What Type of Anesthesia is Used for a Breast Lift?

Thank you for your question. Both types of anesthesia can provide a safe and comfortable platform for breast lift surgery but may vary with degree of breast lifting that you are needing.  The more invasive, the more likely you will want to be asleep.  It is more important, however, that you feel comfortable with your surgeon and the surgical plan as this is ultimately what you will be remembering after the procedure.

My recommendation would be that if you only need a small lift, local anesthesia would be fine. For a lift requiring more than 2cm., general anesthesia would be best.  Hope this helps!

LA is commonly done for patients who can not have general anesthesia or at centers who do not have accreditation. In almost all cases, general anesthesia is the safer and more comfortable option. It would be wise and more comfortable to have the surgery with general anesthesia.

Thank you for the question.

A variety of different types of anesthesia may be used for breast lifting surgery depending on the type of surgery being done and the surgeons/ patients preferences.

In my practice, the majority of breast surgery  is done under general anesthesia.

Best wishes.

Either local or general anesthesia can be used.
General anesthesia. You are asleep.
Local anesthesia. The particular location that requires surgery is numb.