Lipoedema · Patient story
I’m not fat, I’ve got lipoedema
Read about Zoe (24) from Teeside's experience with lipoedema.
- 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
- Zoe, 24
- Source
- BBC Three
Summary
- Zoe, 24, from Teesside, lost three stone but her legs did not get smaller.
- A small waist with large hips and solid legs is a typical lipoedema shape.
- The article was first published by BBC Three.
“Apparently my figure was typical of a sufferer - small waist and large hips, with solid, big legs,” says Zoe, 24, from Teesside. She was diagnosed with lipoedema after she lost three stone and noticed that “strangely, no weight was shifting from my legs. In fact, it felt like they were getting bigger.” She made a doctor’s appointment, and a diagnosis eventually followed.
Read the full story: bbc.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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