by coverlipedema.com | Jul 19, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Insurance, Lipedema Misinformation, Safety
Unintended Consequences In social sciences, unintended consequences describe the outcomes of actions that were not intended or foreseen. Sometimes these unintended consequences are helpful. However, sometimes they are harmful, as in the case of the article...
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Lipedema Misinformation
We have been around in the lipedema community since 2018 and have seen Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc. explode with lipedema content. While social media has allowed women to learn they have lipedema, we hope that someday women learn about the disease from their...
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverlipedema.com
Safety is as important as having an effective surgery; they go hand in hand. You should choose a surgeon who cares about both. Plastic surgeons across the board will not remove more than five liters without overnight monitoring in a licensed or accredited facility....
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Safety
When Coverlipedema.com first started working with lipedema patients in 2018, we did not know who treated the disease. A Google search then and even now reveals many “lipedema experts” whose only proper surgical training is a few weeks in Germany and on the job...
by coverlipedema.com | Jun 24, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Safety
When we first started working with lipedema patients in 2018, women frequently traveled cross country for care because there were so few surgeons treating lipedema. Five years later, long-distance travel is no longer necessary because women have many more options for...
by coverlipedema.com | May 26, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Coverlipedema.com
Many Coverlipedema.com members choose to use an out-of-network surgeon for their lipedema surgeries While there may be many good reasons to make this choice, it is important to understand the impact of this choice on insurance coverage to make an informed decision...
