Fearful of Pain During Fully Awake Smart Lipo?

Smartlipo can treat small areas with local anesthesia. As a rule of thumb, one can treat an area about the size of two of the patient's hands at one sitting with local anesthesia and pills. Larger than that and comfort may be an issue and may limit the completeness of the lipo. Especially if you are very sensitive to pain, you should consider more complete anesthesia such as iv sedation, monitored anesthesia care, or even general. If your doctor can't offer these options you may want to get a second opinion from one that does.

For most people, local anesthesia with oral sedation is enough to make them comfortable during the procedure.  There are exceptions of course.  These exceptions can be based on the areas to be treated, the amount/length of the treatment, and the patient's previous experiences.  If you are really that nervous about the procedure, make sure you talk to your surgeon as IV sedation may be a better option. 

Having SmartLipo on local anesthesia is normal. You will be awake during the procedure but the areas you are having treated will be completely numb.