I'm curious what underlying patterns you think of in regards to the formation of lipomas? It makes me think about metabolic syndrome-esque patterns (elevated cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, etc.). Perhaps underlying congestion in liver and lymphatics? These are just my random senses of it without having really dug into any of the pathophysiology behind them yet. I was curious your thoughts on it, if you have any good leads, suggestions for further studies, etc. As for treatment, my mind goes to alteratives, specifically those for swellings/lymphatics. I suppose I was thinking of figwort, cleavers, chickweed, and other alteratives. But I was wondering if anything is done topically for them? Like some sort of medicated castor oil poultices or something? At what point do you think a lipoma should be checked out by a doctor? Thanks

David said: They are believed to be an overgrowths of fat cells and they can run in families so genetics can play a role. While they can occur at any age, they most frequently occur in people age 40-60, so something like MetS could be a contributing factor but if so the evidence is lacking. I find Lipomas to be fairly resistant to treatment and if they do respond it takes 9-12 months. I usually use Self Heal, Cleavers, Chickweed and Figwort (orally) and Red Clover and Phytolacca in Caster oil topically (very messy).