What is lipedema?
Lipedema is a disease that affects adipose tissue. It is a disease recognized by World Health Organization since 2018. It develops in stages or states in which it advances through the patient's body.
Since it is not a plastic surgery, but it is an issue that directly affects the patient's health, a treatment that is at the level of the disease and attacks its origin is necessary.
For this reason, when they ask us What is lipedema?, we have to answer that it is a disease and society is increasingly aware of this problem that mainly affects women. International Lipedema Visibility Day is 6th of March.
Can lipedema be treated without surgery?
No, lipedema is a disease and exercising daily, with a diet that is strictly followed can only slightly reduce the adverse effects of lipedema, but it will not reduce the fat produced by the diseased tissue.
On the other hand, if you have a sedentary life and a poor diet, it can help you delay the effects.
This is because the fat produced by lipedema accumulates in the shape of a sphere, doing it in a compact way. For this reason, the only real way to eliminate the fat produced by lipedema is through WAL technique Or the PAL liposculpture.
There are different treatments that promise to eliminate or treat lipedema, but certainly, the only way with real results is surgery, since the diseased tissue and the fat produced by it are eliminated. That doesn't mean that treatments like lymphatic drainage can't help.
But of course, exercise and healthy living are 2 things that are advisable to maintain after undergoing liposuction to maintain the new figure.
Treat lipedema in Madrid
At Dr. Weigand's clinic you can treat your lipedema regardless of the degree of the disease:
- Grade I: adipose tissue occurs mainly in the buttocks and in the thighs. The appearance of the skin in the area does not change, there are no reliefs and no fat accumulations are noticeable.
- Grade II: At this stage, the lipedema has extended to the knee area. The main drawback that can occur in this degree is the accumulation of fat in the crook (anterior to the knee), which can cause problems in the joint function. To the touch, the skin feels thick because compacted fat is already accumulating.
- Grade III: at this degree, the lipedema has advanced from the hips, buttocks, thighs, goes down to the knee, until reaching the ankles. Generally, in this case, when standing on the ankles the skin takes the shape of a cup. Fat nodules are already noticeable under the skin.
- Grade IV: lipedema is noticeable in the arms. It is possible that by now the lipedema has affected the lymph nodes.
If you still don't know if you have lipedema, you can take the 12 question test that Dr. Weigand's team has prepared.
Remember that you can contact us through our website, and that the clinic is located in the Ruber Hospital Complex in Madrid.
