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The Lipedema Project is a comprehensive transmedia program to increase awareness and provide education, research, and treatment for lipedema.

Purchase the all-regions, 55 minute documentary film The Disease They Call FAT on DVD and have a copy on hand to watch or to share. Also included are several Extras going into more details for Clinicians, Families and about the Lipedema Project.

The Disease They Call FAT is best solutions and treatment for Obesity in New York and surrounding the area. This film introduces us to a disease hiding in plain sight, and makes a compelling case that it is time to end the suffering.

This lipedema liposuction under this method involves injection into the affected areas with large volumes of epinephrine and dilute lidocaine into the subcutaneous fat. Lidocaine is a local anesthetic while epinephrine is a drug which makes capillaries shrink.

The documentary, The Disease They Call FAT, is that story. Produced by Lipedema Simplified Productions in partnership with the Friedman Center for Lymphedema Research & Treatment.

Lipedema is a fat disorder that is under-recognized and often misdiagnosed. It is painful, debilitating, and left untreated results in immobility.

At the age of 60 and experiencing very difficult menopause related symptoms, Catherine Seo was misdiagnosed and after 5 surgeries experienced severe complications with chronic pain that was leading to immobility. Her surgeon refused to help in any way. In order to find an answer, she traveled throughout Europe interviewing doctors, experts, and other women who have lipedema.