A patient suffering from stage 2 lipedema of the arms shares her experience of WAL liposuction treatment of this area.
How did you meet Dr Nicolas Zwillinger?
Pure chance while researching a subject other than lipedema.
How did your 1st “lipedema” consultation with Dr Nicolas Zwillinger go?
After becoming aware that Dr Nicolas Zwillinger was the lipedema specialist in France, and knowing that I had lipedema but hadn’t been diagnosed by another doctor (because no one took me seriously), I decided to make an appointment and asked if he was qualified to make the diagnosis. When I got an affirmative answer, I immediately made an appointment.
The first appointment went extremely well, with Dr Nicolas Zwillinger confirming that I was not crazy and that the problem that had been eating away at me for several years was not a figment of my imagination, but a lipedema.
Following this consultation, when did you set an operation date for WAL liposuction of your arms?
Immediately after the consultation.
Once the diagnosis was made, I couldn’t let the problem drag on.
How did you prepare for this operation?
Mentally I didn’t have to do a thing, I was so happy to finally be understood that it was a relief.
Physically, by taking iron and vitamins to give myself the best possible chance.
On the big day, tell us what happened: (admission to the clinic, arrival in your room, the secretary’s visit to your room to give you the post-operative documents).
My husband and children were present at the admission. It went extremely smoothly and quickly. I was struck by the extreme kindness of everyone I dealt with. Everyone was so kind and caring to make me feel at ease. I was given many explanations about the operation and the post-op period, with tips and recommendations of all kinds. I was accompanied throughout the day with numerous visits from the clinic’s teams to make sure that everything was ok for me, and the entire staff took great care of me.
You left the clinic at the end of the day. How was your return home and the first few days post-operatively (Pain? Discharge? Nursing care?)?
Quite difficult for the first 7 days, in the sense that I didn’t expect to have so much discharge, it was quite difficult because I didn’t expect it at all (I was right to buy 2 compression sleeves) and to be so tired. The nights were quite difficult because of the pain. The daily nursing care I received enabled me to see how my arms were changing and to manage the pain better.
You are now one month post-op, how do you feel? (Satisfaction? Pain? Physiotherapy sessions?)
I’m over the moon and extremely grateful to Dr Nicolas Zwillinger for having “saved” my life, because I was in agony and my “big arms” complex was ruining my life.
Now I’m 7 weeks post-op, I’ve had 12 physio sessions (which is great because it feels so good), I still have a little swelling and pain at times, which is why I still wear the sleeves at night. I started exercising again today at the gym with gentle, adapted movements.
I’m extremely pleased with the result, and I imagine I’ll be even happier in a few months’ time when everything’s back to normal.
I have no regrets whatsoever about having had the operation – on the contrary, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second.
When I saw the photo of my arms taken by Dr Nicolas Zwillinger before the operation, I couldn’t contain my tears, so moved and amazed was I by the before-and-after result.
“Now I feel so much better in my body so
thanks to Doctor Nicolas Zwillinger.”
Since 2018, we’ve been fighting lipedema together in France. The Lipœdème.France group is dedicated to lipœdema patients, whatever the stage of the disease.
Keeping an open mind, this group enables patients to freely exchange their feelings and opinions, and to submit their questions to the appropriate professionals.
These same professionals, in contact with Dr. Nicolas Zwillinger, are ready to interact with you via this group.
The group is open to everyone, whether you’re a patient or a loved one. Group members are encouraged to share their experiences (photos, testimonials, etc.) as freely as possible.
We would like to thank this patient for this testimonial, which highlights the existence of lipedema on the arms and the possibility of treating this area with WAL liposuction.
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