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Thank you for sharing your photographs. Dercum disease is a rare condition of abnormal fatty tissue growth. Is there a specific question that you have regarding it?
Liposuction is the preferred treatment for Dercum's disease, if this is possible.Sometimes excision is necessary to get rid of large symptomatic areas where liposuction would leave a large amount of excessive skin.
I have treated several patients with Dercum's disease. It can respond to excisional treatment of the most affected areas, however I have found that liposuction of the most symptomatic areas tends to achieve a better success rate, albeit with a moderate possibility of recurrence of some of the symptoms.
Thank you for asking about your leg liposuction and lifting.Congratualtions on your weight loss - quite an achievement.You clearly lost of a lot of leg weight, because the skin is so loose - even if proportionally less than elsewhere on your body.I don't think surgery alone will be a problem ...
Your submitted photos show stage 3 lipedema. Since the condition is not curable liposuction is only part of the treatment. You will also need to wear compression stockings and undergo regular manual lymphatic drainage massage after surgery to prevent recurrence. The liposuction has to be...
Lipedema affects nearly 25 million women in the US. As a board certified plastic surgeon and a board certified lymphedema expert, I manage complex lip edema cases with a combination of liposuction and skin tightening procedures. Most cases of lipedema improve with liposuction and fat l...
