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Have you ever heard of adiposis dolorosa or Dercum's Disease? Its a known rare disease of multiple painful lipomas (Photos)

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petgoldfish72Jun 1, 2017

It also causes lipedema/lymphedema issues.

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Hello and thank you for your question.  It can. indeed, be very confusing, with all the competing technologies all claiming to be the best.  Vaser is a great option for liposuction to treat lipedema, but then so is standard liposuction using a power-assisted device or Body-Jet water-assisted lip...

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Don W. Griffin, MD

Lipedema as a condition is becoming more widely known and diagnosed more frequently. Liposuction can improve the appearance of the limbs affected by lipedema, but there is absolutely no controlled scientific randomized study that shows that one form of liposuction works any better or worse on ...

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