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Shrugg (Geneva, NY) on 01/14/2026:
I tried ACV topically for 2 weeks and the lipoma shrunk a little. I was hoping for better results but will keep applying it since doing nothing didn't help. ;]
Kathy, I'm so excited that it has worked so well for you! I don't have a whole bunch of lipomas but I can feel a bunch of them on my abdomen right below my rib cage. I'm a chubby girl so they don't show. I am also taking ACV and have been for a couple of weeks now. I feel that they are softer because they don't hurt when I press on them. They used to be so sore! And I have one on my right forearm. Let's see if it works!
I have a lipoma on my upper arm, which is very noticeable (almost the size of a quarter). I started using ACV, but instead of ingesting it, I applied it directly to the lipoma. I took a cotton ball, which I cut in half and flattened it a bit so it wouldn't be too bulky, and applied ACV directly on it so it was pretty soaked, then placed that on top of the lipoma and secured it with surgical tape, which I found easy to remove later, and also because the tape is wider and on a roll, so you can grab the size you need. In just about 3 days I noticed that the lipoma was shrinking! I was astounded! I did this routine before going to bed, and sometimes I pulled back the tape in the morning to add more ACV to the cotton to keep it moist. It's been about 2 weeks now, and the lipoma is so much smaller. I am so very happy! But one thing - the ACV did burn my skin, I believe, because it caused a small open wound from being on the skin so long. After about a day or two is when it caused a sore and made my skin a little red, but I was so happy with the results, I just accepted it. I did let my skin breathe for about a day or two in between to give it some fresh air, and then I applied it again. So now I keep applying it about every other day, or so, to see if it will eventually go away completely. I can't wait to go back to my doctor so he can measure it again and see that it's gotten smaller! This may not be for everyone, but it sure is working for me!
Hello Kathy wow. My one little lipoma was tiny for years, and last night it grew big just overnight. Scared the crap out of me. It really hurts inner thigh its like the size of a macadamia nut awful. Started dating tuna and salmon. All good. Then ok will eat walnuts. Now I saw drink ACV 2 TABLESPOONS amazing didnt know. It's right next to my Bone I sit on it ouch!!!! What a relief ACV OMG FANTASTIC!!! Will drink 3 TABLESPOONS thought I had cancer. God bless you!!!! ❤❤❤Jules from australia
I have used a combination of apple cider vinegar on my Lipoma before while x taking a mushroom complex called " mu comunity" found at healthfood stores, for 2 months and my lipoma decreased to half its size but then I stopped and it's not big again. The key is to continue until its gone and continue the vinegar for life. Lemon water also helps to alkaline the body and decrease lipomas.I believe they are formed from consuming meat and dairy foods which are loaded with growth hormones and coming in contact with plastics which when particles are being released and enter our bodies they have an estrogenic effect and contribute to cancer, tumors and lipomas.
It is good to have a healthy, and organic diet and drinking a lot of clean water.Try not go heat food in plastic containers in microwaves and keep away from pollution as much as possible Also taking supplements and antioxidants help. Turmeric decreases lipomas too but don't take more than 500 mg.a day for it stains the teeth even if it is taken internally. Some medications may cause them too.
My body is loaded with lipomas which started when I was a teenager, multiplied through two pregnancies and went off the chart when I aged into my 50s. I have been drinking the equivalent of about 8 ounces of apple cider vinegar daily, 2 to 3 tablespoons at a time throughout the day and during the evening. There has been a significant difference now having done this for approximately four weeks and I am overjoyed at the fact that many of them have begun to not only soften but shrink and disappear.
You have nothing to lose, stick with it and be consistent, everybody’s body reacts differently and for some reason, it has worked for me. Good luck!
Apple cider vinegar for lipomas - just take two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar every night before going to bed. Follow this treatment for about 3 to 5 months - make the bump go away. 2 to 3 times a day, morning and night.
