DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 53-year-old female who is about 50 pounds overweight. I have saved, for years, the column you wrote on fatty tumors. I had a few of them, but my doctor said to leave them alone, even though they could be seen through my clothing. In the past two to three years, they have multiplied, and I know I probably have hundreds of them. I’ve had a few removed that are painful, and they were lipomas, as suspected. Some of the remaining ones are painful; some are not.
Should I continue to “let it go,” or should I have more removed? In your column, you said it could be associated with Gardner’s syndrome. Should I look into that area? Would losing weight help, or would they just become more pronounced?
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