Can it be dangerous to remove a lipoma located along the spine?

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 benign fatty tumors that occur underneath the skin. Most lipomas require surgical removal once they are bothersome. It is important to make sure that the growth is not something else before assuming it is a lipoma. There are many other subcutaneous nodules that mimic lipomas in shape...

If the mass drained, it is more likely that they are epidermal inclusion cysts (sebaceous cysts) than lipomas.  Either way, they can be removed without shaving the hair.  In fact, the area of balding can be excised from your scalp during the resection.  They can be removed at the...

Without an exam to feel the mass, it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis, but based on your description it is most likely a lipoma (a benign fatty tumor). The treatment is excision. The incision could be made in a natural forehead crease for optimal scar camouflage and would likely...

Lipomas do not 'burst'.  You may have had a cyst and how you're left with a depression in the thigh?  You can let it be or have it excised but that will leave a scar.  What's better?  Scar or the current depression?  Only you can decided