Real Women

Lipoedema Photoshoot

These women featured below have bravely participated in our Lipoedema Awareness Photoshoots, despite all their fears, simply for the purpose of helping other women with Lipoedema to get better help.

Our goal is to celebrate these women! In our photoshoots we aim to provide them with a space where they can feel nurtured, safe, glamorous and beautiful – because they are! Please keep reading to learn more about these amazing women.

Samantha

“As sufferers of Lipoedema, we need to speak up – women’s health is often neglected because the majority of decision makers are men, unless they have a loved one suffering they are clueless to what Lipoedema does as it progresses.”

Roisin

“Your Lipoedema does not define you. Your body does not define you. YOU define you.”

Jessica

“It’s such a difficult thing to learn that you’re living with a chronic incurable illness, but to know I have gotten so far in life and achieved so many great things despite physical setbacks really makes me proud of my resilience.”

Elizabeth

“Lippy women are strong and tough and resilient and capable of so much against the odds!”

Sarah

“The more awareness there is of Lipoedema, the more people can seek support and start to heal.”

Candice

“It’s not your fault. You can’t stop it. You can’t fix it. It’s a real disease that genuinely destroys lives. I feel sometimes people think we are crazy and are making it up.”

Vicki

“I want to advocate for the Government to recognise Lipoedema, as treatment needs to be subsidised by Medicare. For local GPs, awareness needs to be raised for diagnosis.”

Sayali

“Yes, Lipoedema feels debilitating and painful, where giving up almost feels easier than pushing through, but you will get through it because you are more than the condition.”

Teleea

“Awareness is important so women don’t do the same things I did, so women can get a diagnosis and management of this disease. So they are no longer stressing their bodies and minds to the absolute limit.”

Zully

“It’s not your fault! You’re not lazy! And weight isn’t the most important thing it’s about being happy with the body you have and embracing those curves.”

Louise

“However, having a community and seeing people share their Lipoedema journey makes it all feel a lot less lonely. Success stories and case studies also help motivate and keep the hope alive as well.”

Caitlyn

“I wish I knew I had Lipoedema earlier on in life, and also that I was educated about it earlier. I would have done so many things differently, and maybe even continued with my basketball.”

Rhianon and Pauline

Rhianon: “Living with constant pain is not normal” Pauline: “You are the shape you are for a reason and not just because you’re not dieting or exercising enough”

Jane and Zara

Jane: “Be kind to yourself, this condition is not your fault – I wish someone had told me this in my early teens.” Zara: “You’re not just overweight and the diets aren’t just ‘not working’. It’s is a condition and with medical support and involvement you can live with it and prevent it from progressing.”

Gillian

“There is light at the end of the tunnel, don’t give up.”

Renee

“The more women that realise Lipoedema is a disease and not a weight issue, the better they would be able to help themselves and others suffering in the same way.”

Stacey

“Awareness brings the body image “shame” to light and hopefully helps eliminate it. We don’t shame people who have cancer, asthma or arthritis so why shame a person because they have Lipoedema”

Sophie

“After my diagnosis, I have found managing the pain a lot easier.”

Jamie

“Love yourself you deserve it.”

Rachael

“If Lipoedema was well known and treated, I could have started conservative management twenty years ago and experienced the last two decades very differently. It’s important that other people never have to suffer needlessly because this condition exists in the shadows. Let’s bring it into the light where it belongs!”

Charlotte

“Surround yourself with strong women that lift you up, and make you feel good about yourself”

Cinamon

“You are worthy of love, support and treatment.”

Jodie

“Look after yourself, and treat yourself right”

Katie

“One bad day doesn’t mean it won’t get better”

Lyneshia

“Love yourself, have self-respect and it isn’t your fault”

Sharon

“Persevere with compression it gets EASIER”

Sue

“Learn to LOVE your legs who carry a bigger burden than others”

Renaye

“We are all beautiful”

Shelly

“You are not a failure. Your body has not failed you.”

Suzie

“Stop looking at the number on the scale”

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