Me

A Little Thank You From Me to You
Almost 2,000 readers, 63 countries, and a growing community of people who share a curiosity about lipedema. Today, I simply want to say thank you.
 • CarinaW
Floating on a Summer Wave
From Italy, Lisbon and the French countryside to Tbilisi for my fifth egg retrieval.
 • CarinaW
Reflections from a Changing Lipedema Landscape
Thoughts on surgery, GLP-1 medications, body image, nutrition and why I think it is important to stay curious when the answers are still evolving.
 • CarinaW
My Lipedema Story: The Long Road from Feeling Alone to Building LipedemaScience
When I lost weight, it disappeared from my face and upper body much more readily than from my hips and legs. My proportions remained.
 • CarinaW
Why I Started LipedemaScience
From feeling completely alone with my diagnosis in 2012 to building a global platform for curiosity, science, and a more open-minded way of living with…
 • CarinaW
What Food Looks Like Through the Eyes of a Food Scientist with Lipedema
From nutrient interactions and gut health to food quality and balance, this is the framework I use every day.
 • CarinaW
I Got My Lipedema Medical Record from 2012
What a Norwegian vascular specialist wrote when I was diagnosed at 20 years old.
 • CarinaW
When My Legs Became Two Balloons
The swelling, stress, and strange tissue biology behind one of my worst lipedema years (2018).
 • CarinaW
There Is No Such Thing as Only Mental or Only Physical Health
A personal reflection on lipedema, stress, grief, infection and the biology of lived experience.
 • CarinaW
Do I Still Need Lymphatic Care After Lipedema Surgery?
A personal reflection on compression, water, dry brushing, movement, and maintenance.
 • CarinaW
Liposuction Removes the Fat. It Doesn't Remove Lipedema.
My surgery gave me back much of my life, but it also taught me why we need more honest conversations about lipedema surgery.
 • CarinaW
Painless, Healthy, and Happy in Portugal
Three weeks of travel, friendship, good food, lipedema management, and learning to live life now.
 • CarinaW
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