Wenche Hegard

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Wenche Hegard er spesialist i plastikkirurgi, overlege og leder av lipødemstudien i Helse Sør-Øst.

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Lipoedema

Ina Walde Ekerhovd,
Hanne Schult Frølich,
Aslaug Drotningsvik,
Kjersti Ausen,
Louis De Weerd,
Wenche Hegard,
Hildur Skuladottir

23.06.2025: Lipoedema is a disease that affects women and is characterised by an abnormal accumulation of fatty tissue, with pain and a feeling of heaviness in the lower limbs. Approximately 30 % of patients also have involvement of the upper limbs. The cause of lipoedema is unknown, but familial clustering of...