Description

Lipedema Treatment: 50-Year-Old Female – Comprehensive Revision & Completion (Current Status)

Before Treatment (under current care)

• Age: 50
• Advanced multi-stage lipedema involving legs, hips, buttocks, arms, abdomen, and trunk
• Prior surgeries elsewhere (2023–2024): multiple liposuction sessions + abdominoplasty complicated by poor wound healing and abdominal contour irregularity
• Persistent symptoms: pain, heaviness, easy bruising, mobility limitation, dissatisfaction with shape and prior scarring

Surgical Progress Under Current Care

• Stage 1 (late 2024): High-volume circumferential power-assisted liposuction of bilateral lower extremities + anterior/lateral hips
  → 12.1 liters of lipedema fat removed
• Stage 2 (1 month ago):
  → Bilateral arm liposuction (1.5 liters per arm) + extended brachioplasty
  → Additional abdominal liposuction to correct contour deformity and equalize flaps for future revision

Results at 1 Month After Stage 2

• Legs dramatically lighter and less painful after 12.1 L removal
• Arms completely transformed — slim, pain-free, and beautifully contoured with well-healed brachioplasty incisions
• Abdominal contour already significantly smoother and better prepared for final revision
• Patient reports: “I finally love my arms and feel hope again after years of frustration”

Planned Next Stages

• Stage 3 (upcoming): High-volume liposuction of buttocks, posterior hips, and circumferential legs + medial thigh lift and calf lift
• Stage 4 (final): Revision extended abdominoplasty with scar correction and final contour refinement

This 50-year-old woman, after disappointing prior treatment elsewhere, is now experiencing a turnaround: 12.1 liters removed from her legs, beautifully shaped and pain-free arms only one month after extended brachioplasty, and a corrected abdominal platform for her final abdominal revision. With two major stages remaining — comprehensive lower-body circumferential liposuction with thigh and calf lifts, followed by definitive abdominoplasty revision — she is on track for symptom resolution, proportionate contours from shoulders to ankles, and the restored confidence she deserves.

This patient received Arm Lift in Newport Beach, CA. Contact us online or call (949) 688-7733 to schedule your consultation with Dr. John Larson.