I have a surgeon telling me he will only do CO2 under anesthesia for best results. He said he cannot go deep enough unless I am under anesthesia. Is this the case? He wants to charge me almost 10K.
April 22, 2021
Answer: General anesthesia is not necessary but optional Some doctors opt for general anesthesia and it is their custom and practice to do so. It may be that in his hands and experience, local anesthesia is not comfortable enough. Topical anesthesia alone is not enough for a CO2 resurfacing so don't let providers in a med spa setting convince you otherwise. However, i do 100% of my cases with oral sedation, no IV, and a combination of topical plus local anesthesia injection in the form of nerve blocks and some regional low concentration tumescence. My laser procedures never require general anesthesia in my practice. It sounds as if your doctor needs to do these procedures in a surgery center and uses an anesthesiologist so that may be factoring into your cost estimate. I do not need an anesthesiologist nor charge for a facility fee.
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April 22, 2021
Answer: General anesthesia is not necessary but optional Some doctors opt for general anesthesia and it is their custom and practice to do so. It may be that in his hands and experience, local anesthesia is not comfortable enough. Topical anesthesia alone is not enough for a CO2 resurfacing so don't let providers in a med spa setting convince you otherwise. However, i do 100% of my cases with oral sedation, no IV, and a combination of topical plus local anesthesia injection in the form of nerve blocks and some regional low concentration tumescence. My laser procedures never require general anesthesia in my practice. It sounds as if your doctor needs to do these procedures in a surgery center and uses an anesthesiologist so that may be factoring into your cost estimate. I do not need an anesthesiologist nor charge for a facility fee.
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April 22, 2021
Answer: CO2 laser and pain control Hi- I perform laser resurfacing almost every day for the past 20 yearsand I can assure you that general anesthesia is totally unnecessary. I typically use the light IV sedation in combination with topical anesthesia and nerve blocks to make patients very comfortable during the procedure. Please feel free to review my before and after‘s on real self and Instagram. You will see that you can get amazing results and you never need to go under general anesthesia for this procedure.. I hope this helps.
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April 22, 2021
Answer: CO2 laser and pain control Hi- I perform laser resurfacing almost every day for the past 20 yearsand I can assure you that general anesthesia is totally unnecessary. I typically use the light IV sedation in combination with topical anesthesia and nerve blocks to make patients very comfortable during the procedure. Please feel free to review my before and after‘s on real self and Instagram. You will see that you can get amazing results and you never need to go under general anesthesia for this procedure.. I hope this helps.
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