbs. And while I did loose weight around the lower leg region, I still have cankles. I am determined to fix this problem and I believe I may have discovered the cause of cankles..
It is water weight. That is why it seems like alot of really thin girls have cankles and they cannot understand why. Its because its fluid retention. Which can cause swollen legs,swollen feet and hands. Hence why alot of pregnant women develop cankles.
When your body isnt getting enough water, your body freaks out and stores it. What we want to do is allow the body to release the water..not store it.
So, what do you do?
Drink more water. Drink alot of water. Just keep drinking til you cannot stand it. That way the body wont react to lack of water by holding onto fluid in your body.
Exercise! Break a sweat! You gotta do alot of exercise.When you sweat, fluid is released from the body and salt.
Also, cut back on salt. Try to not have much salt.
I have also researched that apparently apple cider vinegar can help. So, in the morning have a couple glasses of water and in one of the glasses add 2 teaspoons of ACV to warm water.
I have made myself a workout for the lower leg region. Consisting of skipping,lunges,calf raises,plyometrics..
If your interested, email me.
Hi!!!
I’m 21, from Argentina, South America.
I came here because I was looking up the meaning of Cankles…
Here is not a big problem have or have not cankles… If you have it you are not an outcast…
The only thing I cuold tell you to help with this problem is that you have to define the calf, so you could divide the calf form the ankle. The thing that help me the most is excercise bike, could be ride on bike too, but I prefer the static one.
Good luck!!!
Hi
Like most of you I have lived with fat calves and ankles all my life. No boots or ankle straps do up and no amount of weight loss or exercise has YET made a difference, I continue to try :)
BUT, when I was 10 I was hospitalised with a virus that attacks bone, I got it in my left knee and was only hours awa from having to have my leg removed at the knee and possibly the hip.
I can’t say I love my legs…..but I do now appreciate that even if they don’t LOOK perfect they do WORK perfectly.
Love yourself :o)
HEY EVERYONE.. Im A 15 YR OLD GIRL WHO IS REALLY SKINNY BUT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF CANKLES>.. I DONT THINK ITS FULLY CANKLES SO MAYBE THERES STILL HOPE!! WHAT EXERCISES HELP CANKLES CAN SOMEONE JUST STOP TALKING BOUT THEIR LIFE AND HELP US !!!
When I read this…I almost couldn’t believe it. This describes me perfectly. I have a very small waist but when it gets down to my ass..its huge. Everyday I can’t go without someone saying something about it. I am often known by my big ass. I have always been shy about my cankles. I too wear jeans everyday in the summer. That is all I look at. Its nice to know that someone else has this too.
I am a 20 year old college student with cankles. I am embarrassed too and wish there was some sort of cure or workout to get rid of them… but there isn’t. BUT it does not stop me from wearing mini skirts, shorts, and bikinis. Jeans in the summer time.. I don’t think so. Everyone has flaws and no one is perfect. If someone makes fun of you for having cankles just tell them it’s what god gave ya’ deal with it.
My name is Christine and I have cankles. I love these people who are saying it doesn’t matter and to wear boots…obviously they don’t know we can’t even zip the boots up because our cankles are so big. If you can fit your calves into boots at the department store then you don’t truly have cankles. I was excited last winter when I found this online store for boots that custom make them to fit people with cankles (duo). They are very expensive but I was desperate and they are awesome quality. Back to the cankles topic–its very interesting that people are still commenting after two years…. When I get really upset about my ankles and am about to go emotionaly off the deep end I close my eyes and I thank God that I have legs that work and that I can walk…cheesy but it makes me realize how shallow I’m being. Then I change into long pants.
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ok, i’m a recently-turned-17-years-old female and i’m not afraid to admit it: i… have… cankles. i’m all my 17 years i’ve only been insulted for them once: when i was wearing too-short pants and no socks a guy in my class called me a “cankled bitch” after i informed him that he was balding at 19 years old. other than that, they’ve hardly been any sort of “guy repellent”. yes, my leg as a whole is thicker than a lot of girls’ i know whose upper body is about the same size as mine, but the only time i’ve ever got negative comments about them is from females who are plainly jealous as hell. all i’ve ever gotten from guys for them are shows of admiration, and all you have to do is flick on BET and watch any music video playing to see that thick is in. any rate, i would MUCH rather have full legs and the round, full booty that came with them than stick legs and a nasty flat ass. in the summer, i do avoid wearing skirts or shorts so i don’t have to worry about hearing a comment from some ugly slick-mouthed jealous bitch and in turn having to beat her ass, but it’s ok because tight jeans show off my great ass to better effect than a skirt or shorts ever could, and if it’s hot there are super-comfy breathable jogging pants that come with the added bonus of protecting legs from potentially scar-leaving mosquito and chigger bites. smooth legs all year round!
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Cankles! Yes I lived with them for 55 years and just last week had them liposuctioned away. Because of my age my Dr. refused to do the whole calf so I have kind of a very accentuated ankle at this point.
One of them looks like it might end up lumpy and weird looking (one of the risks of liposuction). BUT … you know what? I DON’T CARE! 55 years is WAY TOO LONG to live with long pants in the summer, inability to fit into a ski boot, and all the other pains we go through when our ankles don’t fit the norm. Also, of course, if your skin is pale it just makes the effect that much worse.
QUESTION LADIES WITH CANKLES: My 15-year-old daughter has ‘em (not bad yet as she’s very atheletic, but I”m sure they’ll show up worse as she ages). She actually told me the other day she had ‘cankles” (first time I’d heard the word).
SO, QUESTION: Should I encourage her to do what i just did? I haven’t even told her yet as it’s winter and long pants cover the swelling.
What do you think, ladies?
