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Lipomas exist in the very thin and very obese patient. They are unresponsive to diet and exercise. The best approach is surgical removal via direct excision or liposuction.
Lipomas are benign proliferative growths of adipocytes. They usually occur in the subcutaneous space and rarely invade adjacent embryologic tissue planes. In some cases, lipomas can grow within the muscular layer, but are frequently above the muscle fascia. Exercise will not improve lipoma size. The treatment is purely surgical.
Exercise makes you look great in many ways, but will not make your lipoma go away. The only way to remove a lipoma is through surgical excision.
No, exercise will not help eliminate lipomas. Direct excision is usually the best way to go. Generally, I recommend excision to allow for pathologic evaluation (which is the only way to make a definitive diagnosis) and to alleviate compressive symptoms it may be causing (as well as for cosmetic purposes). Best wishes.
A starvation diet, which of course would not be recommended, may minimally effect a lipoma. At least this was a finding in rats. Exercise similarly would be futile. Sorry but the best treatment is surgical excision. Liposuction has been shown to be effective also but only if the surgeon has taken a very good sample of tissue to make sure the lipoma is benign.
You assume that what you have is a lipoma but I would probably recommend removal to obtain a diagnosis as well as to remove the mass. They do not go away on their own and tend to just get bigger. I have seen people where the mass continued to grow and put pressure on the underlying...
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....
A lipoma is a non-cancerous fatty tumor. Surgical removal and evaluation by pathology is usually covered by insurance. If not covered by insurance, the cost would depend on the size, depth, anatomic location, involvement of surrounding tissue, and surgeon expertise. Smaller, less comple...
