Women reveal battle with little-known chronic leg fat condition
Lipoedema involves an abnormal build-up of fat − usually in the legs but sometimes in arms − that is not linked to being overweight
No matter how much she exercised or dieted, Aurelie Hamon’s legs have stubbornly amassed fat since adolescence, regularly causing her pain.
“Walking for more than 20 minutes was impossible without feeling extremely heavy and a tightening sensation,” the 47-year-old French sales representative said.
Doctors kept telling her to get more exercise and eat less.
“But I had tried every diet imaginable − even my personal trainer could not understand why I wasn’t losing weight,” Hamon said.
Then one day on social media, she stumbled across women describing something that resonated with her: a chronic condition called lipoedema.
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