How long does surgical excision take to work for neurofibroma?

The treated lump is removed at surgery, so its pressure or irritation may improve once the immediate swelling settles. A wound can feel tight, numb, or tender while nearby tissue repairs. The result depends on whether the neurofibroma is limited to the skin or involves deeper tissue and nerves. Your clinician may send the removed tissue for laboratory confirmation and will explain what the result means for follow-up.

Follow instructions for dressings, washing, activity, and prescribed or recommended pain relief. Avoid pressure, friction, and sudden stretching across the site while it is healing. Keep review appointments so the wound and any altered sensation can be checked. Ask when scar care is appropriate after closure. If more than one lump is present, discuss whether each needs examination; do not assume that every lump has the same cause.

Report increasing pain, warmth, redness, swelling, discharge, wound separation, or fever to the surgical team. Seek urgent assistance for bleeding that continues despite firm pressure. Arrange prompt review for new weakness, worsening numbness, persistent severe tingling, or a lump that grows near the surgical site. These symptoms need a clinical assessment, particularly when the lesion was close to a nerve.

Ask whether the neurofibroma involves a nerve, how sensation may change during healing, whether tissue will be examined, and which activities should be limited.