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How Long Does It Usually Take to Wake Up from General Anesthesia if Going for a Mommy Makeover for 4 Hours?

asked 1 year ago by luna llena in canada
Latest answer by Carlin Vickery, MD
Question viewed 3,626 times
Tags: breasts, stomach, female

20 answers to How Long Does It Usually Take to Wake Up from General Anesthesia if Going for a Mommy Makeover for 4 Hours?

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Time to wake up from anesthesia after a mommy makeover

Patients usually wake up from breast and abdominal surgery within a few minutes of the end of the case. Modern outpatient anesthetics are very different from older techniques.  Quick emergence is the rule.  Pain pumps postoperatively reduce the amount of narcotics that tend to make patients sleepy and feel drugged. Patients can help with their recovery by not drinking the night before surgery, by hydrating up until the time they need to be NPO, and by informing themselves... more
Brent Moelleken, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Waking From Anesthesia

Most patients will wake up within a few minutes of the completion of a Mommy Makeover. Generally as the final dressings are being placed, the anesthesiologist will lighten the anesthesia allowing the patient to gently begin to respond to verbal commands. Even though patients are awake and responding in the operating room, they may not remember this time as the medications given during the surgery will make them forgetful. Once patients are in the recovery room and less sleepy, they will be... more
Carlin Vickery, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Anesthesia Recovery after Mommy Makeover

I have the great pleasure of working with a wonderful group of anesthesiologists experienced in the treatment of  cosmetic surgery patients.  They are very adept at timing the patient wakeup with the end of the procedure.  It is not uncommon for me to place the abdominal binder and have the patient breathing on their own within a few moments.   Therefore, you are awake within minutes of your procedure ending and usually alert and oriented 1-3 hours after the... more
Paul S. Gill, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Mommy makeover

Wake up time for a 4 hour operation shouldn't be very long.  Anesthesiologists currently use medications that should make the wake up pleasant as if you had a 1 hour operation.
Shahin Javaheri, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Waking up from anesthesia is pretty quick after surgery

Thank you for your question.  Waking up from anesthesia is the easy part and only takes several minutes.  It's the "clearing your head" from the grogginess and tiredness that may take several hours after.  However, many cosmetic surgery procedures that last around 4 hours are done on an oupatient basis where most of the recovery is done at home in the comfort of your own bed.  Good luck!
Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Recovery from mommy makeover anesthesia usually fairly quick

With newer medications, most patients wake up quickly and easily after general anesthesia, which is usually a good choice for the mommy makeover. Other things that can help are local (numbing) anesthesia injected into the surgical areas before you are awakened, and perhaps the use of a pain pum such as the On-Q which automatically infuses numbing medication into the surgical site through a tiny tube.
Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

baxterplasticsurgery.com

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General Anesthesia Safety

General anesthesia is very safe as long as it is performed by a anesthesia specialist and in an accredited surgical facility.   If you are otherwise healthy, you should come out of general anesthesia fairly quickly. You will "blow off" the anesthesia effects in a recovery room where you will be monitored closely.  Best of luck.
C. Bob Basu, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.basuplasticsurgery.com

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Waking up from general anesthesia.

General anesthesia performed in modern surgical facilities and using the latest anesthesia drugs is very safe and very well controlled. The drugs used today are extremly short acting and you will be awake within minutes after they are stopped. The amount of time you spend in a recovery room will vary depending on the type of anesthesia used and your body's abilty to metabolize the drugs, however, this is a different discussion.
Paul Vitenas, Jr., MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.drvitenas.com

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Typically 10-60 minutes to wake up from General Anesthesia after a Mommy Makeover

There are a lot of variables related to waking up after general anesthesia.  Some of the common ones include your age, overall health, what procedures were done, and  what medications were used. With experienced anesthesia personnel and a healthy patient, waking up is pretty fast after general anesthesia.  There is a difference between breathing on your own and answering questions versus remembering everything!  Your mental status regarding being awake and... more
Roy Kim, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Time in recovery room after general anesthesia

In most instances, patients are leaving for home by 60-90 minutes after arriving in the recovery room from a 4 hour general anesthetic. see video
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Waking up after anesthesia

Everyone wakes up differently from anesthesia.  But interestingly, with the newer medications we have today, patients wake up quicker and easier than ever before.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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It takes about an hour to wake up afte a 4 hour mommy makeover operation.

Patients are sensitive to anesthetic agents at different levels and the anesthesiologists manage their patients differently.  However, after a major operation, most patients are awake and talking within an hour.   They might not remember the conversation, however.
Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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Anesthesia wake-up time after mommy makeover depends on type of anesthesia.

You will often see by the other answers here that if a surgeon operates in a setting that utilizes a certain type of anesthesia more commonly than others, this will be the "recommended" type of anesthesia. Prior to 1991, our office surgical facility utilized only local aneshtesia or IV sedation, and my partners and I touted our anesthetic regimen as "safer and superior" to "going completely asleep" with a general anesthetic. Since 1991, when we started... more
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.mpsmn.com

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The effects of anesthesia

This is a good question, you should make sure your anesthesiologist is board certified. There have been great improvements in anesthesia that allow much less heavy sedation to keep patients comfortable. Our patients wake up almost immediately after surgery and without nausea. The tummy tuck procedure is one of the most uncomfortable for recovery, and therefore we use a pain pump for our patients which lasts about three days, getting them over the worst of it.
Miguel Delgado, Jr., MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

www.dr-delgado.com

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Advantages of IV Sedation over General Anesthesia for Cosmetic Surgery

Long multiple procedure cases, such as mommy makeovers, can be performed under IV anesthesia. I perform multiple procedure cases lasting 8-9 hours every week. The truth is that for procedures lasting longer than 4 hours, the patient is better off with IV anesthesia. With general anesthesia, the risk of pulmonary embolism increases with the length of the surgery. For a 4 hour procedure under general anesthesia, you would likely be in the recovery room at minimum 2 hours and probably more.... more
Ricardo Rodriguez, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Recovery from anesthesia

Recovery times from general anesthesia vary from person to person based on body size, anesthetic used, and tolerance to certain medications. You are technically "awake" right after surgery in the operating room when the breathing tube is removed. However, you will be drowsy and won't remember very much for 1-2 hours afterwards.
David Bogue, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

www.drbogue.com

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Waking up from general anesthesia after a mommy makeover

You will wake up right after the surgery while still in the operating room. However, you will likely not recall this due to the effects of the anesthesia. You will slowly begin to remember events and fully wake up while in the recovery room where you will be for about one hour after your surgery.  Your pain will be well controlled during this recovery phase and you will also receive anti-nausea medication during this time. Everyone responds slightly differently to general anesthesia, so... more
William Bruno, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Recovery post tummy tuck surgery

Time in the recovery area could range from 1-2 hours max, depending on the severity and complexity of the case. Patients will wake from surgery soon after anesthesia is discontinued. However, you are heavily sedated and may be in and out of consciousness. Make sure your plastic surgeon is board certified as well as the anesthesiologist they work with in surgery. Good luck and take care.
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.poustiplasticsurgery.com

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Awaking from anesthesia

Usually the anesthesiologist will "wake" you up before you are off the operating room table. However, you may still not remember anything or be coherent for a while after this. Even immediately after surgery, a surgeon can be talking to you and explaining things about the surgery, but patients will often not remember this conversation. Most patients will be quite cognizant within the hour following reversal of the anesthesia.
Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Anesthesia

With the new medications used in general anesthesia, you will wake up woith in minutes from stopping the mediications. You may not remember it but physiologicaly you are awake. It depend on the medications used.
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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