A question about general v. conscious sedation during full facelift. How is it different for you when your patient is not out?

February 22, 2015
Asked By:Leslie1200 in San Francisco, CA

I am having a full facelift in June. I would like to choose "conscious sedation" to save money but I am wondering from the doctor's point of view, how is it different for YOU when the patient is not completely out? I also wonder- will I be bored? It's 5 hours or so lying on a table? I can't read, or listen to music! WIl I be out enough to make the time go? Will I have something in the drip that helps me forget?

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