Lipohypertrophy

Dr.Mitalee Barman Diabetologist , MVH

Lipohypertrophy is a fatty tumour- like growth at or around the injection site. These spongy growths result when insulin has been injected over and over again into a single area. Over time, the skin around the hypertrophied area becomes numb. People with diabetes, who continuously use a single area for injecting insulin, develop lipohypertrophy over a