Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Several sponsored ads have appeared on social media promoting creams for "lipoma removal".
Such content, through video materials, has been published on Facebook and Instagram, by pages with the names: "Detroit Shop","DEA Online Store" and "Dua Online" (the content of which was not found).
What's wrong with these ads?
Hibrid.info found that there is no basis that the promoted cream, which claims to remove lipomas, can serve as a medical treatment for this condition.
What is Lipoma?
A lipoma is a slow-growing fatty mass that is most often located between the skin and the muscle layer. A lipoma feels firm to the touch and moves with a little finger pressure.
Lipomas are not cancerous and are usually harmless. Treatment is generally not necessary, but if a lipoma is aesthetically disturbing, painful, or growing, its removal is recommended (see here).
In the aforementioned advertisements, followers are suggested that the treatment for Lipoma is natural, painless, and effective.
They promote a simple solution, offering prices from €11.99 – €14.99 and immediate calls to purchase (“Order now!
However, the advertisements do not provide information about the ingredients, clinical trials, side effects, or the official manufacturer of the promoted product.
In researching the treatment of this common benign condition, hibrid.info found that its treatment includes: surgical removal and liposuction, a treatment that uses a large syringe to remove fatty material (see here).
Which means that any claim about treating lipomas with any cream is unfounded.
Analyze:
The claim that creams advertised by some Facebook pages can remove lipomas naturally and effectively is not true.
Lipomas are treated only with medical intervention (surgical removal or liposuction), not with creams.
Therefore, based on the working methodology, hibrid.info considers the claim from this content as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.