Understanding lipedema
Lipedema and pregnancy: what to expect and what to arrange
Pregnancy is one of the three points at which this condition typically starts or jumps. That is worth planning around rather than worrying about.
Progression
Understanding lipedema
Does lipedema get worse? What actually drives progression
Yes, it is a progressive condition — and that sentence is usually delivered without the far more useful one that follows it: progression is not steady, not inevitable, and not entirely outside your influence.
Treatment and surgery
Does lipedema come back after surgery?
The question every woman asks before writing the cheque. The answer has two parts, and confusing them is what makes some clinics sound more confident than the evidence allows.
Understanding lipedema
Lipedema and hormones: puberty, pregnancy, contraception, menopause
Almost every woman with lipedema can name the year it changed, and almost every one of those years was a hormonal one. What that tells us, and what it does not.
Understanding lipedema
Lipedema or lymphoedema? And what happens when it is both
They are confused constantly, they are treated differently, and one can eventually cause the other. Four questions separate them, and the first one is about your feet.
Understanding lipedema
Stages and types of lipedema, explained properly
Stages and types get used interchangeably and they describe completely different things. One is a timeline, the other is a map — and neither of them tells you how much you are hurting.