Question:
HAVE YOU HAD ANY LUCK WITH LIPOMAS DISAPPEARING?

I HAVE NUMEROUS LIPOMAS...OFTEN ALSO CALLED "FATTY TUMORS". DEFINED PER THE MERCK MANUAL AS "Soft, movable, subcutaneous nodules with normal overlying skin. Patients may have one or many lipomas. They occur more often in women than men and appear most commonly on the trunk, nape, and forearms. They are rarely symptomatic, but pain may occur. Diagnosis is usually made clinically, but a rapidly growing lesion should be biopsied, although lipomas rarely become malignant. Treatment is not usually required, but bothersome lesions may be surgically excised or removed by liposuction." THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE POST-OP...DID YOU HAVE ANY LUCK WITH THEM GOING AWAY AFTER LOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT OR AM I GOING TO JUST LOOK LUMPY?    — DELINDA T. (posted on October 24, 2002)

October 23, 2002
I have had a number of lipomas. Some can be painful if they are close to nerves, and some are not. I have had several of the painful ones surgically removed, and asked the general surgeon the same question. His response was that once they have formed, you're stuck with them unless you choose surgical removal. They seem to be "familial" in nature...all the women in my family have had experience with them.....even the "skinny" ones :-) Best wishes to you.
   — Diana T.

October 23, 2002
I don't believe Lipomas have anything to do with obesity. My daughter has had one on the corner of her eye since early childhood (was thin).
   — faybay

October 24, 2002
I have some of these on my neck/upper back. My dad gets them also. My doctor told me they are completely unrelated to obesity and will not be affected by my weight loss. I had one on my neck surgically removed a few years ago, and it has returned to golf ball size already, so I am considering another surgery...
   — Melissa F.

October 24, 2002
Funny you should ask this question. I am looking to have the surgery the begining of the year and wondered the same thing as I have them all over my abdominal area and was worried that as I loose weight that they will become more apparant. Some of them are over my rib area and are painful to the touch. I just look at it this way, if I have them bad enough, it may help me be approved for some lipo or tt later on. ;)
   — Tammy O.