I have been taking two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar every night before going to bed for my lipoma since August 2015 (My mouth is already watering, sigh) but I will admit I have seen some significant changes to the size. I just don't know if it will ever fully go away. Mine is on my upper back shoulder blade. Very visible with strapless and spaghetti strap outfits. I wish I would had heard of this 30 years ago as mine started to grow and I was 19. Thanks.
I am 64 years old and I have had fat deposits for over 30 years. I have one between my neck and shoulder the size of my fist. They are in my rib cage, arms and in my back with several next to my spine. I would have the larger ones removed, but the root system of them embed themselves into muscle and I can follow the root system under the skin to where they are all connected/attached to each other. I probably have over 100 in my chest, back and arms. I have one under my arm the size of a golf ball. I have tried apple cider vinegar to no avail. Doctors are no help and only offer surgery, but claim since mine are so deep, healing will be a real issue. My father had 2 or 3 small ones, but had them removed. He complained about his, until I showed him all of mine.
Some of mine are painful but nothing I can not live with. I am open to other suggestions beside the vinegar.
ACV for Lipomas: Use caution trying Apple Cider Vinegar. I tried this yesterday and had a Big side effect - - it sped-up my heart rate. I felt like yesterday that I drank 5 to 6 cups of coffee after taking the Apple Cider Vinegar.
Wow I wish I would of read this before I let the dermatologist do a biopsy it was just a small area, but it still hurt months later it was deeper than what she thought anyhow the lab said it was just lipoma . I think that the biopsy was unnecessary I had couple more of these lipoma fat deposits on my lower back so I started ACV and they are disappearing. We're vegetarian and we eat tons of organic nuts I wonder if the fat deposit comes from nuts so I cut back on them.
Hi Guys, I brought organic Apple Cider Vinegar from local store and it is easy to take with water. This is just one week now and my lipomas are getting soft. It seems like this is working for me.
For lipomas, I you want fastest results that work within hours. Here is the miraculous tip.
Get some Turnips, boil and fry them and eat them with spoon in your dinner. Add the taste of your choice, (chilli sugar etc)
Before going to bed, take a couple tea spoons of apple cider vinegar. If by chance you happen to wake up in the night (or rather set and alarm / reminder) eat as much turnip as you can.
Re-do the task till results are as per your desire.
I am male 32 from Pakistan, currently working at Kabul and having 3 lypo lumps in my head. One of them was pluto, whilst the other two were jupiters. It was a real embarrasment for me all the time. I couldn't comb my hair propely. I contacted many physician and they told me that any surgeon shall offer me surgery. But if its not painful, let it be.
I read Julia's suggestion quite long ago but was stuck in my professional thingies all the time. Last night I finally bought the apple cider vinegar bottle of 450cc. I took two table spoons last night and two in the morning. Miraculously, the huge lypos are now the size of mars as compared to previous. I really want to thank you for sharing this with us.
I tried apple cider vinegar for a month and didn't notice much change in my lipomas. I am going to keep going with it. I am going to setup a blog and I think what I want to do is try to find the common link between all the people that have lipomas.
So I want people to put in their age, their location, and their diet, do they eat dairy. etc. There must be a reason these things suddenly appear, I refuse to believe that for no reason at all they appear.
My father has had fatty lipomas growing on his stomach and arms for years. He also has type2 diabetes. His friend told him to take 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before going to bed. He has been doing this for a 6wks. His fatty tumors have shrunk half their size and many have totally disappeared. They are even soft when you touch them and they use to be hard lumps. His blood sugars are also regulated and never high in the morning like before. He has made no other dietary or supplement changes. I really believe this will work for you.
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My father has had fatty lipomas growing on his stomach and arms for years. He also has type2 diabetes. His friend told him to take 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before going to bed. He has been doing this for a 6wks. His fatty tumors have shrunk half their size and many have totally disappeared. They are even soft when you touch them and they use to be hard lumps. His blood sugars are also regulated and never high in the morning like before. He has made no other dietary or supplement changes. I really believe this will work for you.
