r/Lipoma

I’m having two small, superficial lipomas removed from my lower back in-office under local anesthesia, and I’m pretty nervous about the numbing part.

For anyone who has had a lipoma surgically removed while awake, what was the local anesthesia process like for you? Did they first use a small needle to numb the skin and then inject more anesthetic deeper/around the lipoma, or did they just do the local anesthetic injections all at once?

I asked my plastic surgeon what size needle he would be using and he said “probably a 16 gauge.” I didn’t think to ask him to clarify whether he meant that would be the initial needle through the skin or whether it would be used after the skin was already numb. The thought of a 16G being the first needle through un-numbed skin is honestly what has me the most nervous.

My ultrasound describes both lipomas as superficial, encapsulated, and under 3 cm, and this is just a routine in-office excision. My surgeon seems very comfortable with the procedure, but I’m someone who does much better when I know what to expect.

If you’ve had one removed, especially by a plastic surgeon, I’d love to hear exactly how they numbed you, what the initial injections felt like, and whether the actual removal was painful once you were numb.

So I noticed what I think is a lipoma about 2–3 years ago on my forearm, a few inches away from my wrist. It was pea-sized. When I first noticed it, it would hurt if I touched/pressed on it. It was more of a sensitive/painful feeling rather than constant pain. Now it basically doesn’t hurt at all.
Recently I noticed 3 more small lumps in my forearm.
One of them is also pea-sized and can hurt when I touch it. If I work out and my forearm gets really pumped, I sometimes notice it more, but it’s not constantly painful. Basically it only hurts when I touch or pinch it. I’ve also been repeatedly pinching it to see if it moves because I’m freaking myself out about liposarcoma, which probably isn’t helping.
The other two are also around pea-sized, but they don’t hurt at all. When I pinch them, they feel kind of soft/rubbery and seem to move around.
I haven’t gotten them checked yet. I have a really high deductible insurance plan right now, so even seeing a doctor + getting an ultrasound would be pretty expensive. I’m planning to switch to better insurance next year and get them checked out then.
I’ve also been under a TON of stress lately because of a big investment loss, and I’ve been feeling like my body is deteriorating from all the stress. So I’m probably also overthinking every little thing I find on my body.
For anyone who has multiple lipomas: has anyone else had some that were tender when you first noticed them and then stopped hurting, while others were completely painless? And does it sound familiar to have several small, soft/rubbery, movable ones on the forearm?
I know nobody can diagnose me over Reddit. Just looking for other people’s experiences because I’m driving myself crazy worrying about this.

I had a medium lipoma mass on my calf which shrunk with a CO2 injection offered by a doctor in South Africa.

21F, never had any lipomas, 5 days ago i was feeling around my abdomen and felt a small pea like lump. i assumed it would go away, it didn’t. it’s now been almost a week and i can feel it and it bothers me immensely. i don’t know if it’s a lipoma but i don’t know what else it would be? i can’t see it at all, im relatively slim and no matter how hard i look its not visible, but i can feel it. my dad has a single lipoma on his forearm. i was reading the posts in this sub and had a panic attack, people saying that if i get one this early in my life that by the time im 50 ill have 100’s. i am just crying because i dont want that, i want this one out and to never have one again. what is the likelihood that i will get a bunch of them? i’m so scared dude.