The treatment is only available on the NHS in limited circumstances, following the death of a lipoedema patient at the private Spire Park Hospital in Solihull in 2019. (A coroner found the cause ...

Liposuction is also a treatment option, but it is not often available on the NHS. Lipoedema UK says there is also a difference between cosmetic liposuction and non-cosmetic liposuction used to ...

It wasn’t until Ivanna was 19 that she finally received a diagnosis of lipoedema and was referred to St Oswald’s Hospice Lymphoedema Service for treatment. Reflecting on growing up ...

A woman diagnosed with a painful fat condition called lipoedema said she feels lonely because of a lack of support and understanding that she is not obese. Lipoedema causes fat to abnormally build ...