Wen is the most common tumor on the human body, which is considered benign and is more of a cosmetic defect. However, there are cases of thickening of the wen and deterioration of the patient’s health. Why wen appears on the human body has already been studied by medicine. Therefore, before starting treatment, you need to find out the cause of the wen in order to subsequently avoid their reappearance.
Rice. 1. Wen can appear with a sharp weight loss.
Symptoms, signs, diagnosis of lipoma
Before you remove a wen, you need to make sure that it is exactly that. The shape of the wen formed under the skin is round or oval. It is mobile and soft to the touch; as a rule, no pain is felt when pressing on it.
Fatty deposits located under the skin of the face, neck, back, arms and other parts of the body usually do not cause any symptoms. A lipoma formed on internal organs causes the following symptoms:
- When a lipoma appears in the esophagus, coughing, nausea, and a feeling that there is a foreign body in the throat may occur;
- Chest pain may be the cause of lipoma formation in the mammary gland;
- Symptoms such as headaches, nausea, and vomiting may occur with a lipoma in the brain.
A lipoma is diagnosed visually during a clinical examination; if this is not enough, using ultrasound, x-rays, and computed tomography.
Complications
A complication of a lipoma should be considered torsion of the leg and disruption of the blood supply to the neoplasm, if we are talking about a lipoma on the leg. In this case, the node may undergo necrosis or ulcerate, which is accompanied by severe intoxication syndrome and can be life-threatening, so the tumor in this case must be immediately removed.
Another complication of lipoma should be considered its malignancy. Therefore, when active growth of the tumor begins, it is necessary to remove the tumor as quickly as possible and perform a tissue biopsy.
Treatment of wen
Despite the fact that a wen under the skin usually does not cause any inconvenience, many people are interested in how to remove a lipoma . First of all, you should consult a doctor, especially in cases where inflammation of the wen has occurred. Those who are wondering how to squeeze out a wen should know that you should never do this yourself.
Removing wen at home can not only provoke infection into the wound, but also leave unsightly atrophic scars. However, in addition to the medical procedures that a doctor can offer, there are also traditional medicine and pharmaceutical preparations that will help cope with this problem.
Preparation for the procedure
In case of subcutaneous lipoma removal, no special preparation is required. The mini-surgery is performed on an outpatient basis, meaning it does not require hospitalization. The surgeon performs all necessary manipulations under local anesthesia. Thus, the procedure is painless for the patient.
Giant subcutaneous lipomas, as well as neoplasms of the intestines, internal organs, and peritoneum require more serious and thorough preparation. Operations of this type are carried out with hospitalization of the patient. Before the intervention, samples are taken and, if necessary, additional studies are done. Operations performed under general anesthesia require restriction of water and food on the eve of the operation.
How to remove wen using traditional methods
If it is not possible to visit a doctor’s office, you can try to remove the lipoma yourself. But this applies only to those formations that have appeared recently. If the lipoma is old, it needs to be treated only surgically.
Baked onion
Onions are considered one of the most effective means for removing wen. Do the procedure at least 2 times a day.
- Take one medium onion and bake in the oven.
- Grind the cooled onion using a meat grinder.
- Grate baby soap, add to onion and mix thoroughly.
- Apply the resulting mass as a compress to the wen.
Sour cream with honey
Before the procedure, you need to take a hot bath to steam the wen. Then the components of the prepared remedy for wen will better penetrate the adipose tissue of the tumor. Carry out the procedure every other day.
- Mix equal amounts of sour cream, honey and sea salt.
- Apply the resulting mixture to the problem area.
- After 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
BENIGN TUMORS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE
Lipoma
One of the most common benign tumors (30-40%). It can occur anywhere there is fatty tissue. When localized in the dermis, it is usually encapsulated, in other parts of the body it is poorly demarcated. Tumors localized in the retroperitoneal space can become malignant; other localizations practically do not become malignant. Lipomas are often multiple and sometimes develop symmetrically. Their growth is not related to the general condition of the body. The tumor has the shape of a lobular node. With long-term existence in the lipoma, dystrophic changes, calcification, and ossification can develop.
There are numerous variants of mature fatty tumors, which differ from the classic lipoma both in clinical manifestations and in some morphological features.
Myelolipoma
A rare tumor, most often found in the retroperitoneum, pelvic tissue, and adrenal glands. Does not become malignant.
Subcutaneous angiolipoma
Numerous painful nodes. It occurs more often in young men on the front wall of the abdomen, on the forearm.
Spindle cell lipoma
It is observed more often in adult men (90%). The node is round in shape, dense, slowly growing, most often localized in the area of the shoulder joint and back. Recurrence and metastasis after excision have not been described, despite the fact that the tumor can infiltrate surrounding tissues.
In chondro- and osteolipomas, metaplastic areas of bone and cartilage tissue are detected.
Benign lipoblastomatosis
It is divided into nodular (kind lipoblastoma) and diffuse (kind lipoblastomatosis) forms. Boys under 7 years of age (88%) get sick more often. The tumor is localized on the lower limb, in the buttocks and on the upper limb - the shoulder girdle and hand. Lesions of the neck, mediastinum, and trunk have also been described. The tumor node is encapsulated, lobulated, spherical in shape, and can reach 14 cm. After surgical treatment, relapses are possible, sometimes repeated. Metastases have not been described.
