What is LipoRe?
Orthopedic disorders affect more than 100 million adults in the United States. Knee, hip, and back problems contribute to a sedentary lifestyle, and a sharply reduced ability to exercise. It is not surprising then, that many individuals with these issues also suffer from obesity along with poor self-esteem.
People have typically resorted to cosmetic procedures such as liposuction to address body image issues; a recent survey estimates that 260,000 liposuction procedures were performed in the United States in 2018. To effectively maintain their “beach bodies,” however, individuals must also attend to orthopedic issues that may prevent them from running a 5k or playing a game of pickup basketball. Traditionally, patients would undergo highly invasive and painful surgeries on impacted areas of the body. They would need to pay separate visits to the respective specialists for cosmetic and orthopedic procedures, and be forced to undergo recovery spanning several weeks (or months).