Can a NP or a PA remove a lipoma? Our insurance provider wants to use a NP to remove a lipoma from my wife's side.

Thank you for your question and I am sorry to hear of your pain.  With a lipoma this large, I would anticipate needing a few days to weeks off of work but this will largely depend on your job responsibilities and any opportunity of light duty work.  See a board certified plastic surgeon for an i...

Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that occur under the skin and less commonly within the muscle. They are associated with mild discomfort and a lump underneath the skin. It is always best to talk to an expert plastic surgeon to determine whether the lipoma is possibly a cyst or a tumor or hernia....

Thank you for your question.  I am sorry to hear of your pain, but if you had an intramuscular (in the muscle) lipoma, removal likely bruised/injured part of your bicep causing pain.  Most nerve pain is described as burning or sparky, not sharp.  I would recommend speaking to your surgeon ab...

Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that occur under the skin and less commonly within the muscle. They are associated with mild discomfort and a lump underneath the skin. It is always best to talk to an expert plastic surgeon to determine whether the lipoma is possibly a cyst or a tumor or hernia....

Yes this is normal. Based on your description, it has been about a week from your lipoma surgery.  It is not at all unusual for your body to have some discomfort from this.  It will improve as the swelling comes down.  This is part of the inflammatory response of healing and suture absorption et...

Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that occur under the skin and less commonly within the muscle. They are associated with mild discomfort and a lump underneath the skin. It is always best to talk to an expert plastic surgeon to determine whether the lipoma is possibly a cyst or a tumor or hernia....