Local or general anesthesia for Vaser?

Thank you for your question. Based on your BMI of 25, you are a good candidate for body sculpting with the VASER. Without photos, no specific advice can be given. Forget how many "areas" to be done. When I do VASER Hi Def Liposculpting, I do not divide the body into artificial areas. This is an idea born and spread by chain liposuction mills so they can charge more. To get a harmonious, natural, athletic, hourglass figure, liposuction 360 degrees needs to be done on the torso. Often, I incorporate the arms and or thighs to match the created sculpted body. I trained with Dr. Alfredo Hoyos of Bogota, Colombia, the inventor of the VASER Hi Def Lipo (VHD). Regarding anesthesia, I do my surgeries under intravenous sedation and tumescent technique only, some do it under general. In both cases the patient is asleep and not aware of pain, but under general anesthesia the patient is also intubated (breathing tube in the throat) and paralyzed. Both are very acceptable, because it allows the surgeon to do sculpting both in the deep plane on the muscle fascia and also superficially right under the skin. This is the principle behind VHD. Both these areas are very painful under awake liposuction with tumescent solution only. If the surgeon has to rely on the patient's feed back of "ouch" to realize that he/she is not supposed to be there, than they should not do these advanced sculpting procedures.See a board certified plastic surgeon experienced in advanced body sculpting techniques for an in person consultation/evaluation. See attached web reference. Good luck.

Hello babybloomedVaser liposuction can be done in-office with local anesthesia or more commonly, I perform this procedure in an outpatient surgery center with either intravenous twilight anesthesia or a general anesthetic. Regardless of anesthesia, it is generally outpatient surgery with a short recovery at the surgery center before traveling home   or to a recovery facility.

You will want to see a vaser HI DEF expert, the procedure under IV and GA can lead to the same results.  The question is the surgeon that you are seeking, you will want to make sure that they can give the hi definition results that you are requesting.  The down time should be no more than 3-4 days. You will feel sore after the procedure but should be able to execute everyday activities.Hope this helps!