Friday, June 28, 2024 - Episode 1446
By: Leslyn Keith, OTD, CLT-LANA
Lipedema - Mother of the Species
- Today I’d like to tell you about a study by Dr. Ahmet Karacalar, a plastic surgeon in Turkey who performs liposuction on patients with lipedema.
- He wrote this book during the lockdowns in 2020 and was published in May 2023.
- The title of his book is Lipoedema: An Evolutionary Mismatch.
- He presents archaeological evidence that lipedema is an “evolutionary mismatch” that dates back to the agricultural revolution.
- He then goes on to share with readers how a modern adaptation of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle may be the best treatment option for lipoedema.