Breast Augmentation with Local Anesthesia? (Photo)

Hi-For the right candidate breast augmentation under local anesthesia can be performed. Especially if the implants are to be placed above the muscle. In our clinic we perform an intercostal nerve block and inject tumescent anesthesia fluid to the area to be elevated. This allows us to keep the patient comfortable during the breast augmentation procedure.

You can have your breast augmentation under local anesthesia instead of general anesthesia but you may regret your decision later. Unless your pain threshold is very high, you run the risk of being in a lot of pain during your surgery. You should consider MAC which includes a combination of local anesthesia and IV sedation instead. It is best to find a surgeon you feel comfortable with a then discuss your concerns

There are surgeons that will do local only breast augmentation, but they are the minority. Reasons for anesthesia are patient comfort, and surgical safety. Though breast augmentation may seem minor, there is a lot of tissue manipulation, cauterization of blood vessels, and stretching of the overlying breast tissues. These are all things you don’t want to be awake for. General anesthesia for these cases have a very low risk of after effects, and I strongly recommend reconsidering a local only case.