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“Why does that hurt so much?”
For someone living with lipedema, this can be a difficult question to answer.

A grandchild climbs onto your lap and you instinctively shift them away from your thighs.

The cat jumps onto your legs and you nearly jump yourself.

You sit on the edge of a hard chair and immediately look for somewhere else to sit.
Someone affectionately squeezes your arm.
A nurse inflates a blood pressure cuff and you wince.
To another person, these may seem like ordinary amounts of pressure. To someone with painful lipedema tissue, they can hurt—a lot.

The pain is real.

And emerging research is beginning to help us understand why.

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