Lipoma Removal Surgery Health Feed

You will need to remove it surgically. Sometimes we give injection within the lipoma so that it decreases without any surgery. No creams or tablets will help in decreasing the lipoma

If it is a lipoma, no medicine is going to work. This would need to be removed with very simple, painless surgery. Normally, this can be done in few minutes in the outpatient.

Lipoma excision is the surgical removal of lipomas present in the body of persons affected by lipomatosis. People affected with lipomatosis have fatty lump-like accumulations in the subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck, shoulders and back. These fatty deposits are slow-growing benign tumours that are mostly painless and soft, mobile masses. A lipoma or multiple lipomas that exceed 5 cm in size and cause cosmetic disfigurement, pain or restrict movement in individuals, require surgical interven...more

There is nothing to worry about lipoma. You should be undergone simple surgery to remove it and there is nothing to fear because it's not cancer.

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lipomas are soft, doughy to touch, fatty lumps that grows under the skin range from the size of pea to a few centimeter. They grow very slowly and don’t usually cause any other problem they’re harmless and can usually be left alone if they’re small and painless.
They are non-cancerous and are caused by an overgrowth of fat cells. They can grow anywhere in the body where there are fat cells but are usually seen on the arms, back, thigh, buttocks, neck, chest.
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Lipoma can be removed only surgically and for future eat diet with low fat content and exercise regularly.

Treatment can include simple excision, endoscopic removal, or liposuction and it depends on the size, number and location of lipomas.

Simple excision is usually done for superficial lipomas and is done under anesthesia by giving and excision and removing the contents of the lipoma. Then these contents are sent for histopathological examination.

Liposuction has more recurrence rate but in surgical incisional removal, since it is removed completely, including the capsule, the rec...more

There are no medicines for treatment of lipomas. If the diagnosis of lipoma is confirmed (by FNAC or biopsy), you can get any painful or large ones removed by surgery.

A lipoma is a growth of fat cells in a thin, fibrous capsule usually found just below the skin. Lipomas aren't cancer and don't turn into cancer. They are found most often on the torso, neck, upper thighs, upper arms, and armpits, but they can occur almost anywhere in the body. One or more lipomas may be present at the same time.
Lipomas are the most common noncancerous soft tissue growth.
The cause of lipomas is not completely understood, but the tendency to develop them is inherited. A...more

Any surgery that requires an incision will involve sutures or staples as the last step of the procedure. This helps close the incision and keep out infections. Taking care of your stitches can help limit scarring and discomfort and speed up the healing process. Here are a few things to keep in mind.

Keep it clean and dry: For the first few days, use a washed wet cloth to clean the incision site. After a few days, you may start washing the area with soap and water unless advised else wis...more