Zoe, from Billingham, County Durham, was diagnosed in 2015 and applied for liposuction in the NHS in 2019 - but was turned down. "Your period can affect it, your hormones, if you’re ovulating, some women don’t get diagnosed until their menopause." June is Lipoedema Awareness Month, which is why Zoe is speaking out now. "11 per cent of women are affected, however there’s women out there who have self-diagnosed or who don’t know they’ve got it" she said. "It is a chronic illness and it’s debilitating, it doesn’t have to progress but we need all the awareness as possible," Zoe said.

Source: Daily Mirror May 31, 2021 22:11 UTC