Thank you for sharing your question. If you have more than one lipoma they can be removed with little additional issue. Be sure to see a board certified plastic surgeon in consultation. Hope this helps.
Multiple lipomas may be removed separately or at one sitting. People that have multiple lipomas may have a syndrome that runs in families that results in numerous lipomas developing all over the body. Lipomas need not be removed if they do not bother you. In those patients with multiple, I recommend removing those that bother you (discomfort or cosmetically) or are enlarging, rather than removing them all because most likely more will develop due to the underlying syndrome which we do not fully understand. Removing lipomas does not stimulate the growth of more, but may not eliminate the problem, Surgery will only eliminate the lipomas being removed, not the development of more. Good luck and take care.
