Can Kybella be used to treat a lipoma or lipedema fat?

Lipomas have capsules and kybella can help but it will not remove the lipoma completely.  Lipedema cannot be treated with kybella as lipedema has large areas that are affected and needs aggressive multiple surgical treatment plans for removal/improvement.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Kybella is FDA approved only to treat submental fat or fat under the chin. It can be used off label to improve lipoma or lipedema but it will not remove them. I would suggest you to look into different treatments to treat lipoma or lipedema such as surgery. Good luck!

Dear Lynn2569:I have used Kybella (deoxycholic acid) successfully to treat lipomas. It is an off-label use of this medication, as are many medical and surgical treatments. Some of the original studies of deoxycholic acid involved the treatment of lipomas. The treatment of lipomas may have a different outcome than the treatment of fat in subcutaneous tissues, since fat cells in layers of fat, which are not proliferating, are eliminated permanently, whereas fat cells in lipomas, which start small and enlarge over time until they become stable, may still be proliferating.  We have not had enough time to learn if they eventually enlarge with this treatment.All the best,  Dr. Clark