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My question is how can this growth be treated without recurrence? (photos)

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peaches398May 18, 2019

Hi, I've had surgery years ago to gash a growth in my right foot but after (2) two years the growth recurred. The growth feels like 75% fat and 25% tissue.

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Michael A. Zadeh, MD, FACS

No, this is not normal. I would follow up with your surgeon for an in-person examination. Best wishes.

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Nelson Castillo, MD

Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry to hear of your painful symptoms after lipoma removal.  It sounds as if you may have an entrapped nerve in/around your surgical site.  I would recommend following up with your surgeon in order to have the best advice rendered.

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Ronald J. Edelson, MD

There are several possibilities.  One is that it is not a lipoma but a vascular mass.  Another is that you bleed more from taking aspirin or other blood thinning drugs.

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Nelson Castillo, MD

Thank you for sharing your question.  Unfortunately the photographs supplied offer limited views of your tissues and I would address your bleeding concerns with your surgeon so as to get the best advice.  

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Ronald J. Edelson, MD

There are some people that are prone to growing multiple lipomas.  It seems when you remove some other pop up elsewhere.  We have no idea why but the only approach is to remove the ones that bother you while they are still small.

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Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS

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....

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