Is liposuction under local anesthesia safe?

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The success of liposuction has been well-documented for decades, and while many board certified plastic surgeons favor one type of lipo over another, many times it has more to do with the location of the unwanted fat than it does which technology to use. The same difference of opinion holds true for the best manner of anesthesia that should be used during this fat-removal procedure: local vs. general anesthesia.

by John Hammarley

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
General anesthesia involves infusing medication almost always directly into the veins that allow patients to sleep during surgery. Local anesthesia involves injecting numbing medicine directly into the area to be treated and waiting until it is completely numb before the treatment. Board certified plastic surgeons are trained in using both approaches in a variety of procedures, including liposuction. But when asked which method they prefer, they often sound more like real estate agents who stress. “Location, location, location.”

“Their abdomen, both upper and lower, is an appropriate area to do under local,” says board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Sean Doherty of Concord, MA. “But if someone has an extremely large abdomen, and a large waist, I’d be reluctant to use local only.”

Dr. Doherty also warns that previous experiences with anesthesia, especially with dental procedures, can be a strong clue about what anesthesia road to take. “If they tell me it takes a lot of local to get to a point they can work on their teeth, they probably aren’t going to be good prospects for local-only liposuction.”

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