oh great - I knew he was supposed to be really good! And good thing you got in when you did - I heard a rumor that he recently retired!

Another VERY good point. I am adding this to my list!

I unfortunately didn't ask how much was removed, but I was down about 4 lbs after surgery - which I put back on fairly quickly. He did do some lipo for contouring but said there wasn't much fat there - it was mostly skin.

when you look at pictures, be sure to notice belly buttons. Those are supposedly pretty challenging to get right - so if the surgeon has a lot of pictures with weird-looking belly buttons, you may want to move on to someone else. If they look natural, that's one sign of a skilled plastic surgeon.

Hi everyone, cross-posting here and in the main forum...

My doctor suspects that I have Lipedema and Lymphedema (Stage 1) and wants me to see a specialist. Is there anyone out there that has gone to someone that can help or helpful tricks? Looking for a specialist is hard I guess since some Plastic surgeons do many other procedures as well (I'm seeing that liposuction is the only way to remove lipedema?

Until I can see a specialist, I got compression garments and they seem to help wonders. I know I posted about specific compression garments and I really wish they made 40-50's in leggings only (but they only go up to 20-30's since they said if someone needs 40-50's then they need help around the feet as well). I also found that 30-40's help as well, but the 40-50's REALLY keep me together.

The reason I want leggings is that I just want to wear something that I can wear flip flops in the summer. Wishing that they made the black compression stockings, with a lighter foot so it still looks like the illusion of being barefoot... lol

Wait, so having over 40 pounds of excess skin and tissue removed and you aren't 40 pounds lighter? How does that work?! A phenomenon, indeed! I will have to read up on that.

How was your recovery?