Lipoedema · Patient story
Do YOU have flabby legs? You could have this condition: Fat distributing condition leaves millions with large, painful limbs
A closer look at lipoedema from The Daily Mail. Read about Laura's experience with the condition.
- Medically reviewed by
- Medically reviewed by Mr Vasu Karri, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, FRCS(Plast), GMC 4631035
- Published by
- Interview by The Karri Clinic
- First published
- Last reviewed
- Next review due
- 27 September 2027
- Reading time
- 1 min
At a glance
- Patient
- Laura
- Source
- Daily Mail
Summary
- Over two to three years, Laura's legs grew up to two dress sizes bigger than her top half.
- Her ankles and feet stayed slim, with fat forming a cuff above the ankle and knee, a typical sign of lipoedema.
- The article was first published by the Daily Mail.
I’d previously been very slim, but over two to three years my legs became much bigger than my top half, up to two dress sizes bigger.
It was weird because I had slim ankles and feet — the fat formed a cuff above the knee and the ankle.
Read the full story: dailymail.co.uk
About Mr Karri
Mr Vasu Karri
BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS, MSc, FRCS(Plast)
Mr Vasu Karri is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in full time private practice at Kinvara Private Hospital, Rotherham. He is on the General Medical Council (GMC) specialist register for plastic surgery, certified by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in plastic surgery.
- GMC 4631035
- FRCS(Plast)
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