To: HCC
You can’t expect your daughter to do any different than you. You are ashamed and hide your legs. She will be ashamed and hide her legs too. In my opinion, you should teach her to be proud and confident of her body. You should get her involved in activites that will build her esteem. Explain to her that when you hide from criticism you must also hide from praise. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that many males will find her legs desirable and ignore the males that do not. Do not accept this society’s image of what is beautiful.Barbie is just that…. a doll. Encourage your daughter to look at the beautiful women who do not hide their thick bodies and ankles such as singer Mya and actress Paula Garces. Lastly,remember to promote live-long fitness and healthy eatting habits.
i just have to say that you described my body to a T. we are body twins. cankles and all. =)
Hi, im a 24 yr old girl with CANKLES that i only noticed a few yrs back. Its so sad cause it was my boyfriend who noticed it. It all began from the movie SHALLOW HALL. The big girl there had cankles and the word cankles was when me and my boyfriend heard it. Since then…im not the girl with cankles now. Although he doesnt make it a problem but it did make me feel very consious. Now i hardly wear skirts. they arent too big yet but they keep growing. is there a way to make them even a pinch tinier? argh! i hate it!
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I, too have cankles. I knew I had shapeless ugly legs and terrible ankles that would not fit in normal boot, but I did not know about the “word” until 2003 when I was teaching a horrible class of 9th graders. One boy who probably has an IQ of about 80 informed me (and everyone else) that I had cancles. I had to come up from another class while they waited for me to unlock the door to the computer lab. This kid would lead laughing and picking on me about the cancles. I’d hear comments of disappointment when I wore pants that covered the things. They wanted to see them…and laugh. I’m not saying this is why I left my job at the end of that year, but it might have contributed.
I posted a msg ages ago, and have since heard from some cankle girls so I know I’m not alone. I watched the cankle episode of nip tuck last night, if anyone else has seen it, the op is nothing like that (I’m speaking from experience). I love that show…actually I love julian mcmahon (I’m aussie so I’m biased)…but its totally unrealistic. In my op there was no blood or pulling out ‘chunks’ of fat, and surgeons are eithical and professional. Lipo didnt cure my cankles but they are 100% better than what they were…having said that I’m still sooo glad it’s winter and I can wear long pants again. If you’re thinking of ankle lipo go on and do it…it’s not like you’re messing with your face! Just do your research. Support stockings (Jobst and Sigvaris) work wonders too. Hang in there and work on your positives….
Omg. i have kankles and im 12. im in jr high and im told im very beutiful but they always seem to bring up my kankles and lugh. sumtimes i go home or in the bathroom at shookl and cry. ive never had a bf cuz of them and it makes me want to kill myself. i acutually have tried but have chickend out. i hate my body. pleaz help!!!
I fucking LOVE “cankles,” and I always have. I don’t care who knows this about me. I think they’re one of the most beautiful and graceful traits a girl can have. Too bad we can’t come up with a more appealing name for them. Maybe we can turn it around, and throw it back in “their” faces, using the word with pride, like the gays did with “queer” or something.
I think skinny ankles are disgusting, I’m not exaggerating, and I don’t know what this says about me psychologically. Sometimes, I’ll find myself saying actually saying, “Ewww,” when I see twig ankles.
“Cankles” are much closer to the Greeks’ “Ideal Beauty.” Think of all the Greek depictions of women you’re seen. No skinny ankles anywhere.
Incidentally, if anyone has any “cankled” friends in the greater Los Angeles area, I’m newly single.
haha. great.
I agree with Paul. I don’t know how you girls are going to do it, but you have GOT to find a way to not assist the people who judge you. I mean, what, is it the people who COUNT who are deciding, for all of us what looks good and what does not? I hate the whole idea that there must be something wrong with a guy who likes a particular female attribute that is, damn, I don’t even know how to call it; different or odd? Those terms are crap, because they’re not. I wish this little statement could encourage you, but I don’t suppose it will. Suffice it to say, there are a bunch of guys who like different shapes of female anatomy who will never admit it and that’s a shame. Only certain women are acceptable? I see it like women have this wonderful gift given to them by God. Look at them. Look at yourselves.You have these wide ranging, interesting variations of body shapes. I love it. Women should NOT look like men with breasts! I once heard a character in a movie say, “she had the butt of a thirteen year old boy.” and that was supposed to be a complement! That’s crazy! I couldn’t help but wonder why he wanted the girl to look like a boy. Who’s kidding who? I know you guys are gonna laugh, but saddlebags are sexy too. At least to me. They’re feminine. I love women. Everybody has preferences and that’s cool, but I shouldn’t expect mine to be the standard. Who cares? Very few of us, men or women, will maintain small childish immature bodies throughout our lifetimes. That’s why a bunch of models are teenagers. If I had a daughter, I would feel awful if she were unhappy with her body. Hollywood writers are too cowardly or untalented or limited in their thinking to consider the diversity of the female form.
I think I shall make a comment.
I have thicker ankles, maybe they fall under the definition of “cankles”, but all my life I’ve always been told I have nicely shaped legs. I’m a little on the curvy side, in an hourglass shape way, and unless you compare me to a runway model, I’m not fat. However, I know how devastating it is when someone you admire doesn’t admire part of your anatomy; one time this guy I liked so much told me I had thick ankles. Sort of crushing.
While we all have our preferences, I think this cankle thing is another example of when someone magnifies something small to make themselves look and feel better in comparison. Some people are thin, and yes, thin can be quite elegant, but its all they’ve got going for them and so they rag on features they don’t have to make themselves look better.
All in all, we are all insecure. It doesnt matter, cankles or not. Not everyone is gonna like what you’ve got. Then again, you never know who might. Its not the end of the world!
my gf got reel fat an got cankles, she loss some weight and got rid of thick legs but her thighs and ass r still huge
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