Xanthoma is usually caused by high levels of blood lipids, or fats. This may be a symptom of an underlying medical condition, such as:

• hyperlipidemia, or high blood cholesterol levels,
• diabetes,
• hypothyroidism,
• primary biliary cirrhosis,
• cholestasis,
• nephrotic syndrome,
• hematologic disease (such as monoclonal gammopathy metabolic lipid disorders. These are genetic conditions that affect the body’s ability to break down substances and to maintain important bodily functions, such as digestion of fats etc),
• cancer,
• side effect of certain allopathic medications, such as tamoxifen, prednisone, cyclosporine etc.

Xanthoma itself isn’t dangerous, but the underlying condition that’s causing it needs to be addressed. There’s also a type of xanthoma that affects the eyelids called xanthelasma. 

Who is at risk for xanthoma?

Any person is at an increased risk for xanthoma if he/she has any of the medical conditions described above. Any person also more likely to develop xanthoma if he/she has high cholesterol or triglyceride levels and has parasites in the body.

A doctor diagnosis simply by examining the skin. A skin biopsy can confirm the presence of a fatty deposit sometimes along with parasites beneath the skin.

Also advise blood tests to check blood lipid levels, assess liver function, and rule out parasites and other diseases.

There is no treatment for xanthoma in allopathy. If xanthoma is a symptom of a medical condition, then the underlying cause must be treated. This will often get rid of the growths and minimize the likelihood that they’ll return. Diabetes and cholesterol levels that are well-controlled are less likely to cause xanthoma.

Other allopathic treatments for xanthoma include surgical removal, laser surgery and chemical treatment with trichloroacetic acid. Xanthoma growths can return after allopathic treatment these methods don’t necessarily cure the condition.

Homeopathic treatment for xanthoma

Baryta Muriatic

Pricking in the skin. Burning and pricking in excoriated places. Small itchy eruptions (on the head, nape of the neck, abdomen, thighs etc). Glands inflamed and ulcerated. Hemorrhage. Pricking in the skin. Burning and pricking in excoriated places. Small itchy eruptions on the head, nape of the neck, abdomen, and thighs. Glands inflamed and ulcerated. Hemorrhage.

Natrium Sulphuricum

A liver remedy, especially indicated for the so-called hydrogenous constitution, where the complaints are such as are due to living in damp houses, basements, cellars etc. Itching while undressing. Jaundiced, watery blisters. Sycotic excrescences; wart-like red lumps all over body. Xanthomas.

Sepia Officianalis

Herpes circinate in isolated spots. Itching; not relieved by scratching; worse in bends of elbows and knees. Chloasma; herpetic eruption on lips, about mouth and nose. Ringworm-like eruption every spring. Xanthoma. Urticaria in open air; better in warm room. Hyperidrosis and bromhidrosis. Sweat on feet, worse on toes, intolerable odor. Lentigo in young women. Ichthyosis with offensive odor of skin. 

Cina Maritana

This is a remedy for big, fat, rosy, scrofulous, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms and accompanying complaints. An irritability of temper, variable appetite, grinding of teeth, and even convulsions, with screams and violent jerking of the hands. Always hungry, cross, ugly, and wants to be rocked. Pain in shocks. Skin sensitive to touch.

Abrotanum

Eruptions come out on face; are suppressed, skin becomes purplish or yellow. Skin flabby and loose. Furuncles. Falling out of hair. Itching chilblains. Ascarides.

Ammonium Carbonicum

Violent itching and burning blisters. Scarlet rash. Miliary rash. Malignant scarlatina. Faintly developed eruptions from defective vitality. Erysipelas in the aged, with brain symptoms. Eczema in the bends of extremities, between legs, about anus and genitals.

Ammonium Muriaticum

Inflammatory face-ache. Mouth and lips sore and excoriated. Icy coldness between shoulders. Pain in fingertips. Shooting and tearing in tips of finger and toes. Ulcerative pain in heels. Contraction of hamstring tendons. Itching, generally evenings. Blisters on various parts. Intense burning better cold applications.

Sulpher

Skin dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury suppurates. Freckles. Itching, burning; worse scratching and washing. Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hangnails. Excoriation, especially in folds. Xanthomas. Skin affections after allopathic medication. Pruritus, especially from warmth, is evening, often recurs in springtime, in damp weather.

Grephites

Feels as if cobwebs were on face/skin. Eczema. Itching pimples. Moist eczema around mouth and chin. Erysipelas, burning and stinging. Skin rough, hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by eczema. Early stage of keloid and fibroma. Pimples and acne. Eruptions, oozing out a sticky exudation. Xanthoma. Very little injury suppurates. Swelling and induration of glands. Gouty nodosities. Cracks in nipples, mouth, between toes, anus. Phlegmonous erysipelas of face; burning and stinging pain. Swelling of feet. Wens.

