I have a lipoma on my left breast (inner upper quadrant). I just got to know today. Do I need to remove it through surgery?

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. We would have to remove the lipoma to be sure that it is not something else and we usually do this by sending it to a pathologist for evaluation. If a lipoma is painful, then an exam is needed to make sure it is not compressing on a nerve or whether the diagnosis is different. Aftercare for a lipoma includes gentle compression and Plato’s Scar Serum twice daily on the wound.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Any questionable or growing mass of the breast including a lipoma should surgically be removed and sent to pathology for a definitive diagnosis.

Breast mass that is new or have changed must be fully investigated.Mammogram, MRI is needed. A biopsy would be definitive.