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Dr. Ángel Juárez, Surgeon: "Lipedema Was Confused with Cellulite but Is an Abnormal Distribution of Body Fat Especially in the Lower Part of the Body; Feet and Hands Are Usually free."
Lipedema, a chronic disease recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) that affects millions of women, remains an infradiagnosed pathology and confused with obesity. Dr. Ángel Juárez Cordero, head of the Plastic, Aesthetic and Repair Surgery Service at La Zarzuela University Hospital in Madrid, has addressed this reality in the COPE Cool podast. Dr. Juárez Cordero defines lipedema as “an anomalous distribution of body fat, especially in t…
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Lipedema, a chronic disease recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) that affects millions of women, remains an infradiagnosed pathology and confused with obesity. Dr. Ángel Juárez Cordero, head of the Plastic, Aesthetic and Repair Surgery Service at La Zarzuela University Hospital in Madrid, has addressed this reality in the COPE Cool podast. Dr. Juárez Cordero defines lipedema as “an anomalous distribution of body fat, especially in t…