Calcarea Carb

Skin unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid. Small wounds do not heal readily. Glands swollen. Nettle rash. Warts on face and hands. Petechial eruptions. Chilblains. Boils. Throbbing; cracking in ears; stitches; pulsating pain. Deafness. Polypi which bleed easily. Scrofulous inflammation with muco-purulent otorrhea and enlarged glands. Perversions of hearing; hardness of hearing. Eruption on and behind ear. Cracking noises in ear.

Nose dry, nostrils sore, ulcerated. Stoppage of nose, also with fetid, yellow discharge. Offensive odor in nose. Polypi; swelling at root of nose. Epistaxis. Coryza. Swelling of upper lip. Pale, with deep-seated eyes, surrounded by dark rings. Crusta lactea; itching, burning after washing. Submaxillary glands swollen. Thyroid. Pimples, itching. 

Calcarea Flourica

Marked whiteness of skin. Scar tissue; adhesions after operations. Chaps and cracks. Fissures or cracks in the palms of the hands, or hard skin. Fissure of the anus. Suppurations with callous, hard edges. Whitlow. Indolent, fistulous ulcers, secreting thick, yellow pus. Hard, elevated edges of ulcer, surrounding skin purple and swollen. Knots, kernels, hardened glands in the female breast. Swellings or indurated enlargements having their seat in the fasciae and capsular ligaments of joints, or in the tendons. Indurations of stony hardness. Ganglia or encysted tumors at hands.

Gumboil, with hard swelling on the jaw. Cracked appearance of the tongue, with or without pain. Induration of the tongue, hardening after inflammation. Unnatural looseness of the teeth, with or without pain; teeth become loose in their sockets. Toothache, with pain if any food touches the tooth. Follicular sore throat: plugs of mucus are continually forming in the crypts of the tonsils. Strumous phlyctenular keratitis. Subcutaneous palpebral cysts.

Calcarea Sulphurica

Cuts, wounds, bruises, unhealthy, discharging pus; they do not heal readily. Yellow, purulent crusts or discharge. Purulent exudations in or upon the skin. Skin affections with yellowish scabs. Many little matterless pimples under the hair, bleeding when scratched. Dry eczema. Burning itching of soles. Ulcerated sore throat, with discharge of yellow matter.

Inflammation of the eyes, with discharge of thick, yellow matter. Deafness. Pimples around ear. Eczema. Glandular swellings. Cystic tumors. Fibroids. Mucous discharges are yellow, thick and lumpy. Lupus vulgaris. Scald-head of children, purulent discharge, and/or yellow, purulent crusts.

Hepar Sulhur

Eczema and torpid glandular swellings. Cystic tumors. Fibroids. Suppurative processes come within the range of this remedy, after pus has found a vent. Mucous discharges are yellow, thick and lumpy. Lupus vulgaris. Finger-joints swollen; tendency to easy dislocation. Nail of great toe painful on slight pressure. Ulcers externally on prepuce similar to chancre. Abscesses of labia. Scald-head, purulent discharge, or yellow, purulent crusts.

Pulsatilla Pratensis

Urticaria, after rich food, with diarrhea, from delayed menses, worse undressing. Measles. Acne at puberty. Varicose veins.

Staphysagria

Eczema of head, ears, face, and body; thick scabs, dry, and itch violently; scratching changes location of itching. Fig-warts pedunculated. Arthritic nodes. Inflammation of phalanges. Night-sweats. Teeth black and crumbling. Salivation, spongy gums, bleed easily.

Muscles, especially of calves, feel bruised. Backache; worse in morning before rising. Extremities feel beaten and painful. Joints stiff. Crural neuralgia. Dull aching of nates extending to hip-joint and small of back. Margin of lids itch. Affections of angles of eye, particularly the inner. Lacerated or incised wounds of cornea. Bursting pain in eyeballs of syphilitic iritis. 

Thuja Occidentalis

Polypi, tubercles, warts epithelioma, naevi, carbuncles; ulcers, especially in Ano-genital region. Freckles and blotches. Perspiration sweetish, and strong. Dry skin, with brown spots. Zona; herpetic eruptions. Tearing pains in glands. Glandular enlargement. Nails crippled; brittle and soft. Eruptions only on covered parts; worse after scratching. Very sensitive to touch. Coldness of one side. Sarcoma; polypi. Brown spots on hands and arms. Warty excrescences on vulva and perineum. Inflammation of prepuce and glans; pain in penis. Balanitis. Tip of tongue painful, white blisters on side close to root, painfully sore. Teeth decay next to gums. wart-like excrescences upon mucous and cutaneous surfaces-fig-warts and condylomas.

Natrium Muriaticum

Skin greasy, oily, especially on hairy parts. Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp and bends of joints. Fever blisters. Urticaria; itch and burn. Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears. Warts on palms of hands. Eczema; raw, red, and inflamed; worse, eating salt, at seashore. Affects hair follicles. Alopecia. Hives, itching after exertion. Greasy skin. Dryness and cracking about fingernails.

