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- Title
Lipedema: Is Aesthetic Cellulite an Aggravating Factor for Limb Perimeter?
- Authors
De Godoy, Jose Maria Pereira; Barufi, Stelamarys; Guerreiro Godoy, Maria de Fátima
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 31-year-old woman who suffered swelling in the lower limbs in the evening and at night. It states that the condition of the patient started since her adolescence and worsened during menstruation causing physical limitations due to pain. The patient was diagnosed with lipedema of the lower limbs and grade III cellulite where she undergone the Godoy manual lymph drainage technique.
- Subjects
LEG diseases; LIPEDEMA; CHRONIC diseases; CELLULITE; EDEMA; MEDICAL drainage
- Publication
Journal of Cutaneous & Aesthetic Surgery, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 3, p167
- ISSN
0974-2077
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0974-2077.118431