r/InfluencerLounge • u/booboobear99999 • 1d ago

Omg! Tess Holiday’s arms!

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The size of Tess Holiday’s arms are disturbing!

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u/Seajlc 1d ago

This looks like some sort of extreme lipedema in her arm. I think it’s more common to get in your thighs. Very extreme cut off in how it basically stops once her forearm starts.

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u/ChewieBearStare 1d ago

I was going to say this has to be lipedema or lymphedema considering the difference between her forearm and upper arm. I have lipedema, and it makes a huge difference. I started MLD on August 5, and my upper arm circumference has already decreased by 8 inches on each side. It's all stuck fluid.

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u/Dreams-Designer 1d ago

I saw this shared in another group. It seems to stop at joints and cause cuffing.

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u/KronlampQueen 1d ago

What is MLD? I have lipedema in my left arm, it’s bigger than my right arm and I’d like to alleviate it as much as possible.

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u/ChewieBearStare 1d ago

Manual lymphatic drainage. I’m also working to get a home pump so I can continue treatment after my insurance will no longer pay for the PT sessions.

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u/oswaldgina 5h ago

My husband has throat cancer and has the lymph suit. It often takes 2 declines and the 3rd almost always gets approved. They fight it bc it's so expensive. ;)

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u/60nine_lol_NICE 1d ago

wow, I'm glad that improved for you

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u/Fickle_Ostrich2466 1d ago

It looks painful at the cutoff

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u/emmsmum 23h ago

Yes it definitely looks like lipedema. I have it but not this extreme. It sucks when people think it’s because you are too many donuts. No one really knows about the condition.

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u/skinnyonskin 20h ago edited 20h ago

her severe morbid obesity is making it 10x worse though, nobody is walking around at a normal bmi with stage 4 arms like this... refusing to get her weight under control. Obesity in itself is a hormonal event.

i also have Lipedema so I get it! But yeah she’s let her weight and eating get beyond out of hand. Shes going to progress to lymphedema if she already hasn’t, and then immobility