Lycopodium Clavatum

Skin ulcerates. Abscesses beneath skin; worse warm applications. Hives. Violent itching; fissured eruptions. Acne. Chronic eczema associated with urinary, gastric and hepatic disorders, bleeds easily. Skin becomes thick and indurated. Varicose veins, naevi, erectile tumors. Brown spots, freckles. Dry, shrunken, especially palms; hair becomes prematurely gray. Dropsies. Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axilla. Psoriasis.

Antimuonium Crudum

Eczema with gastric derangements. Pimples, vesicles, and pustules. Sensitive to cold bathing. Thick, hard, honey-colored scabs. Urticaria; measle-like eruption. Itching when warm in bed. Dry skin. Warts. Dry gangrene. Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching, worse at night. Horny warts on hands and soles. Eyes: Dull, sunken, red, itch, inflamed, agglutinated. Canthi raw and fissured. Chronic blepharitis. Pustules on cornea and lids.

Phoshorus

Wounds bleed very much, even if small; they heal and break out again. Jaundice. Little ulcer outside of large ones. Petechiae. Ecchymosis. Purpura hemorrhagic. Scurvy. Fungous hematodes and excrescences.

Silicia tera

Felons, abscesses, boils, old fistulous ulcers. Delicate, pale, waxy. Cracks at end of fingers. Painless swelling of glands. Rose-colored blotches. Scars suddenly become painful. Pus offensive. Promotes expulsion of foreign bodies from tissues. Every little injury suppurates. Long lasting suppuration and fistulous tracts. Dry fingertips. Eruptions itch only in daytime and evening. Crippled nails. Indurated tumors. Abscesses of joints. After impure vaccination. Bursa. Lepra, nodes, and coppery spots. Keloid growths. Itching of vulva and vagina. Burning and soreness of genitals, with eruption. 

Myristica Sebifera

A remedy of great antiseptic powers. Inflammation of skin, cellular tissue and periosteum. Traumatic infections. Parotitis. Fistulas. Carbuncles. Specific action in panaritium. Pain in the fingernails with swelling of the phalanges. Coppery taste and burning in throat. Tongue white and cracked. Phlegmonous inflammations. Hastens suppuration and shortens its duration. Inflammation of middle ear, suppurative stage. Anal fistula. Acts more powerfully often than Heper or Silica.

Causticum

Soreness in folds of skin, back of ears, between thighs. Warts large, jagged, bleeding easily, on tips of fingers and nose. Old burns that do not get well, and ill effects from burns. Pains of burns. Cicatrices freshen up; old injuries reopen. Skin prone to intertrigo during dentition. Ringing, roaring, pulsating, with deafness; words and steps re-echo. Inflammation of eyelids; ulceration. Sparks and dark spots before eyes Ptosis.

Arsenicum Album

Itching, burning, swellings; oedema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching. Malignant pustules. Ulcers with offensive discharge. Anthrax. Poisoned wounds. Urticaria, with burning and restlessness. Psoriasis. Scirrhous. Icy coldness of body. Epithelioma of the skin. Gangrenous inflammations. Itching, burning, swellings; oedema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching. Malignant pustules. Ulcers with offensive discharge. Anthrax. Poisoned wounds. Urticaria, with burning and restlessness. Psoriasis. Scirrhous. Icy coldness of body. Epithelioma of the skin. Gangrenous inflammations. Lids red, ulcerated, scabby, scaly, granulated.

Petroleum

Itching at night. Chilblains, moist, itch and burn. Bedsores. Skin dry, constricted, very sensitive, rough and cracked, leathery. Herpes. Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. Intertrigo; psoriasis of hands. Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily. Eczema. Rhagades worse in winter. Tips of fingers rough, cracked, fissured. Ringing and cracking in ears. Canthi fissured. Skin around eyes dry and scurfy.

Medorrhinum

A powerful and deep-acting medicine, often indicated for chronic ailments due to suppressed infection(s). Yellow. Intense and incessant itching; worse night and when thinking of it. Fiery red rash about anus in babies. Copper-colored spots. Favus. Tumors and abnormal growth. Tongue coated brown and thick, blistered, canker sores. Blisters on inner surface of lips and cheeks.

Face: Pallor, acne, blotches of reddish color. Small boils. Lids irritated. Partial deafness, pulsation in ears. Quick, darting pains in right ear. Intense nasal itching. Coldness of nasal tip, posterior nares obstructed. Chronic nasal and pharyngeal catarrhs. 

Argentum Nitricum

Skin brown, tense, and hard. Drawing in skin, as from a spider-web, or dried albuminous substance, withered and dried up. Irregular blotches. Sensation of a splinter in throat on swallowing. Dark redness of throat. Gums tender and bleed easily. Tongue has prominent papillae; tip is red and painful. Pain in sound teeth. Taste coppery. Canker sores. Chronic ulceration of margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen. Unable to keep eyes fixed steadily. Useful in restoring power to the weakened ciliary muscles. Paretic condition of ciliary muscle. Acute granular conjunctivitis. Cornea opaque. Ulcer in cornea.