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Lipedema is a medical 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 develop lipedema [2] [3] and the fat associated with lipedema is resistant to traditional weight-loss methods. [4]
Other more serious bruising culprits are kidney and liver malfunction, leukemia, or a vitamin K deficiency, which affect’s the blood’s ability to clot, she adds. How to treat bruises and help ...
You take extra care to shave your legs in the shower before you put on your swingy new tent dress . Then, you see it: a small but annoying bruise just...
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Bruising is a type of acute soft tissue injury. Any type of injury that occurs to the body through sudden trauma, such as a fall, twist or blow to the body. A few examples of this type of injury would be sprains, strains and contusions.
Cushing's syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms due to prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids such as cortisol. [4] [9] [10] Signs and symptoms may include high blood pressure, abdominal obesity but with thin arms and legs, reddish stretch marks, a round red face due to facial plethora, [11] a fat lump between the shoulders, weak muscles, weak bones, acne, and fragile skin that heals ...
Painful bruising syndrome, also known as autoerythrocyte sensitization, Gardner–Diamond syndrome, and psychogenic purpura, is an idiopathic trauma-induced condition seen in young to middle-aged women who sometimes manifest personality disorders.
Many women have found it difficult to achieve a thigh gap, leading some to resort to extreme dieting [5] or surgery [6] in order to try to obtain it. [7] Critics of the phenomenon have pointed out that the thigh gap is a physical feature natural only for women with a certain type of body shape and bone structure that most women do not have.