Growing up, Allison Jacobs knew her body looked different. “I was always a thicker child, and it was confusing to my parents because I didn’t eat differently,” Jacobs, 41, of Tampa, Florida, tells ...

After enduring years of misdiagnoses, I finally discovered that the persistent swelling, pain and disproportionate fat accumulation in my legs were due to lipedema—a chronic condition affecting ...

TV star Josie Gibson reveals her lipoedema diagnosis, the pain behind the condition, and why she turned to last-resort ...

An estimated one in nine adult women struggle with an abnormal and painful fat buildup in the lower body — and no amount of diet or exercise can help. Lipedema, a relatively common but often ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Lipedema, an often misdiagnosed condition, is an “abnormal buildup of fat” and “happens when fat is distributed unusually beneath the skin,” according to the Cleveland Clinic and WebMD ...

Lipedema is not well known and most of the time is diagnosed as fat. Experts write that the misdiagnosis can have consequences, especially when people seek surgery to relieve obesity when obesity ...

Josie Gibson revealed she has lipedema, a painful condition causing abnormal fat buildup, and turned to £7,000 surgery as a ...

With no approved treatments for lipedema, this study highlights a promising natural option for symptom relief. GENEVA, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly published clinical study in Cureus Journal ...