What are the disadvantages of doing chin lipo under local anesthesia versus general?

Chin Liposuction can be done to completion using local anesthesia with or without sedation.

If your surgeon doesn’t have experience doing this procedure with patients awake then they may be apprehensive for the reasons they stated. there’s a learning curve to doing procedures under local anesthesia and when doctors are learning to do things under local anesthesia that they used to do with an anesthesiologist and general anesthesia it’s going to be a little more challenging on the first few cases until the doctor figures out how to do it correctly. that means potential discomfort.

Your doctor simply doesn’t have experience doing this procedure under local anesthesia and so he or she is recommending what they know will be comfortable for you.

If you want that doctor to do your procedure then you should follow their recommendations.

Alternatively you can find a different plastic surgeon to do the procedure who does these as in office or under local anesthesia procedures on a regular basis.

There is potential cost savings with avoiding general anesthesia but having a painful procedure isn’t great either.

By far the most important variable patients should consider is who does the procedure based on skill and experience.

If this doctor showed you 100 impressive before and after pictures and as the one you want to do your procedure and has untouchable reviews without any complaints from previous patients then may be doing it the way they recommend is the way to go.

If it’s just another doctor or someone who offered a better price then switching doctors or considering having a few more consultations may be a better option.

Once upon a time many years ago I do what I’ve done this in an operating room with an anesthesiologist but today I would only use local anesthesia for local anesthesia with a little bit of sedation as an office based procedure.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD