Is it possible to remove lipoma without surgery?
- Steroid injections in lipoma: While steroid injections have been shown to reduce the size of lipoma 1, they do not help in removing the lipoma, but can help in reducing its size. Research has suggested that steroid injections can be used in combination with surgical removal, as it shrinks the lipoma. However, these injections alone cannot remove the lipoma. Combination of steroids with excision could be a good option for very large (giant) lipomas.
- Laser therapy: These are not a non-surgical option, but a minimally invasive option. In this case the lipoma is approached from an incision away from the lipoma’s actual site to remove the lipomas. This approach is used to treat clusters of lipoma in case the customer does not want any scar. But in our experience people who have clusters of lipoma have a high risk of recurrence in the same site. Hence laser lipolysis of lipoma is not good from a long term results
Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and other traditional medicines for lipoma removal
Traditional medicines are a fantastic solution for many chronic disorders and there are studies to support their efficacy. Unfortunately, in surgical applications, research on effectiveness is not very telling.
Ayurvedic, homeopathic or any traditional medicines cannot replace the proven and conventional treatment of lipoma - surgical excision.
There are a lot of online articles mentioning herbs like Kanchnar Guggulu, and fruits like blueberries, raspberries, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, squash, apples, plums, bell peppers, etc. Unfortunately there is no evidence on their efficacy. If lipomas could be removed by these fruits, can you imagine how popular these treatments would have been?
We have done a full blog post article and a video on these remedies in treating lumps on the body this blog post.
Can lipoma be removed naturally?
There is some evidence on lifestyle related risk factors for lipoma - obesity, alcohol abuse, liver disease, as well as glucose intolerance. So if you have recurrent or multiple lipomas and if you have any of these risk factors you should focus on these factors, not just for lipoma, but for your overall health.
Are there ayurvedic treatments for lipoma?
No. There is no evidence on herbs helping to remove lipoma. If they were effective, there would have been very popular medicines and applications for this. Since lipoma is the most common benign tumor, the market for such medicines would be huge. Yet, no modern or traditional medicines pharma companies are making these. If there was efficacy with these medicines, they would have been very popular and the market for surgical removal would have vanished.
Can lipoma reduce in size? Can exercise remove lipoma?
Lipomas cannot shrink on their own, because these are not adult fat cells that respond to exercise. The fat cells that make lipoma are primordial (baby) fat cells and therefore lipoma is referred to as a tumor. Most tumors do not go away on their own. However, if you have a risk factor like obesity, then you might want to control this risk factor to prevent the lipoma from growing and recurring.
Exercise cannot remove a lipoma. While it is true that lipoma is made up of fat cells, these are different kinds of fat cells and this is a tumor. While fat cell deposition causes obesity, which does respond to exercise, lipoma is a tumor.
