I have a fresh-pressed green juice every day, usually made ingredients like carrots, kale, spinach, parsley, celery, apple, ginger and lemon. When I have liposuction for lipedema, should I stop juicing prior to the surgery? What about during recovery, when I will be taking a blood thinner?
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Hello There! Thank you for writing this question. Many physicians have not heard of lipedema. It is classically overlooked as obesity and does not respond to diet and exercise as you may have experienced. In my experience, treating many patients with Lipedema by...
Lipedema is definitely a very real condition and a disease, but sadly it is not recognized by most, if not all, of the insurance carriers. It still amazes me that gastric bypass surgery is now covered by insurance, but lipedema surgery is still commonly not covered. Hopefully in the future tha...
There is a Doctor Karen Herbst who is the world's expert in lipedema and who you should see her for diagnosis. As for liposuction, which is the only permanent treatment, there are only a few training in water assisted liposuction and who do many lipedema patients. I suggest only seeing a...
