After losing 350 pounds, Jaqueline Adan often felt frustrated that her legs still looked so big. If she asked her doctors why, they told her to lose more weight. “I can’t be like ‘OK, body, now lose ...

People with lipedema or Dercum’s disease (DD) can have a similar distribution of excess painful nodular subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), making them difficult to differentiate. Case series of 94 ...

My voluptuous pear shape is common among the women in my family. Our trademark big thighs and wide hips appeared early on my adolescent body, though, and worried my parents, who had also questioned ...

Lipedema is a painful fat distribution disorder that is often misdiagnosed or recognized late. Diets or exercise will not get rid of the condition, but treatments can improve it. Lipedema causes fat ...

Lipedema is not to be confused with obesity, as even those with a normal weight can suffer from this condition. (Envato Elements pic) While walking down the street or in other crowded places, you ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Lipedema causes a ...

Lipedema is a chronic fat disorder that primarily affects women and is often misdiagnosed as obesity or lymphedema. It causes disproportionate fat accumulation, most commonly in the legs, hips, and ...