A lipoma is usually an oval-shaped lump of tissue situated between your skin and the underlying muscle layer. It can be felt if you run your palm and fingers over it. Lipomas are soft, painless nodules of fat cells that are benign and found in subcutaneous tissue. Lipomas grow slowly and are mostly non-cancerous. Lipomas are also known as 'charbi ki gaanth'.

A lipoma can form on any part of the body, but they typically appear on the following:

• Neck
• Shoulders
• Forearms
• Arms
• Thighs

If you have a lipoma, you will experience the following symptoms -

• Painless - Most lipomas are painless. They become painful and cause discomfort based on their location, size, and pressure.

• Shape - Lipomas are fatty tissue lumps, rubbery in texture, usually round or oval-shape, and primarily symmetrical.

• Movement - Since lipomas sit just below your skin's surface, they move on being touched. You can hold a lipoma and shift it underneath your skin.

Generally, the procedure takes a minimum of 30-45 mins, depending on the number and size of Lipoma

• Before a surgical lipoma excision, the surgeon draws an outline to mark the location of the lipoma.
• Local Anaesthesia is then administered.
• A 3 mm to 4 mm excision is made in the skin over the lipoma
• The surgeon will begin to free the lipoma from the tissue surrounding it and then enucleate it from the cut.
• If the incision is very small, the surgeon will put a pressure dressing over the wound and close using sutures.
• In case of very Large Lipomas >8cm, a minimally invasive technique of Liposuction can be done to remove the large lipoma through a very small incision <1cm

The patient can go home on the same day of the procedure (in case of cash payments), Whereas 24-hours hospitalisation is required for Insurance Patients.