Had a little health scare. Thankfully I’m okay.” Bailey set up surgery to remove the lipoma, and doctors were able to remove it, but with some difficulty. Thankfully, the tumor was not cancerous.

Retired Spanish grand tour star Alberto Contador underwent surgery to remove scores of fat lipomas. Lipomas are fatty tumors typically located below the skin and above the muscle layer. With a ...

Nick also explains that he's a DIY enthusiast. This enthusiasm is so great, in fact, that Nick actually dug a lipoma from his leg with no anesthesia, then posted the video of the home surgery YouTube.

Patients say long wait times for elective surgeries at public hospitals and the high cost of private hospital care are why ...

Sen. Lamar Alexander had surgery Wednesday morning on his left leg at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Alexander’s Chief of Staff, David Cleary, sent out a news release Wednesday afternoon ...

Their removal can be done under local anaesthetic injections, and each lipoma removal can take between 20-45 minutes. The recovery process can take up to three to four weeks to completely heal.

If you didn't complain about the lipoma bothering you, other than appearance, your doctor probably suggested just leaving it alone. Although surgery is relatively simple, you may not gain much either.

The man, Gerard, also had a blood-clot condition that made the surgery more dangerous than previous lipoma removals. In the end, Lee was able to remove 16 of the dozens of lipomas on Gerard's body.

I have a lipoma on my back, and since I’m worried about both the aesthetics and potential malignancy of the fatty tumor, I’ve decided to have it removed. After surviving two breast cancers, I now have ...

Lipomas are relatively common, affecting approximately 1 in every 1,000 people. They can occur at any age, including at birth, but are most frequently diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 60.