Today, I have an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Stefan Rapprich from our Lipedema Worldwide Summit that was held in 2016. Dr. Rapprich, a surgeon in Germany, is one of the pioneers in liposuction surgery for lipedema. He talks about how he first learned about lipedema over 20 years ago, then shares what he looks for in the initial exam. He then describes his holistic approach based on 6 pillars of treatment (nutrition, exercise, liposuction surgery, compression, MLD and addressing psychological issues.

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