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Hello, thank you for the question. The treatment for lipoma, if it bothers you, would be surgical removal. Compressions wraps don’t really affect you and will not offer any treatment benefit. Hope this helps. Best, Dr. Babak Moein
Thank you for sharing your excellent question. Although a compression garment may help to minimize any contour irregularity from the lipoma it will not treat the lipoma - reducing its size or preventing its slow growth. Hope this helps.
I do not believe that wearing a compression wrap on your lipoma would be of any benefit. The traditional method of removing a lipoma is with surgery. Most insurance companies that our office deals with do cover removal of lipomas. You may try contacting your insurance again or have a surgeon's office contact them for you.
Thank you for sharing your excellent question. Although possible, it would be extremely rare to get an infection after lipoma removal. Hope this helps.
Lipoma removal should be very straightforward if you go to a plastic surgeon. I remove many lipomas through very small incisions. If you go to the wrong type of specialist, it may be more difficult for them or they may be more reluctant to operate on it. Also some doctors make far too la...
Thank you for sharing your question and photograph. Recovery time depends on the depth of the lipoma and whether it involves your leg muscles. I would expect you to feel much better 1-2 weeks after surgery. Hope this helps.
