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Q: Lipoma on nose ?
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companyman
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I have had pretty bad acne in the past, and now have pretty much cured it. It took a few years, but I found the right combination of things: 1 - Eating right, and cleansing the body. 2 - super industrial strength teen acne wash. (made by clear and smooth. Get on EBay.) There has been one strange thing that has plagued me since my late teens though.
I am young (20yr and 155 pds. ) and very healthy, but I have what I believe is a lipoma on the left side of my nose. (pretty bad spot) For a long time I didn't know what was wrong. I thought it was a pimple, but there was no pain and nothing visibly wrong with the skin itself. It would swell up over time, and especially in the heat.(this would slightly change the shape of my nose. This obviously leads to insecurities) The symptoms meet the lipoma description. (it is whitish and soft like fatty tissue. It covers a definable area. No pain.)
I tried many things to get rid of it. Recently I went on the master cleanse thinking by living on the bare minimum, that my body would just dissolve it if it is just fatty tissue. I had no fat on before, and during the cleanse I lost 10 pounds of muscle. It had no effect on the Lipoma. I was looking at 3 different herbal formulas sold on the internet with a money back guarantee (Limpotab - Polirex - Lipmotin) , but they are companies outside of the US, and they have never responded to inquiries that I had. I still want to give one a try.
The only thing that has given any help is castor oil. I would put it on the spot at night. Some type of acid in the Castor oil would keep it from growing (It definitely grows, which is obviously uncomfortable to me since I can feel it, and looks bad.) Castor oil never makes it go away though.
I don't know what to do. It is in such a bad spot that it seems like what ever might work for it would not even get to it. Surgery is out of the question. I think something topical to eat away at it without eating away my skin would give the best results. I wanted to get a doctors opinion if I could. ( I have actually went to a doctor and she prescribed retin-A. I took that for enough time to see that it does nothing for me except make me more sensitive to the sun) I was also looking at blue light and red light therapies.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I am young (20yr and 155 pds. ) and very healthy, but I have what I believe is a lipoma on the left side of my nose. (pretty bad spot) For a long time I didn't know what was wrong. I thought it was a pimple, but there was no pain and nothing visibly wrong with the skin itself. It would swell up over time, and especially in the heat.(this would slightly change the shape of my nose. This obviously leads to insecurities) The symptoms meet the lipoma description. (it is whitish and soft like fatty tissue. It covers a definable area. No pain.)
I tried many things to get rid of it. Recently I went on the master cleanse thinking by living on the bare minimum, that my body would just dissolve it if it is just fatty tissue. I had no fat on before, and during the cleanse I lost 10 pounds of muscle. It had no effect on the Lipoma. I was looking at 3 different herbal formulas sold on the internet with a money back guarantee (Limpotab - Polirex - Lipmotin) , but they are companies outside of the US, and they have never responded to inquiries that I had. I still want to give one a try.
The only thing that has given any help is castor oil. I would put it on the spot at night. Some type of acid in the Castor oil would keep it from growing (It definitely grows, which is obviously uncomfortable to me since I can feel it, and looks bad.) Castor oil never makes it go away though.
I don't know what to do. It is in such a bad spot that it seems like what ever might work for it would not even get to it. Surgery is out of the question. I think something topical to eat away at it without eating away my skin would give the best results. I wanted to get a doctors opinion if I could. ( I have actually went to a doctor and she prescribed retin-A. I took that for enough time to see that it does nothing for me except make me more sensitive to the sun) I was also looking at blue light and red light therapies.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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rooted
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Well, before you can treat the condition, you'll need a proper diagnosis from a dermatologist.
A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. The most common kind (known as "superficial subcutaneous") is located just below the surface of the skin, although lipomas are found anywhere in the body that fat is located. The tendency to develop lipomas is generally hereditary, although some doctors believe that minor injury may trigger their growth.
Do you have the money or insurance coverage required to visit a dermatologist?
A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. The most common kind (known as "superficial subcutaneous") is located just below the surface of the skin, although lipomas are found anywhere in the body that fat is located. The tendency to develop lipomas is generally hereditary, although some doctors believe that minor injury may trigger their growth.
Do you have the money or insurance coverage required to visit a dermatologist?
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companyman
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Why isn't self diagnosis good enough? (I'm almost positive it is a lipoma, which does run in my family. My mom had many lipomas in the past, but never on the nose.) What I want is alternative solutions to surgery. I have gone to a dermatologist, and she gave me retin-a. (didn't work)
Another doctor (a plastic surgeon) could not see anything. It just so happened that when I went, it had shrunk down a bit, and it was hardly noticeable. What the latter did was push and prod on my nose and said he could not feel anything. Now, if a lipoma is fatty tissue how can you expect to feel much of anything. It is not that big, so it is not like it noticeably bulges out of the side of my nose like in the picture above. On top of that, it is on the side, right above the nostril so it is like in an indented part of my nose. The point is, it is nothing that looks abnormal to other people, they would not know any different. This does how ever effect me and the way I look, so I'm not trying to minimize it's importance, just trying to give an accurate picture.
Actually, when I went to these doctors I hadn't done any research for conditions that matched what I seen. Maybe if I suggested that it might be a lipoma it would have been different.
Even if a doctor would confirm that it is a lipoma or anything else, what will they do?
I'm looking for treatments that get rid of lipomas or fatty tissue without damaging the skin.
I found out through forums like this that castor oil may help reduce things like that, and it worked for a while. Now, I'm looking for a better solution and so I put it out there to see if anyone had knowledge or experience with this.
Thank you for your reply Rooter.
Any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Another doctor (a plastic surgeon) could not see anything. It just so happened that when I went, it had shrunk down a bit, and it was hardly noticeable. What the latter did was push and prod on my nose and said he could not feel anything. Now, if a lipoma is fatty tissue how can you expect to feel much of anything. It is not that big, so it is not like it noticeably bulges out of the side of my nose like in the picture above. On top of that, it is on the side, right above the nostril so it is like in an indented part of my nose. The point is, it is nothing that looks abnormal to other people, they would not know any different. This does how ever effect me and the way I look, so I'm not trying to minimize it's importance, just trying to give an accurate picture.
Actually, when I went to these doctors I hadn't done any research for conditions that matched what I seen. Maybe if I suggested that it might be a lipoma it would have been different.
Even if a doctor would confirm that it is a lipoma or anything else, what will they do?
I'm looking for treatments that get rid of lipomas or fatty tissue without damaging the skin.
I found out through forums like this that castor oil may help reduce things like that, and it worked for a while. Now, I'm looking for a better solution and so I put it out there to see if anyone had knowledge or experience with this.
Thank you for your reply Rooter.
Any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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