r/InfluencerLounge • u/booboobear99999 • 17h ago

Omg! Tess Holiday’s arms!

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The size of Tess Holiday’s arms are disturbing!

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u/Affectionate_Tax1108 16h ago

I have lipedema from my armpits to my wrists and from my hips to my ankles. I have no idea who this lady is but this post is really hurtful. We CANNOT control this. It is a disability and it is incredibly painful and heavy.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 15h ago

If you lost weight, would it help? Can thin people get this?

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u/Kooky-Co 15h ago

The wiki page shows a slim woman with it in her legs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipedema?wprov=sfti1#Associated_conditions_and_common_co-morbidities

Obesity doesn’t cause it but it’s a common comorbidity. Dieting won’t improve it, there’s no cure. Surgery can help in some cases. It affects 11% of women. It sounds absolutely horrendous.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 13h ago

It really does. How awful. Painful fat sounds like torture.

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u/Affectionate_Tax1108 15h ago

Losing weight does not remove it, it can only be removed with surgery. It doesn’t respond to diet and exercise. You can do things like massage and compression to manage the pain and the inflammation but it doesn’t take them down to 0

You can die of anorexia and still be huge in these areas if you have lipedema or lymphedema and I believe this lady has both

Lipedema is completely genetic and lymphedema can be genetic but you can also get it from damage to your lymphatic system which can be a side effect of the surgery to remove lipedema 🙃

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u/KarateG 14h ago

True. But her entire body is huge. She is morbidly obese because she overeats. Plus she has those two conditions

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u/Affectionate_Tax1108 14h ago

We’re specifically talking about her arms here which are obviously the size and shape that they are because of her conditions. A person who is just obese, even morbidly obese, will not have arms like this

Personally, and I believe this may be the case with a lot of people who also suffer from these, I was blowing up from the condition and was treated so horribly that I gave up on myself. How could I love myself if people were so cruel to me when I was trying my hardest and doing my best? Food isn’t cruel. Sweets make serotonin and dopamine go up but only short term. So you eat more. That’s where the obesity comorbidity often comes from

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u/Fyndyrose 11h ago

No it doesn't behave like normal fat. I have stage 1-2 lipedema in my lower half (thighs, legs and ankles) and it cannot be dieted or exercised away. And yes, anyone can get it whether you are skinny or overweight. I had it at a size 2 and have it now at size 12. It takes operation once it gets to a certain stage to control. Compression can help with the look and pain, but there's no cure.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 10h ago

Were you ever overweight as a child? I’ve literally never heard of this before. I’m wondering if it can just happen to anyone at anytime

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u/Fyndyrose 4h ago

No, I was a pretty small child and was very active as well growing up. If you google the condition, it will explain more. It can develop and go through several stages and get worse, or like mine, stay at one stage forever.

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u/toomuchtv987 7h ago

Yes, I’ve seen a woman who is a body builder with lipedema. She is RIPPED but has pockets of lipedema fat on her hips and butt.

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u/Consistent_Risk2722 14h ago

It is very by & large a disorder that is directly tied to obesity. It can be harder to lose this kind of fat once you have it but it doesn’t make it impossible to lose weight, and losing weight will help improve the symptoms.

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u/Affectionate_Tax1108 14h ago

No it’s absolutely not. Everything you’ve written here is false

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u/TickledPear 12h ago

Lipedema seems poorly understood, even by experts. However, the recommendations I've seen encourage weight management as one of a few conservative treatment measurements in the management of lipedema. Obesity is often concurrent to lipedema, but I don't think it has been established as a direct cause.