Can twilight sedation be used in place of local anesthesia during chin lipo? (Photo)

I prefer to use intravenous sedation  for all of my chin surgery or liposuction cases, and rarely attempt these procedures under local aneshesia alone. With the rapid recovery and safelty of the drugs that are used today, there is no need to feel any discomfort or be awake for any procedure. Most patients prefer intravenous anesthesia and we perfom this service in our accredited surgery facility without the need for an anesthesiologist. The procedure takes from 30 to 45 minutes.

Personally, I prefer to do these cases with patients awake because they can help me by moving their head in different directions so that I can get a complete result.  I have done it with patients sedated a couple of times, but found it very challenging to do things the way I want despite having help from nurses and other staff to hold the neck in various positions.I would encourage you to take some Xanax and do this awake, but perhaps one of your local surgeons has had a better experience with sedation.Good Luck!

The answer is 100 percent eventhough local in form of tumescent is necessary.  Sedation with twilight is very easy to do in our practice.  

Thanks for asking.  Chin lipo can be performed under local anesthesia with oral sedation (valium) or twilight anesthesia.  Twilight will be a good choice given your anxiety.  Consult with several experienced board certified surgeons to discuss your procedure, results, recovery, and costs.  Procedure takes on average 40 minutes but depends on complexity.  Best of luck rm77.

Removing the submental fat pad can make a dramatic improvement in the appearance of one's face.  It can be done with liposuction and certainly this can be done under straight local anesthetic or twilight.  That's a discussion best had with your surgeon.  Another new option is treating this area with an injection, Kybella, as an office visit.  It generally takes 2-3 injection sessions, and that's done without any anesthetic at all.