My lipidema showed up five years after I began using birth control pills. No matter what website I go to online for answers, the same line keeps repeating: the cause of lipidema is unknown, but researchers suspect hormonal changes. So if the hormone factor is the #1 suspect, why don't I see anything in the websites about birth control pills, the endocrine system, the hypothalamus/pituitary/pineal/thymus connection, synthetic hormone replacement therapies, hormones in our meats, pharmaceuticals, etc. It seems like that would be the place to look. Why are we given so may directions that steer us away from that obvious focus? So we'll pay for liposuction?!!
