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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]

Overview

The mainstay of therapy includes simple excision, liposuction, and subcutaneous deoxycholate injection.

Usually, treatment is not necessary for a lipoma unless the mass becomes painful or restricts movement.
Medical therapy of lipoma includes:^[1]^[2]

↑ Wilhelmi BJ, Blackwell SJ, Mancoll JS, Phillips LG (June 1999). "Another indication for liposuction: small facial lipomas". Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 103 (7): 1864–7. doi:10.1097/00006534-199906000-00008. PMID 10359246.
↑ Rotunda AM, Ablon G, Kolodney MS (December 2005). "Lipomas treated with subcutaneous deoxycholate injections". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 53 (6): 973–8. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.068. PMID 16310057.