I had Mira dry 16hrs post treatment.I was traumatized and thinking not doing the second treatment. Site is bruised, painful, tenderness on both lateral side of my breast, taking ibruprofen, ice with a little help. Had adverse reaction with the anesthesia during the procedure.Tremors,palpitations, numbeness all over up to my face, coughing, throat tightnessinform my dr of my symptoms.After,dizziness, lightheadness, nausea vomiting. If I have to do it again. I'm definitely going to a different doctor.
March 31, 2015
Answer: One treatment for MiraDry You may get by with just one treatment. With older protocols about 50% of patients were satisfied with just one treatment. With newer protocols for treatment settings we may see more patients satisfied with just one treatment. I do use 1% lidocaine with epinephrine. You probably are very sensitive to the epinephrine. I sometimes use slightly less volume per injection site in this case or do one underarm at a time in very sensitive individuals. Breaking up the treatment into two sessions instead of just one allows me to use half the volume I would normally use. However, this does raise the cost of the procedure a little because another biotip (the disposable hand piece we use on the machine) has to be used for the second treatment. Just so this is clear this is basically the same as one treatment broken up into two sessions (different from the two treatments of both underarms like we mentioned above).
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March 31, 2015
Answer: One treatment for MiraDry You may get by with just one treatment. With older protocols about 50% of patients were satisfied with just one treatment. With newer protocols for treatment settings we may see more patients satisfied with just one treatment. I do use 1% lidocaine with epinephrine. You probably are very sensitive to the epinephrine. I sometimes use slightly less volume per injection site in this case or do one underarm at a time in very sensitive individuals. Breaking up the treatment into two sessions instead of just one allows me to use half the volume I would normally use. However, this does raise the cost of the procedure a little because another biotip (the disposable hand piece we use on the machine) has to be used for the second treatment. Just so this is clear this is basically the same as one treatment broken up into two sessions (different from the two treatments of both underarms like we mentioned above).
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March 30, 2015
Answer: MiraDry and HVA During tumescent anesthesia (HVA) only 0.1% lidocaine is used. Unfortunately, some physician providers give 1% (10 times stronger) local anesthesia, reaching the higher limits of safety for patients. Local anesthetics are given by a calculation of weight (patient weight) as they can cause heart palpitations, chest tightness, facial and body flushing, hypotension ... You know you have given too much lidocaine when patients complain of numbness in the mouth or tongue or have problems with speech, as it gets to the dangerous levels. Fortunately, local anesthetics are metabolized quickly (within hours) and nothing untoward happened that is permanent. These are well described side effects of using lidocaine during awake patients. In our practice we use HVA and have never had this problem. My background as a CV surgeons helps with such side effects. Read my ebook on miraDry.
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March 30, 2015
Answer: MiraDry and HVA During tumescent anesthesia (HVA) only 0.1% lidocaine is used. Unfortunately, some physician providers give 1% (10 times stronger) local anesthesia, reaching the higher limits of safety for patients. Local anesthetics are given by a calculation of weight (patient weight) as they can cause heart palpitations, chest tightness, facial and body flushing, hypotension ... You know you have given too much lidocaine when patients complain of numbness in the mouth or tongue or have problems with speech, as it gets to the dangerous levels. Fortunately, local anesthetics are metabolized quickly (within hours) and nothing untoward happened that is permanent. These are well described side effects of using lidocaine during awake patients. In our practice we use HVA and have never had this problem. My background as a CV surgeons helps with such side effects. Read my ebook on miraDry.
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