Local Anesthesia for Brazilian Butt Lift?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.