Lipedema Patient Story Part 1 - share yours in the comments🤍

PART 1 - Have you been diagnosed with Lipedema? In this video, Lisa Duerre, our new Managing Director at Lipedema Simplified and Lipedema Project, shared how she found out that she has lipedema. Watch it out here!

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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[marywoods]

Thanks for being so brave to promote. We appreciate you, Lisa.

[cynthiamason]

I was misdiagnosed with lymphedema by my GP in 2018, but was able to get a correct lipedema diagnosis in Aug 2020 from a physical therapist. Diagnosis confirmed by Dr. Herbst in Mar 2021. I was 63 years old at that time, and then changed my lifestyle to manage lipedema. Managing lipedema is now life.

[whatcanisaytoday]

I am trying to have a clinical diag oses but in western auztralia there is no one that looks at you if over weight. I have been so misdiagnosed and suffered my whole life and need surgery but this is notdone in australia. I am so angry i wish Katby Bates would come down under and tell her story

[tcooper]

I constantly have people say, omg your ankles are so swollen. You need to go to the had my venous surgery 2 days ago. I know I will not get visible results as I now know its Lipodema . I plan to have lipo for it soon!