I saw my nurse practioner 2 weeks ago for several issues one was a lump on my upper arm. After feeling it she said that it is a lipoma and not to worry. It has grown more in the past two weeks and is causing pressure and pain into my elbow. I will be seeing her again in two weeks for a follow up. How fast do these things grow? I am a survivor of stage 2 melanoma, should I be concerned?
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May want to consider SmartLipo, especially if you have several relatively close to each other. The scar is smaller that a typical liposuction access scar. Sometimes conventional liposuction hard to do because the lipomas are so small.
A cyst feels harder firmer and usually has a punctum or large pore on top of it period a lipoma usually softer and more freely movable. Occasionally it is difficult to tell whether a mass would be a cyst or Lipoma those are treated in the same fashion by surgical excision. And experienced bo...