How did you describe your legs before you knew it was lipedema?

Do these observations resonate with you?

Women who have Lipedema themselves when they're looking at that disproportionate and fat.

Visit our website to learn more about Lipedema.

Unfortunately, we may have up to 11% of women in the world have Lipedema and they don't know it because it can be confused with other conditions.

Most women think that this is just a lifestyle issue, it's their fault and there's nothing they can do about it.

But the question always is, what is Lipedema?

Lipedema is a relatively common fat disorder often mistaken for simple obesity. Its clinical diagnosis is an adipose tissue disorder or a lipid metabolism disorder. A typical lipedema patient is a woman who struggles with large hips and legs, usually out of proportion to the rest of her body.

Lipedema also appears in the upper arms. One of the hallmarks of the disease is that lipedema fat is relatively unresponsive to standard diet and exercise. These measures may lead to weight loss in other areas, but the size of the hips and legs remains disproportionately large.

Lipedema is a disorder of the adipose tissue distinguished by five characteristics:
☑️ It can be inherited;
☑️ It occurs almost exclusively in women;
☑️ It can occur in women of all sizes, from the seriously underweight to the morbidly obese;
☑️ It involves the excess deposit and expansion of fat cells in an unusual and particular pattern – bilateral, symmetrical, and usually from the waist to a distinct line just above the ankles; and
☑️, Unlike the “normal” fat of obesity, lipedemic fat cannot be lost through standard diet and exercise.

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[JessMN]

I always said I was an hourglass with all the sand in the bottom half. Or just that I had "big legs". Diagnosed last week, stage 2.

[ninimineymoe]

I had chronic leg pains and first they told me it was shin splints and then chronic compartment syndrome and then lymphedema so I went to a vascular doctor who eventually said it was Lipedema. I also had vascular insufficiency and had 3 procedures so far. I always had cellulite in my legs too but I didn’t know I had Lipedema until the pain started one day.

[mashoaimasimong]

Now I have chronic pain only at night and I have bruises 😢on my legs 😢

[kathymercer]

My grandmother always was what to call. The pair shape very small shoulders. Right after her waist, she was huge.

[MelanieFromCanada]

I describe it as wearing a fat suit made of water balloons

[natashab]

I dont have slim upper half. Big arms.