FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of medicine and is a method for diagnosing lipodystrophy, consisting in the fact that a photograph of the lipoaspirate located on a slide is made, with the help of microscope, the diameters of adipocytes in the photographs are measured and, and if the difference in the minimum and maximum diameters of the adipocytes is more than two times, lipodystrophy is determined.EFFECT: invention provides simplification of the method at its high efficiency, as well as the elimination of the radiation load on the patient.1 cl, 3 ex