Gebernoma (fetal lipoma)
Lipoma from lipoblasts, pseudolipoma is an extremely rare tumor, localized in places where there is brown fat (neck, axillary region, sinus, mediastinum). Presented as a lobular node, usually small in size. Does not recur and does not metastasize.
Treatment of lipomas with pharmaceutical products
Those who prefer to use pharmaceutical drugs should purchase Vishnevsky ointment. This product should be applied to an adhesive plaster and attached to the affected area, after 2 days the plaster should be replaced with a new one.
You can also use hydrogen peroxide. This drug should be regularly lubricated. After a few days, the skin on the affected area will burst and the contents of the wen will leak out.
lipoma treatment
Classification
There are a number of clinical types of lipomas:
- soft tissue myolipoma (rarely subcutaneous);
- lumbosacral lipoma (grows in the spinal canal or near the vertebrae, often associated with congenital underdevelopment of the latter);
- perineural lipoma is one that surrounds the nerves (always painful and difficult to remove);
- intermuscular lipomas (grow through the muscles and reappear if the lipoma is not completely removed);
- lipoma of tendons and synovial membrane of the joint (located in the named formations);
- angiolipomas (most often found in the kidneys, cutaneous angiolipomas, rare, usually affecting mature men, manifested as a dense, painless subcutaneous nodule on the extremities);
- adenolipoma (a variant of lipoma with components of sweat gland structures, difficult to distinguish from atheroma).
How a doctor can help you remove a wen
It is highly advisable that lipoma removal be performed by an experienced specialist. After a thorough examination, a dermatologist may prescribe the following procedures to remove wen:
- Mechanical cleaning. This method is considered the simplest. The procedure is carried out by piercing the wen with a needle, after which all its contents are removed. Sometimes the procedure is performed under local anesthesia.
- Removal of lipoma with laser . Laser therapy is considered the most progressive method for removing fatty tissue. The procedure is very quick and does not leave scars. In addition, the possibility of the wen reappearing in the same place is excluded.
The examination and removal will be carried out by the country's leading dermatologists
They were trained abroad and have already examined more than 50,000 patients
Ladygina Evgenia Igorevna
Dermatologist
Specialty: Has the specialties of dermatologist and dermatovenerologist.
Work experience: 3 years
Education: In 2021, she graduated from V. N. Karazin Kharkov National University.
Treatment of diseases: Dermatoscopy. Diagnosis of skin neoplasms. Laser removal of moles, warts, condylomas and papillomas. Elimination of tattoos, age spots.
Belskaya Elena Alexandrovna
Chief physician. Dermatologist
Specialty: General Medicine.
Work experience: 17 years.
Education: Kharkov State Medical University 2003
Treatment of diseases: Treats chronic skin diseases: psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, eczema. Fights skin infections - pyoderma, fungal diseases. Removes tattoos. Detects and treats skin tumors: warts, condylomas, hemangiomas, moles.
Krasiy Irina Nikolaevna
Dermatologist of the first category.
Specialty: General Medicine.
Work experience: 17 years.
Education: Kharkov State Medical University 2003
Treatment of diseases: Diagnosis, treatment and removal of skin tumors (warts, papillomas, condylomas, moles, molluscum contagiosum, hemangiomas, spider veins, pigmentation), treatment of chronic skin diseases (psoriasis, eczema, atopic dermatitis), skin infections (pyoderma, fungal diseases ), removal of tattoos, permanent makeup.
Bidnichenko Natalya Levonovna
Dermatologist of the highest category
Specialty: Dermatology.
Work experience: 15 years.
Education: Odessa State Medical University 2003
Treatment of diseases: Treats skin diseases - psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema. Helps get rid of pyoderma and other skin infections. Identifies dangerous tumors and removes them. Checks papillomas, moles, hemangiomas, keratomas, fibromas, condylomas, vascular cobwebs.
Biyukova-Polshakova Irina Lazarevna
Dermatologist of the second category
Specialty: Dermatology, trichology, clinical psychology.
Work experience: 11 years.
Education: Bukovinian Medical University 2007 Odessa National Medical University 2012
Treatment of diseases: Specializes in the elimination of psoriasis, eczema and dermatitis. Diagnoses and treats skin infections such as pyoderma. Identifies dangerous tumors and selects methods for their removal.
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Prevention of lipoma
After lipoma removal, the following preventive measures must be observed:
- reduce the consumption of fatty meats and high-fat dairy products;
- introduce vegetable oil and fish into the daily menu;
- refuse late dinners;
- move as much as possible.
You need to follow these recommendations not only if a lipoma has already appeared, but also if there is a hereditary predisposition. Doctors say that the risk group for the formation of wen includes middle-aged and elderly people.
By structure
Lipomas according to these characteristics are divided into:
- Classic (there is only fatty tissue inside);
- Angiolipomas (have vessels inside);
- Hibernomas (in the fiber there are formations similar to the formations of hibernating animals);
- Myelolipomas (hematopoietic and adipose tissue are located together);
- Myxolipomas (contain mucous tissue elements inside);
- Myolipomas (muscle fibers are found together with fatty tissue);
- Fibrolipomas (there is connective and fatty tissue inside).
