Leaves - one side is smaller than the other

Alright, I’ve got a situation here that’s been eating away at me... my right calf muscles are noticeably smaller than my left. Now, since I’m right-handed—and by extension, right-footed—my right side is technically "stronger," yet the muscle mass just isn't there compared to the left. I’ve actually undergone two different foot surgeries to deal with some issues involving pes adductus, and even now, years later, I can't seem to stand on my heel with my right foot properly—or at least, it doesn't feel like I ever will (I mean, I *can* do it, but it's nowhere near the level of my left leg). Could this structural imbalance be the actual reason why my right calf is lagging behind? And more importantly—is there any way at all to fix this? 😢 🙂 Thanks 🙂

I’m a little lost here. How many right leaves are we talking about versus left ones? Maybe you just have more on the left side, so they look bigger simply because there are more of them?!
That deformity you mentioned—assuming it’s natural, though it could be something you picked up along the way—might actually be why your calf muscles look uneven. You could even have asymmetries further up the leg, but you didn't mention anything about that. Was this difference already there before you had surgery? It’s totally possible the procedure itself caused the asymmetry, but I can't really tell without knowing the timeline 🤷. As for whether you should get it corrected or how much work it would take, you'll need to run that by your doctor (usually an orthopedic surgeon), a physiatrist, or a solid physical therapist. They can figure out if corrective exercises are even worth it, or if some other kind of therapy makes more sense. You haven't really given me the full picture, though—how old are you, when was your first surgery, when was the second, and how long did you spend in PT? I’m assuming you did rehab both before and after the operations, but I don't know what specific exercises you were doing or if they actually helped your feet or legs function any better. What kind of exercises are you doing at home now to try and improve your mobility? Are you sticking to targeted exercises—which I assume you learned during your pre- and post-op rehab—on a regular basis now that the surgery is over?

I honestly don’t get it... how is it even physically possible to have fewer muscle fibers in one calf than the other?! To give you some context—and I know I'm being a bit vague here—my first surgery happened back when I was in second grade, so maybe eight years old. Then there was the second one around middle school, maybe thirteen or fourteen... I can't be entirely sure. Anyway, I'm eighteen now. My parents keep insisting that the asymmetry was way more obvious before the surgeries—though, if I'm being honest, my memory of that is pretty hazy—and they claim things look better now. The doctor didn't really suggest any specific calf exercises, though I vividly remember him telling me straight up that my legs would never be perfectly symmetrical. Right now, I'm attempting this exercise... but here’s the actual issue: on my right leg, you can clearly see that the lateral calf is smaller than the left... and while the medial side is also lagging, it's that outer part that makes the whole leg look thin.