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Reconstructive, medically necessary liposuction is used to treat lipedema, [7] to remove excess fat in the chronic medical condition lymphedema, [8] and to remove lipomas from areas of the body. [9] [10] Many articles refer to liposuction as "cosmetic" and not reimbursable by medical insurance companies. Most of this information is outdated.
Treatment is typically by observation or surgical removal. [1] Rarely, the condition may recur following removal, but this can generally be managed with repeat surgery. [1] They are not generally associated with a future risk of cancer. [1] Lipomas have a prevalence of roughly 2 out of every 100 people. [2]
Lipedema is a condition that is almost exclusively found in women [3] and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. [2] Women of any weight may be affected [2] [3] and the fat is resistant to traditional weight-loss methods. [4]
LeAnn Rimes took to social media to reveal that she had undergone surgery to remove precancerous cells. “January is usually a challenging month for me. Over the past couple of years, I’ve ...
Fat removal procedures are used mostly in cosmetic surgery with the intention of removing unwanted adipose tissue. The procedure may be invasive, as with liposuction , [ 1 ] or noninvasive using laser therapy , radiofrequency , ultrasound or cold ( cryoablation or cryolipolysis) to reduce fat, sometimes in combination with injections.
Dercum's disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple painful fatty tumors, called lipomas, that can grow anywhere in subcutaneous fat across the body. [1] Sometimes referred as adiposis dolorosa in medical literature, Dercum’s disease is more of a syndrome than a disease (because it has several clinically recognizable features, signs, and symptoms that are characteristic of it and ...
Benign symmetric lipomatosis, also known as Madelung's disease, is an adult-onset skin condition characterized by extensive symmetric fat deposits in the head, neck, and shoulder girdle area. [1]
Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty, is a type of surgery that removes fat from the human body in an attempt to change its shape. Abdominoplasty is one type of body contouring, [1] which is plastic surgery performed on different parts of the body with the aim of improving the shape and tone of the underlying tissue that supports fat.