Local Anesthesia for Brazilian Butt Lift?

asked 3 years ago by bellanatasha in Atlanta, Georgia
Latest answer by Alexander Aslani, MD
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Tags: buttocks, anesthesia, local anesthesia

I am afraid of getting general anesthesia, but want to get a brazilian butt lift. Can it be performed under local anesthesia?

9 answers to Local Anesthesia for Brazilian Butt Lift?

This would not be in your best interests

Hi there- A few things are important for you to understand... First of all, for healthy people, modern anesthesia is low risk (anesthesia techniques and medications have advanced with technology just like everything else), and for many procedures, the risk of general anesthesia is much lower than the risk of trying to do the procedure under sedation, because with deep sedation there is no control of your airway. Secondly, it is very important for you to understand that there is a very significan more

Armando Soto, MD
Orlando Plastic Surgeon

www.DrArmandoSoto.com

Do NOT do a Brazilian Butt Lift with just local anesthesia

A Brazilian Butt lift is a combination procedure that includes liposuction to multiple areas, the cleansing and processing of the fat acquired, and then the transplanting of this fat into the butt. To perform the successfully, liposuction must be for performed in multiple areas throughout the body. Although local anesthesia may be used with limited liposuction is not recommended for a Brazilian Butt lift procedure. Please consider that we may obtain the best results of your body... more

B. Pat Pazmino, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.miamiaesthetic.com

Brazilian butt lift with local anesthesia is standard

Brazilian butt lift is normally performed with local anesthesia, ideally with sedation (so-called "twilight").Since we have the waterjet fat harvest technique available, we do not need to resort to more invasive forms of anesthesia.Fat harvest is much faster. Also infiltration of local anesthesia and suction is simultaneous in the waterjet technique, so there is no fluid overload which further contributes to the safety of the procedure. Therefore, Brazilian butt... more

Alexander Aslani, MD
Spain Plastic Surgeon

General anesthesia for brazilian butt lift

I would think you would be more afraid to have this procedure done under local anesthesia. I highly recommend you really think about this before you decide on going through with the procedure. Consult with a board certified plastic surgeon to be examined and for best results. Good luck to you.

Jaime Perez MD
Tampa Plastic Surgeon

www.jaimeperezmd.com

General operations under local anesthetic

I've tried many of these operations under local anesthetic and I've found that we are trying to satisfy patient's requests (which is very very important) to avoid something that really allows us to do our job artistically and not focus on discomfort and awareness or pain, etc... It may be possible but it's surely a bad idea that would limit the reuslt in my hands. Others may differ but the risk of a local anesthetic in an operation of this general area would... more

Ricardo A. Meade, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

www.DoctorMeade.com

Anesthesia and Brazilian Butt lift

We routinely use Sedation, not general anesthesia, for Brazilian Butt Lift, even when combining with a Tummy Tuck. It is safer because the procedure is long and risk of general anesthesia increases with time. Check out our video below to see patients who have had sedation. Check out our galleries for results of Brazilian Butt lifts. see video

Ricardo Rodriguez, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

www.cosmeticsurg.net

Brazilian Buttock enhancement

Brazilain buttock enhancement require 300-5-- cc of pure fat for each buttock. to get that amount of pure fat you need to lipo about 2000-3000 cc of fat. This requires liposuction from multiple areas of the body. Large amount of lipo means using large volumes of local anesthetics which can be unsafe. general anesthesia at the present time is very safe and the medications used is very safe. Also the monitoring of the patients these days makes surgery and general anesthesia extremely safe... more

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Maybe conscious sedation, straight local is hard for large amounts

It depends on the amount of fat needed for harvesting and grafting. In general fat transfer could be done under local if small amounts are needed. In larger fat transfer it will be hard to perform under staright local.Another option to consider is a conscious sedation in addition to local anaesthesia.

Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Local Anesthesia is not advised

It is not advised to do this procedure under local as it will be very uncomfortable for the patient. Buttock enhancement is usually performed under general anesthesia. After initiation of anesthesia in the operating room, the doctor will inject a solution of local anesthetics known as “tumescent solution” at the liposuction sites. The fat is then liposuctioned from multiple areas. This can be pretty uncomfortable unless the patient is under general anesthesia