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Thank you for sharing your question. When lipomas are surgically removed from the scalp or forehead they can cause some temporary numbness in the tissues surrounding the incision. This is usually the result of tissue swelling and improves spontaneously with time. Without exact knowledge of your removal location I would voice your concerns to your surgeon for the best reassurance.
Any time an incision is made in the skin, the small nerves in that area are cut, resulting in numbness. The area under the incision where a lesion is removed (such as a lipoma) also has nerves running through it, and these nerves are also cut in the normal process of removing the lipoma. As the nerves regenerate, the numbness should decrease and usually resolves completely, but does not always go away completely. The surgeon who performs the operation should be able to give specifics on the anatomy in the area and the details of the individual procedure.
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 sharing your question. Unfortunately you will have to discuss with your current physicians why they will not refer you to an orthopedic surgeon as episacral lipomas are well known as herniations of fat through the lumbar-sacral tissues. These can be surgically treated by re...
Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry to hear of your lipoma recovery issues. Unfortunately after 4 months any retained fluid collection is unlikely to resolve through aspiration and revision surgery will be needed. This is because your tissues will form scar tissue around the f...
