Lipoedema · Patient story
Woman, 26, whose arms and legs have ballooned, due to a rare health condition, faces a race against time to fund £19,000 of liposuction before she gets too big for surgery
- 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
- Danielle, 26
- Source
- Mail Online
Summary
- Danielle, 26, from Nuneaton, went up five dress sizes despite dieting and going to the gym.
- Her arms and legs kept getting bigger, a typical pattern in lipoedema.
- The article was first published by the Mail Online.
Danielle, 26, from Nuneaton's experience with lipoedema:
'I was a healthy size 14 before any of this started but now I feel huge and have gone up five dress sizes.
'No diets worked and despite going to the gym, my weight continued to increase. As months passed, I started to think I was destined to become obese.'
Read the full story at 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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