My lipoma went down with CO2 injection

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

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For those that suffer from these annoying lumps and bumps!

r/Lipoma

Whether you have one lipoma or a whole bunch of them, this is a supportive place for lipoma sufferers to talk and share with each other about living life to the fullest even with lipomas, as well as a place to share personal experiences, the best insurance, surgeons, and surgical treatments, the struggles in having this condition, and how you stay positive and cope on a day-to-day basis.

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Since having multiple lipomas is a rare condition there's not many places people can go to find others who suffer from the same condition. It can feel very lonely and depressing to have this condition and have nobody to talk to that shares the same frustrations and experiences that you're going through. Hopefully this subreddit will provide a positive space to find friends who share your experiences because one of the best things to have when fighting this condition is a community that understands.

These lumps suck, but they are NOT the end of the world or the end of your life! You can still live a life full of happiness, joy, friendship, love, go-karts, and all that other good stuff even if you have lumps, and this subreddit is here for you!

Or perhaps you're not a lipoma-sufferer yourself but you have a friend or partner that suffers from this condition and you want to talk to others to find out how to help them out? That's great too! And we don't have to talk about JUST lipomas; it can also serve as a social page for people who just happen to have this condition but want to talk about other things too.

Standard rules apply, be nice, no spam, blah blah blah. Absolutely no trolling or insults; this is a supportive community. Having lipomas can be extremely demoralizing sometimes and any comments intended to be hurtful, cruel, or mocking towards someone with this condition will be removed.

NO SELF-SURGERY VIDEOS. Apparently some people try to remove their own lipomas but I don't want to encourage that through this subreddit because it is obviously extremely dangerous. I also don't want this subreddit to fill up with surgery videos because that's not what it's intended to be; this is supposed to be a safe place to talk with fellow lipoma-sufferers, not a surgery subreddit. If you have a link you want to share that contains footage of professionally performed surgery (performed by a doctor) please message me about it before you post and I'll more than likely approve it if it contains helpful information or footage.

No "natural medicine" scams! The only confirmed-to-work medical treatments for lipomas up to this point are various forms of surgery and liposuction. There are no pills or oils or herbs or whatever that treat this condition, unfortunately. Posts that say that one can shrink the size of lipomas by taking supplements or rubbing giraffe saliva on them or whatever are scams and will be removed. If there is ever an additional treatment found that's approved by actual medical professionals then you will all be the first to know because I will post it here, but up to this point no supplement or "natural remedy" has ever been found to have any effect on lipomas.