Meet Sarah, a 27-year-old patient who first heard of Lipoedema on Instagram in 2020, and found descriptions of the symptoms to be eerily close to what she had been... read more →
Meet Roisin, a 27-year-old patient from Geelong, who was fortunate to learn of Lipoedema during her teen years, as it ran in her family. The... read more →
Meet Caitlin, a 24-year-old office administrator from Sydney. Caitlin says she first learned about Lipoedema after watching a video on Instagram. “It... read more →
Meet Georgina, a 24-year-old-patient from Ipswich, who first heard about Lipoedema after someone followed her into a shop and said “Hey, my legs used to look like yours when I... read more →
Meet Sophie, a 22 year-old patient from Queensland. Sophie says she first learned about Lipoedema from social media. While watching a video of another young woman describe her symptoms... read more →
This twenty-six-year-old patient from Queensland says she has had ‘cankles’ for as long as she can remember and was even bullied in high school for it. “No matter how... read more →
Amelia is an eighteen year old patient from New South Wales, who says she is lucky to have been diagnosed with Lipoedema so young, however, it was also very difficult... read more →
Nicole is a twenty-nine year-old patient from North Queensland, who first suspected she may have Lipoedema in mid 2020. Nicole watched as her body ‘ballooned’ after coming off two... read more →
Twenty-seven year old beauty therapist Sarah was first told she may have Lipoedema by a massage therapist in December 2019, she had never heard of the condition before. She researched Lipoedema... read more →
Cherese is a twenty-three year old patient from Queensland, who was diagnosed with Lipoedema in 2019. She recalls feeling relieved by the diagnosis, finally there was an answer as... read more →
This is an account of our patient’s journey, as shared by her Mother. We have edited and removed significants parts of her Mother’s account due to restrictions... read more →
This 25-year-old patient has had significant burden with mobility and recently gave birth to her first child. Surgery was staged as a day surgery case with a minimally invasive,... read more →