The WHO has just recognize Lipedema as an illness (Code EF02.2 in the ICD11)! Why is this important? Governments, health insurances and tax offices (to deduct self paid surgery, compression stockings, etc) have consistently referenced the fact that not even WHO (the world health organization) has recognized lipedema. So now Continue Reading
Lipedema News
Lipedema, a painful fat disease, isn’t known by the greater medical community. This is why we add it to this category whenever Lipedema makes it into the news.
Somebody Told Her She Has Lipedema and Now She’s Upset
Some stranger on Facebook told her she has lipedema, and it turns out that stranger was right. And now she’s upset because she was OK with how her legs looked. This is the last few paragraphs of the article: I’m sure she was trying to be helpful, to provide the Continue Reading
Liposuction for Lipedema IS Surgery
Liposuction for lipedema is surgery, never forget that. As more and more of us find the money (or get insurance to pay) for the procedure, I think we get excited and forget that no matter what there are still risks. Granted, in 2017 most of the world has moved to Continue Reading
Mayo Clinic Discovers Then Forgets Lipedema
Every week I do a search for news on lipedema. The Daily Mail over in the UK seems to love to cover it, I think it’s been covered there 3 or 4 times so far this year (2017). It occasionally pops up in local US news publications as well whenever Continue Reading
Lipedema Causing Limbs to Explode!
I saw the articles about Kim Kardashian having lipedema, what I didn’t see was that the National Enquirer claimed that her “lower limbs could explode in a bloated mass of fat.” Now that I’ve caught my breath from laughing (how many hundreds of us would be limbless if this were Continue Reading
Dr. Thomas Wright Talks Lipedema on Fox2Now St Louis
On 24 January 2017 Fox2Now in St Louis hosted Dr. Thomas Wright and a patient to talk about lipedema. This segment talks about lipedema, the diagnosis as well as the treatment after. The patient that Dr. Thomas Wright does mention that there are conservative treatments, but of course he came Continue Reading
Instagram Star with 70 Inch Butt Diagnosed with Lipedema
On the tv show The Doctors, lipedema has once again come up. This time it’s with someone who’s big behind has made her a star on Instagram, Raylynn. This isn’t the first time I’ve run into Raylynn on the internet. I came across her picture elsewhere, where people were less kind Continue Reading