Noticed some strange lumps like fat balls under your skin?
If you're asking yourselves how to get it removed, Visit Dr. Shetty's Cosmetic Centre for Expert Lipoma Removal techniques with very minimal scarring.
What is Lipoma?
Lipomas are slow-growing fatty lumps or tumors under the skin .They are generally soft to the touch, movable, and painless. They usually occur just under the skin but occasionally may be deeper. Most are less than 5 cm in size. Lipomas aren't cancer and don't turn into cancer. There’s a very small chance that a lump resembling a lipoma may actually be a form of cancer called liposarcoma.
They are found most often on the torso, neck, upper thighs, upper arms, and armpits, but they can occur almost anywhere in the body. They are fairly common and usually small and painless, but can grow larger or occur in multiple places. If they turn painful, it is called Multiple lipomatosis (Decrum's disease) . This is when some people develop multiple lipomas all over the body. There is a genetic predisposition for this.
Usually, treatment of a lipoma is not necessary, unless the tumor becomes painful or restricts movement. They are usually removed for cosmetic reasons, if they grow very large, or for histopathology to check that they are not a more dangerous type of tumor such as a liposarcoma. This last point can be important as the characteristics of a "bump" are not known until after it is removed and medically examined.
Treatment:
Generally most lipomas under 5cm can be excised under local anaesthesia. Lipomas are normally removed by simple excision. If you decide to have a lipoma removed, surgical removal is usually the procedure of choice.
Larger lipomas may require excision under general anaesthesia. If the lipoma is large Dr. Shetty will use a technique involving liposuction assisted lipectomy to remove the lipoma.
The scars left after the procedure are hardly noticeable to the extent that some patients term it as a Magic. The best thing about Dr. Shetty is, he is one of the expert in lipoma removal surgery with very minimal scarring but still removing the lipomas completely.