Lipoma, liposuction and fat transfer?

Hi, thank you for the question... Generally patients after liposuction, the lipomas usually shrinks.. there is no problem in combining  these procedures. 

If there is any doubt about the diagnosis of these growths, biopsy or excision should be considered.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

I've done many patients liposuction using VASER (Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction) and regarding lipomas, you can generally shrink the size of the lipoma, but they are very hard to get rid of with liposuction alone.  A benefit to liposuction first, though, is it significantly decreases the size of the incision required to remove the lipoma, often by as much as 75%.  I've done this with many of my patients, coming back later to excise them through much smaller incisions than would have been required had I not done liposuction first!