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Want a Bbl Done Afraid to Wake in Mid Sx As in the Past. What Causes That to Happen?

when I had my first liposuction done I woke up during sx feeling something pulling at my side so I screamed out " I am up and I can hear you" so they put me back under. The second time is when I had a repeat lipo with the same doc, I woke again. Also when I had a liposuction I told the doc to please put me under because I feel everything, then they put me back under. Why do I awake under anesthesia? I hate it, it is scary to hear and feel what is happening to me, all the reason for being under?

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7 Doctor Answers | Asked by BxNiki in OMW to my dream body Bronx, NY

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Anesthesia

It sounds like you should have your surgery under general anesthesia. You will not feel any part of the procedure like this

Talk to your Doctor About anesthetics.

Thank you for your question, There are several options for anesthesia, Here at our office we work with a Board Certified Anesthesiologist that will assist us on the best method of anesthetic for each patient.

You should not wake up during surgery

When surgery is performed using a board certifed anesthesiologist and a board certified Plastic Surgeon, you should never wake up or be aware of what is going on. I have performed thousands of procedures in my office OR and this has never ever happened and reflects poorly on your previous surgical team unfortunately. see video

The anesthesia was too light

I use an Anesthesiologist to make sure that my patients have a restful sleep and only wake up when we want them to. I take care of the surgery and my anesthesia sees to it that the patient is comfortable and only wakes up at the end of the procedure.

Waking up during surgery

It sounds like your doctor was using twilight sedation as opposed to general anesthesia. With general anesthesia and appropriate monitoring by a board certified anesthesiologist, this should not happen.

I don't want to wake up in middle of surgery like before. Can this be prevented?

Your prior experiences with anesthesia suggests that you did not have general anesthesia but sedation. We use general anesthesia to make sure you don't wake up until the surgery is completed. I beleive you can be relaxed about this. My concern is that you may not have enough donor fat since you have had 2 prior liposuctions. Obviously, only an examination can determine whether or not you have donor fat. Good luck!

Sedation and Waking up During Surgery

If sedation is chosen each time, the chances of being aroused are good. You may want to have the next surgery under general anesthesia to reduce the likelihood of this. After thousands of cases under general, I have not heard of this complaint, but this is reported in the anesthesia literature.

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kat77915 24 Jan 2013

I always wake up too. Weird, huh? I woke up twice during my TT, lipo and arm lift in November. Ask that the doc gives you an epidural block. At least that way you will wake up but not feel it. When I woke up I started talking to them and asked if they could please make me fall asleep again. I could see my stomach all open but couldn't feel it, that was a relief! Make sure to let them know this happens to you so they are prepared. It seems to freak them completely out when you start asking questions during surgery.

GeGe82v 24 Jan 2013

Omg that is beyond horriffic :( ... What did they tell you causes this

BxNiki 24 Jan 2013

Well the docs here r ignoring the fact that I was even under gen anesth, but my doc says the dose was too light others can't even answer the question thinking that I was sedated.

BxNiki 24 Jan 2013

U see? I knew I wasn't the only one!! These docs on here don't like to admit that it ever happens! I wish I knew the reason why it does happen. My doc didn't even mention it to me when the procedure was over prob thinking that I wouldn't remember but I did and that freaked him out. It is a shocking experience!

kat77915 24 Jan 2013

OMGosh, that's so funny. My PS did the same thing. He never mentioned me having a convo with him, asking questions, etc...so I asked him. Then he asked me if I like my martini's! HAHA! He said it happens sometimes to people who drink a lot of martinis. Weird! (I don't. But don't you take my wine from me :D ) Anyway, he said he doesn't know why but it does happen more than we know but almost everyone forgets it happened. My Theory: We are so incredibly smart, we remember! How's that sound for an explanation?

GeGe82v 24 Jan 2013

Well hopefully im not that incredibly smart and i dont remember :/

kat77915 24 Jan 2013

LOL! Ya, but it makes me feel better.

BxNiki 24 Jan 2013

I want a bbl sooooo bad but I am just afraid of waking up again, also I wanted to know how these reg single moms like myself are able to get 12g's and more for a bbl? Did they save, did they get a loan?

BxNiki 23 Jan 2013

I wish I never even asked this question now. Its like not one doc believes what I went thru! I wish they could speak to the docs that tried their hardest to explain why this happened to me. The docs answering this are telling me I had sedation or light anesthesia, why would u agree to have light anesthesia or sedation while having major surgery? I'd never agree to be sedated only, hell no! Why would I agree to only be sedated for a colonoscopy, I don't want to feel a scope in my intestines. I wonder why these docs are acting as if this couldn't never happen? It is a horrible experience that they are prob tryn to cover up. After the colonoscopy that doc said maybe I didn't recv enough anesthesia but he couldn't give me a definitive reason why, but atleast he acknowledged what happened and apologized.

BxNiki 23 Jan 2013

To the doctor who believes I was not under general anesthesia you are 100% wrong, it happened a total of three times twice during liposuction and once during a colonoscopy. I know what general anesthesia is. I am a radiation therapist and I have had enough education to know what is sedation vs anesthesia. To dr. Hughes my question was why does it happen not whether or not I was sedated or under general anesthesia. I will never ever have any type of major surgery while being sedated. Dr. Hughes as stated in my question, as I awoke I yelled out to the Drs that I was up and I could feel what was happening, they put me back under. The GI doc that performed my colonoscopy apologized to me that I woke up. He said that what happen to me is rare but it does happen. I feel somewhat annoyed because I thought more Drs would have commented on my question but as some docs do they insult your intelligence rather than educating or ans questions. I know what happened to me, for him to say rather than ask me if I was sedated or not just makes me believe that even some doctors refuse to take this matter a lil bit more serious than they should.

GeGe82v 23 Jan 2013

Omg!!! That is horrific ! I thought this only happens in movies :( are you in pain when this happens

BxNiki 23 Jan 2013

Yess it was horrific. The docs here on real self are telling me I didn't have gen anesthesia! I know what gen anesthesia is and I wouldn't ever agree to have major surgery with just sedation or light anesthesia. I know what happened to me, I remember every thing when I woke up, I thought they were done until I heard them talking amongst themselves, so I screamed out. The best thing about it all is that I felt no pain, just a numb tugging and pulling with a lot of pressure. It happens not only in movies but in real life!

kat77915 24 Jan 2013

Try not to let it freak you out too much if you can't feel it. It always happens to me too, I wake up. It is sort of cool to see your insides but make sure they have a good block going or it is going to be horrific. Only time I ever lost it completely was when I woke up and had some tube down my throat and couldn't talk or breathe. That time I thought I was going to die. Always let the docs know this happens so they are prepared. Sorry it happened to you.