Surgery is not necessary for 5 cm lipomas. If there is no discomfort and you do not feel that it affects your aesthetics, you may not need surgery. If discomfort or aesthetic impact occurs, surgery may be performed.
Lipoma is a common benign soft tissue tumor disease. Determining whether a 5 cm lipoma requires surgery should depend on the actual situation and cannot be generalized. In general, lipoma has no obvious effect on the human body, if the patient does not experience discomfort and does not feel that it affects the aesthetics, he/she may not need to consider surgical treatment.
However, if the lipomas cause pain or numbness, or if they cause pressure on the surrounding blood vessels, nerves or organs, or if they grow faster and affect the aesthetics, then they need to be treated with lipomectomy. Pathologic examination is needed after surgery.
To sum up, patients with 5 cm lipoma need to go to the hospital for consultation, and the doctor will decide whether to perform surgery according to the patient’s needs and clinical symptoms.