Hey, I am 19 year old and I went to the hospital because I felt a soft knot in my head and they did a CT scan and they said it was a lipoma on the right side of my head, and then said I need to get it removed so now I’m waiting for the surgeon to call me. But now my lipoma is getting hard and it’s very painful is that normal? And getting big too, thank u so much!
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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....
Lipomas are covered by insurance. Can be done under local anesthesia usually in 30 minutes. I would recommend you find a board-certified plastic surgeon at American Board of plastic surgery who has an extensive experience in lipoma removal.Best Regards,Dr. Gartner
Your lipoma was examined, presumably, by the Pathology Lab, after it was surgically removed under general anesthesia in the operating room. An MRI might have been done preoperatively. All of these things would conclude that the lipoma was benign. A benign lipoma was not cancer to begin with ...
