The appearance of one or more soft mobile subcutaneous nodes is usually associated with the formation of benign tumors of adipose tissue (lipomas). Constantly growing wen cause discomfort. Subcutaneous nodes are more common, and in men localization on the face prevails, and in women - on the body. Lipomas may occur in organs (mammary gland, myocardium, lungs, etc.), in bones and joints. Lipomas are prone to constant growth, which does not stop even with the general exhaustion of the body. With an increase in old subcutaneous formations, their base is pulled out with the formation of "pedunculated lindens", a feature of which is the development of blood stasis and tissue necrosis. Therefore, their removal is strongly recommended even in the early stages of the process.
Wen are usually painless and only in rare cases, with a significant increase, compress nearby nerve endings and cause pain. The only complete treatment for this disease is the removal of lipomas.
If earlier all wen were removed only surgically and under anesthesia, then today the removal of lipomas in this way is used in exceptional cases, for example, with large wen that violatethe vital activity of other organs, or to eliminate a cosmetic defect. In some cases, it is necessary to remove small tumors using the usual surgical method under local anesthesia.
When the wen is small and located on an open area of the body, new bloodless methods are used for a better cosmetic effect. They guarantee fast and almost painless removal of lipomas with healing without the formation of a postoperative scar. Thanks to these methods, a person can return to a normal lifestyle immediately after the operation.
Modern methods include removal of wen using:
- laser (laser removal of lipomas);
- radio knife (radio wave method);
- puncture-aspiration method.
With the help of a laser and a radioknife, both the lipoma itself and its capsule are eliminated, which prevents the possibility of re-formation of the tumor. The advantages of using these methods are the speed of the procedure (on average it takes 15 minutes), the use of local anesthesia, the absence of postoperative complications (edema, infection of the wound, etc.), as well as the rapid rehabilitation of patients without scarring or other cosmetic defects.
The use of the puncture-aspiration method for removing lipomas is based on the use of a microendoscope and a microdevice for aspiration. The procedure lasts about 15 minutes, under local anesthesia and with visual control using a monitor. The disadvantage of this method isimpossibility of removal by fibrolipom.
Wherever the lipoma is located (on the arm, neck, torso, wen on the head), treatment in all cases is done by removing it. Folk remedies will not help here. Incomplete removal of lipomas is accompanied by re-growth of the tumor.
