Found a Lipoma After Tumescent Lipo. Did This Cause It or Uncover It?

asked 1 year ago by 680517anon in Nebraska
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
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Tags: abdomen, causes, lipoma, lumps

Following a tumescent liposuction procedure a large (and painful!) lipoma was discovered on my abdomen. The doctor said that it was probably just a lumpy imperfection that body contouring would correct. This lump is painful. Will the massaging machine rupture it or cause more pain?

6 answers to Found a Lipoma After Tumescent Lipo. Did This Cause It or Uncover It?

Tumescent Lipo

Removing fat does not cause more fat to appear. The lipo likely exposed your lipoma. It is easy to remove. The massaging machine will likely change it very little. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.

Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon

Lipoma after tumescent liposuction

Liposuction will not cause a lipoma to form, and though it is possible that the lipoma was unnoticed until after your liposuction, it is important to determine if the tender lump is a fluid collection, bleeding or hematoma, or scar formed in the area treated. Massage will have little effect and if painful you may wish to stop. See your surgeon to have the lump checked out fully. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Lipoma after liposuction

It is possible that liposuction uncovered a previously undetected lipoma. There are also case reports of lipomas following trauma, but it is hard to prove a cause and effect. If 3 months after your procedure you are still having problems, your doctor may want to confirm what this lump is (lipoma, seroma, scar tissue, hernia) and treat it accordingly. A massaging machine is unlikely to improve this problem if it is a lipoma.

Karol A. Gutowski, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Lipoma, liposuction

You need to get it confirmed if it is a lipoma or scar tissue. Was it there before the liposuction? If it is confrimed lipoma it will require surgical excision, if it is painful scar tissue then may require steroid injections in the lump.

Sanjay Parashar, MD
Dubai Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction lump or lipoma?

It is diffiuclt to say what you are feeling. You are right, sometimes you do not always feel lipomas underneath the skin and perhaps liposuction "unroofed" it. It would have to be evaluated in person

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction and lipomas

It is possible that a lipoma can hurt, these are often angolipomas, and benign. It is possible that lipomas can be unmasked by the surgery reducing the mass around the lipoma. Tender lumps under the skin after liposuction could be localized inflamed residual nodules of fat as opposed to an actual lipoma, but both might be treated similarly by a secondary focal liposuction technique. The differential diagnosis also includes a small hematoma which may resolve or may need to be... more

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

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