Can you have a lipoma on your forehead? My 11 year old daughter has a lump about the size of a pea in the middle of her forehead right below her hairline. It started out looking flat like a pimple about three to four weeks ago. Now, instead of looking like a flat pea it is starting to get a little rounder. Does that sound like what you all are refering to as a lipoma? I am bringing her to the pediatrician tomorrow or the next day, but I would like to know your opinions. Thanks!!
My husband also has them. He has an appointment to get them removed. The only reason to get them removed is because they look so bad.
I have a hundred or more lipomas, and they bother me mentally. Apparently they won't harm you unless they form in a bad or painful location. If they do, they can be removed surgically. I have had several removed when pain is involved...
My doctor continues to check some of them when I go in, so apparently they are benign. When they began forming 10+ years ago, I began panic attacks and anxiety. The panic attacks continue to this day, and I blame the lipomas.
I just needed something to blame.. lol
If you have had a similar experience, please post. Thank you!!
Bill
My husband has had these lumps for years also, he is told they are nothing and with that he is happy, I'm the one who worries about them, they are so strange.
I have a Lipoma the size quarter on my thigh. I had a docter cut it out 2 years ago. And its slowly has grown back again. I want it gone, but don't want the painful procedure repeated if its just going to be growing back again. Please help me.
Elizabeth:
I think what you are describing are lipomas. These are benign collections of fat, which appear mostly on the chest, back, and neck. They have nothing to do with fat that you eat in the diet.
Although they are in no way dangerous, they can get pretty large and unpleasant or inconvenient. Sometimes people have them removed by surgery or even liposuction.
To reassure yourself, ask your husband to check with his doctors whether these are lipomas. If they are, and then he might as well leave them alone unless they bother him.
Best.
Dr. R