Pregnancy test required prior to local anesthesia for chin lipo and FaceTite?

Dear BLee18,
every plastic surgeon has his own preoperative protocol which he recommends to his patients. I would suggest you to discuss this with your plastic surgeon.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

It is very important NOT to be pregnant when undergoing elective cosmetic surgery, whether it's local or general anesthesia. A full set of facial and neck photographs are required to make a determination about being a candidate for chin liposuction. It's also very important understand that many patients have significant fat deposits underneath the platysma muscle of the neck, which requires surgical removal with a neck lift procedure and a platysma plasty. Liposuction will only remove the fat deposits above the platysma muscle.

I think most surgery centers require women to do a pregnancy test whenever sedation is given.

I don’t know if it’s a legal requirement but it seems like good practice.

We certainly do.

Mats Hagstrom MD