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Mr Karri Appears on a BBC Short Documentary Raising Awareness of Lipoedema
It was a privilege for The Karri Clinic to be part of a BBC short documentary that followed the journey of one of our inspirational lipoedema patients, Hollie, as she prepared for and undertook surgery for the disease. Watch it, below.
- Medically reviewed by
- Medically reviewed by Mr Vasu Karri, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, FRCS(Plast), GMC 4631035
- Published by
- The Karri Clinic
- First published
- Last reviewed
- Next review due
- 27 September 2027
- Reading time
- 1 min
At a glance
- Patient
- Hollie
- Format
- BBC short documentary
Summary
- A BBC short documentary followed Hollie, a Karri Clinic lipoedema patient, as she prepared for and had surgery.
- The film is shown in this post.

Mr. Karri is one of the most well-respected lipoedema surgeons in the UK, and The Karri Clinic consistently works hard to raise awareness of this debilitating disease, which it’s thought up to 10% of women in the UK suffer with.

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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