25 lbs of weight loss took 1.25" off each thigh. 5 lbs with the machines took 3.25".
The results aren't behind a paywall. It was at-home cavitation, and the numbers are all here, measured on my own body. n=1 (a study of one: just me, my own body). You could piece this together yourself without me. The notes just put it in one place: which machines, in what order, where I buy everything.
The same window, before and after
January 2025 to June 2025. Measured per thigh.
Cavitation vs weight loss, per thigh
Same thigh axis on both charts, so the two lines are directly comparable.
What the experiment was
In early 2025 I ran my first real stretch with the machines. I didn't watch the scale, I measured the tissue, because I wanted one answer: would the part of my body that's never responded to anything actually move? The numbers above are all mine, measured on my own body. Both sides came out equal, so I report them per thigh, not added together. These are about a method, not a body to compare yourself to.
Questions I had too
Does at-home cavitation actually work for lipedema?
In my own documented experience, yes, on the areas weight loss barely touched. Two years and 25 pounds took 1.25 inches off each thigh. Four months of at-home cavitation took 3.25 inches off each thigh, with only about 5 pounds of incidental loss. That's more than double the inch loss, in a fraction of the time. It's a study of one, not a clinical trial.
What moved with the machines that didn't with weight loss?
Weight loss came off everywhere except the places I actually carry this. Roughly 80 percent of those inches left non-lipedema areas, my chest and waist. The machines did the reverse: the thighs and calves, the lipedema areas, are where the change showed up.
Is there research behind it?
The closest evidence to what I do is a pilot study on cavitation and shockwave for lipedema specifically, presented at the 2023 Lipedema World Congress, where women saw less pain, smaller thigh circumference averaging more than 3 cm per thigh, better quality of life, and improved tissue structure, including women who'd already had liposuction. It's a small pilot, not a large trial, but it's lipedema, and it's my exact stack.
Is at-home cavitation safe?
This is a record of what I do, not a safety guide. Cavitation isn't for use on bone, or anywhere near the chest, head, or throat, and there are real contraindications, pregnancy, implanted devices, clotting disorders, active cancer among them. Look these things up and decide with your own providers. I'm not a doctor and none of this is medical advice.
Why not surgery?
I got approved by insurance on my first try, which almost never happens, and still walked away. Spend on some machines, stay functional, stay in control, and skip the pain, the multiple surgeries and recoveries, and the debt that came with the surgical road. Work with my body instead of handing it over. For me that was an easy call.
What does it cost to start?
The cheapest way in is a single 40k cavitation machine that can heat, break, and sweep, plus the consumables: ultrasound gel, vegetable glycerin, and a light body oil. My own shelf grew over years, well beyond that. The notes break down what each piece costs, so you can see what's worth it at which budget.
Is this a cure?
No, and it's not surgery. It didn't transform me in a week. What I've seen is slow, measured over months in fractions of an inch, and it's maintenance, not a permanent fix. The loudest stories out there are either miracle or misery. What I found was neither.
I got lipedema from both sides of my family, and like a lot of us, I spent years treating it like a problem to solve. Burnout, CFS, EDS, MCAS, most of my time and money going into a body that wouldn't cooperate. The decision that changed everything was deciding this is something I manage, not something I am.
We work twice as hard as anyone else just to look like we're barely trying, and the medical world mostly shrugs. If you've done everything right and still feel like you're getting nowhere, it's not you. Most of us are carrying this with almost no support.
Then I found something that actually moves the needle, in my budget, that eases the pain instead of adding to it. The numbers above are what it did.
The whole setup, in one place.
The exact machines, the order I run them in, where I buy everything, and the budget version. Buy once, updated forever. $49.
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