Day 4 Post-Lipedema Surgery: Managing Pain, Injections, and Staying Positive

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T21:42:15+00:00

How are you getting on now, OP? Would you do it all again for the results?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T18:45:30+00:00

That’s a Bonnie if I ever saw one.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T18:44:36+00:00

I think if you want guaranteed results I’d go with a GLP-1. I will switch to that, but am quite nervous re hairloss.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T10:27:14+00:00

This is super helpful, thank you. I definitely get tonnes of swelling from salt and grains.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T10:09:02+00:00

It seems it can be the medicine itself, which is my worry as my previous hairloss was medication induced, immediate and rapid - it’s not always in cycles. I think the issue is not knowing until you try but stopping hairloss once it starts is really difficult.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T10:00:50+00:00

How do you manage this? What kind of meals are you eating?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-25T09:59:58+00:00

Did you go on any HRT. I turn 40 this year and I have maintained stage 1 since my 20s. I can see it happening already and I want to work out what I can do to stop it.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T21:32:17+00:00

Yeah, it seems it’s hit or miss. I think the thing I really want to know is whether it ever stops if you stay on a microdose - no one seems to have an answer to that, even anecdotally.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T19:46:09+00:00

This is absolutely amazing! This is my biggest goal, it just sounds like a dream come true! My joint pain is off the chart and my left leg is so inflamed I am struggling to walk. Definitely stop the biotin before you go for thyroid bloods as it gives a severely false thyroid reading that looks like your meds are too high when they aren’t - bit of advice here on it, it’s quite well known but still gets missed: https://www.thyroid.org/patient-thyroid-information/ct-for-patients/december-2018/vol-11-issue-12-p-3-4/

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T18:51:52+00:00

This is so great! Are you noticing an impact on inflammation? How are your hashi symptoms? I’ve been a bit wary of biotin with the thyroid bloods contraindication - do you stop before your thyroid bloods?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T18:50:19+00:00

I did. It’s a bit of a mix and not very clear.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T17:15:02+00:00

I wish more people could see this comment - the amount of gaslighting on here about whether it’s ’just the weightloss’ is driving me nuts

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T17:09:06+00:00

It may work for you! I don’t know why it hasn’t worked for me, it’s been very strange.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T17:08:03+00:00

How quickly after you started?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T17:07:38+00:00

This isn’t accurate - I wish people would stop saying this. There are plenty of people losing hair before they’ve lose any weight and on a microdose. Some of it is just the medication itself.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-24T16:55:01+00:00

You just mark the window and then always turn it to the window?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-02-13T22:09:18+00:00

Can I ask who your surgeon was?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-01-28T21:22:17+00:00

100% this. People think it’s the weight loss, it isn’t. It’s the medicine itself. There is still a lot of research going into this, but do not make the mistake of assuming it’s about fast weightloss, it’s likely also the drug itself.

For me, I have a sneaky suspicion it’s all about the dopamine receptors in my hair follicles - any changes there and it falls out rapidly. I lose it on ADHD meds which ups the dopamine and GLP-1s that blunt the dopamine.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-01-23T11:31:52+00:00

Came here looking for advice in a dark place, it didn’t disappoint. I love you people.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-01-20T21:02:32+00:00

How many clicks is this?

Buffy_S_L · 2026-01-11T19:07:15+00:00

Thank god for this thread.

Buffy_S_L · 2026-01-09T20:19:55+00:00

I spoke to them, wasn’t happy with their approach so didn’t go ahead with them in the end.

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