What is It Like to Have Operations Such As Lipo with Iv Sedation?

I believe IV sedation can be an excellent anesthethic for liposuction.  In my practice, the sedation would be administered by a board certified anesthesiologist for your safety.

Tumescent anesthesia with a very light IV sedation is so helpful for many patients who undergo liposuction and you should be able to walk out after the procedure and up and about the next day just fine.  Just avoid general anesthesia at all costs.  You want to be able to stand up during the evaluation of the results so the doc can fine tune you to get the very best results possible. Even with light IV sedation, you should feel totally awake and comfortable and able to move in all the positions your doc needs to do a great job.  Sincerely,

David Hansen,MD

No matter where you have your procedure, please make sure that you are being treated by a board certified plastic surgeon, board certified anesthesiologist and having the procedure in an accredited facility.  Your experience with IV sedation versus general anesthesia for liposuction should be about the same.  In both cases, tumescent fluid is injected in the areas to be treated prior to liposuction.  The procedure is then performed.  With both IV sedation and general anesthesia, you should not feel anything.  In general, you will recovery faster (an hour or so) with the IV sedation versus the general anesthesia (a few hours before you are ready to go home).  In my practice, we use IV sedation for small and moderate liposuction cases and general anesthesia for major liposuction cases.  I hope this is helpful.

 

Good Luck.

Whether with general anesthesia, IV sedation, or wide awake, all liposuction is done with an infusion of numbing solution into the fat tissue that will be removed. Advocates of the tumescent technique (wide awake) tend to exaggerate the small risks of general anesthesia, and ignore the option of IV sedation which may actually be the most common approach. The important thing is that you have a comfortable experience. Remember also that there is no magic technique such as lasers that make one type of anesthesia possible; the lipo technique and the anesthesia are separate issues.

I think this is fine.It depends on the area or areas being treated.If I am suctioning the back or flanks then I prefer general with an endotracheal tube to make sure we have control of the airway.If you are doing a small area like the knees or the tummy local with IV sedation is fine.