Information About Plastic Surgery Procedures

Lipedema is a fat disorder that can happen to women and men of all body types, which becomes more advanced, larger, and painful as it progresses.

Lipedema treatment can range greatly from diet and exercise modifications to lymphatic sparing liposuction for the removal of the abnormal tissues.

Lipedema of the upper arms can cause the skin to become so large, there is a loss in elasticity and the skin becomes pendulous (a.k.a. "batwings").

A lymphatic sparing thigh lift for lipedema is a redundant skin and fat removal surgery to improve your mobility and prevent related skin infections.

Some TLC patients with lipedema on the abdominal area of their body may qualify for a lymphatic sparing tummy tuck (an excess skin removal procedure).

A panniculectomy is the removal of heavy, hanging lower abdominal skin (apron fat), which may alleviate symptoms of lipedema (painful fat syndrome).

Large, bulbous fat accumulations on the upper section of the buttock (shelf) disproportionately form from a genetic fat disorder known as lipedema.

Referred to as “lipedema pearls,” nodules are intertwined in other connective tissues and firmly attached to the skin.