Lipoedema UK
Lipoedema (also spelt Lipedema in the USA), is a chronic condition that makes you accumulate fat below the waist, often giving you hips, buttocks and legs that are out of proportion with your upper body. It can also affect your arms.
78% of women with Lipoedema who took part in Lipoedema UK Big Survey 2014 developed symptoms between the ages of 18-25 but only 7% received a diagnosis at that time. Most took decades to realise they had Lipoedema as they were constantly dismissed by the medical profession and told that the excess fat ‘was their own fault’.
No one knows exactly how many women have lipoedema but as the vast majority of doctors and nurses aren’t trained to recognise lipoedema, many women go their whole lives without obtaining a diagnosis.
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Last Updated: 05 February 2024